Better Tests- Improving Diagnostic Accuracy and Prognostication in Interstitial Lung Diseases
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Conditions studied: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
In brief
Patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) suffer significant delays in obtaining a diagnosis, and objective evidence of support for immunosuppressive therapies, due to weaknesses in the diagnostic tests available in ILD clinics. This project will assess several non-invasive assessments, focusing on blood and breath based sampling, to identify candidate tests that may translate through to routine clinical use. The tests being assessed will be initially employed in Pigeon Fanciers, a group recognised to be at high risk of developing ILD compared to age matched controls, due to their regular exposure to a known cause of ILD. Candidate tests will also be assessed for change over time in this group. Tests which show promise will then be utilised in patients with ILD diagnoses, including those with severe respiratory failure, to assess their acceptability to patients and their ability to provide useful prognostic information, to allow powering of future definitive clinical trials.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07615504
- Run by
- University of Dundee
- People needed
- 750
- Starts
- 2026-01-17
- Expected to finish
- 2036-01-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- To participate subjects will either have to be active Pigeon Fanciers, or will be either attending ILD clinics for management of their interstitial lung disease or will present acutely to hospital services with severe respiratory failure due to ILD.
You may not qualify if…
- Unable to provide informed consent
Where it is running
- Winter Gardens — Blackpool, United Kingdom (enrolling)
- Ninewells Hospital — Dundee, United Kingdom (enrolling)
- Perth Royal Infirmary — Perth, United Kingdom (enrolling)
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