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Keep this study
Lead
Boehringer Ingelheim
Age
40–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Age \>= 40 years;
2. IPF diagnosed, according to most recent American Thoracic Society (ATS), European Respiratory Society (ERS), Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS), Latin American Thoracic Association (ALAT) IPF guideline for diagnosis and management, within 5 years;
3. Combination of High Resolution Computerized Tomography (HRCT) pattern, and if available surgical lung biopsy pattern, as assessed by central reviewers, are consistent with diagnosis of IPF
4. Dlco (corrected for Hb): 30%-79% predicted of normal; 5.FVC\>= 50% predicted of normal
You may not be if
1. Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) \> 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)
4. Patient likely to have lung transplantation during study (being on transplantation list is acceptable for participation);
5. Myocardial infarction within 6 months;
6. Unstable angina within 1 month;
7. Bleeding risk (genetic predisposition; fibrinolysis or full-dose therapeutic anticoagulation or high dose antiplatelet therapy; history of hemorrhagic CNS event within 12 months; haemoptysis or haematuria or active gastro-intestinal bleeding or ulcers or major injury or surgery within 3 months);
8. Thrombotic risk (inherited predisposition; history of thrombotic event (including stroke and transient ischemic attacks) within 12 months;
9. International normalised ratio (INR) \> 2, prolongation of prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) by \> 50% of institutional ULN);
10. N-ACetyl Cystein, prednisone \> 15mg/day or equivalent received within 2 weeks of visit 1;
11. Pirfenidone, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine A received within 8 weeks of visit 1;
