• Expert Opin Pharmacother · Dec 2000

    Review

    Interferon-gamma 1b: impact of new indications (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis).

    • A N Aggarwal and D Behera.
    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
    • Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2000 Dec 1; 1 (7): 1423-7.

    AbstractIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a relentlessly progressive disease with inadequate response to conventional treatment with corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressive agents in most patients. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), an antifibrotic agent, has been proposed as a novel therapeutic approach. Several investigators have shown a relative decrease in systemic and pulmonary IFN-gamma activity in patients with IPF. Experimental evidence from animal and human studies also suggests that IFN-gamma administration may ameliorate lung fibrosis. Clinical experience is, however, limited to a single clinical trial that showed objective functional improvement in a small number of patients treated with IFN-gamma and low-dose corticosteroids. Further research is needed to characterise the efficacy, safety and optimum route of administration of this agent before it can be recommended for use in routine clinical practice.

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