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Lead
University of South Florida
With
OBJECTIVES: * Evaluate the effects of losartan potassium on disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. * Determine the safety of this drug in these patients. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive oral losartan potassium daily for 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo pulmonary function tests with gas diffusion lung volumes, Carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) tests, and 6-minute walk tests at baseline and then at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Patients also complete baseline/transition dyspnea index questionnaires at baseline and then at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
Age
21–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted