Ambrisentan (Letairis) stopped early in IPF trial
A large phase III randomized trial testing Ambrisentan (Letairis) for early idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was stopped early after an interim analysis of the data showed possible harm. The results were reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Patients being treated with Letairis had more evidence of progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and were hospitalized more often, including diagnoses of acute exacerbations of IPF and pneumonia. There were 492 patients in the trial, at 136 clinical sites around the world.
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