Document Type
Protocol
Publication Date
3-20-2024
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF) affect a significant proportion of patients with IPF. There are limited data to inform therapeutic strategies for AE-IPF, despite its high mortality. We discuss the rationale and design of STRIVE-IPF, a randomized, multi-center, open-label Phase IIb clinical trial to determine the efficacy of combined therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), rituximab, and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), in comparison to treatment as usual (TAU), among patients with acute IPF exacerbations.
METHODS: The STRIVE-IPF trial will randomize 51 patients among five sites in the United States. The inclusion criteria have been designed to select a study population with AE-IPF, as defined by American Thoracic Society criteria, while excluding patients with an alternative cause for a respiratory decompensation. The primary endpoint of this trial is six-month survival. Secondary endpoints include supplement oxygen requirement and six-minute walk distance which will be assessed immediately prior to treatment and after completion of therapy on day 19, as well as at periodic subsequent visits.
DISCUSSION: The experimental AE-IPF therapy proposed in this clinical trial was adapted from treatment regimens used in other antibody-mediated diseases. The regimen is initiated with TPE, which is expected to rapidly reduce circulating autoantibodies, followed by rituximab to reduce B-cells and finally IVIG, which likely has multiple effects, including affecting feedback inhibition of residual B-cells by Fc receptor occupancy. We have reported potential benefits of this experimental therapy for AE-IPF in previous anecdotal reports. This clinical trial has the potential to profoundly affect current paradigms and treatment approaches to patients with AE-IPF.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03286556.
Recommended Citation
Kulkarni, Tejaswini; Criner, Gerard; Kass, Daniel; Rosas, Ivan; Scholand, Mary Beth; Dilling, Daniel; Summer, Ross; and Duncan, Steven, "Design of the STRIVE-IPF Trial-Study of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange, Rituximab, and Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis" (2024). Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 36.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pulmcritcarefp/36
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PubMed ID
38509495
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author's final published version in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2024, Article number 143.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-02957-3.
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