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Joshua Solomon, ACR 2021: Efficacy of Pirfenidone in Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Disease

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Published Online: Nov 17th 2021

Dr Joshua Solomon (National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA) kindly took the time to discuss the findings from the randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled TRAIL1 trial (NCT02808871) which investigated the safety, tolerability and efficacy of pirfenidone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD).

This information is brought to you by Touch Medical Media and is not sponsored by, nor a part of, the American College of Rheumatology.

The abstract entitled ‘A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Study of Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Pirfenidone in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Disease‘ (ABSTRACT NUMBER: L10) was presented at the ACR Convergence, 5-9 November 2021.

Questions

  1. Could you tell us a little about rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD), its incidence, and unanswered questions in its treatment? (0:12)
  2. What were the aims and design of the TRAIL1 study? (0:53)
  3. What issues were experienced with recruitment? (1:26)
  4. What were the primary and secondary endpoints and how well were these achieved? (2:13)
  5. Which patients were most likely to respond to pirfenidone? (3:07)

Disclosures: Dr Joshua Solomon has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Gina Furnival.

Filmed in coverage of virtual ACR Convergence 2021.

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