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Traditional Chinese Medicine for Interstitial Lung Disease

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from today forward - Prospective
Who is being recruted

Lung Diseases

+ Respiratory Tract Diseases

+ Lung Diseases, Interstitial

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Cohort

Tracking disease incidence in order to identify risk factors and understand disease progression over time.
Observational
Study Start: April 2024
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Summary

Principal SponsorHenan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Study ContactXue-qing Yu, Ph.D
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: April 15, 2024

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This study focuses on ILD patients and adopts a prospective cohort study design, with traditional Chinese medicine treatment as the exposure factor. The subjects are divided into a traditional Chinese medicine cohort and a non traditional Chinese medicine cohort, with demographic characteristics, mortality rate, lung transplant rate, annual acute exacerbation frequency, traditional Chinese medicine syndrome, 6MWT, lung function, dyspnea score, quality of life, and other observation indicators. Follow up for at least 5 years will be conducted, and at least 5000 ILD patients will be included, focusing on the demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, disease occurrence and development characteristics, traditional Chinese medicine syndrome evolution rules, and clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine treatment for ILD in the real world.

Official TitleREspiratory diSEAse cohoRt Studies of CHinese Medicine for Interstitial Lung Disease (RESEARCH-ILD)
NCT06577753
Principal SponsorHenan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Study ContactXue-qing Yu, Ph.D
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

5000 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Cohort

These studies follow a group of individuals with common characteristics (such as a condition or birth year) over a specific period to study health outcomes or exposures.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Conditions

Pathology

Lung DiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesLung Diseases, Interstitial

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who meet the diagnosis of ILD; 2. Age≥18 years old; 3. Ability to provide independent informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: Patients with acute ILD caused by known reasons, but the lesions disappear within 2 weeks after treatment. Example: Interstitial pneumonia caused by infections such as mycoplasma/virus, and those who recover after treatment are excluded.

Study Plan

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Study Objectives

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

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The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine

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