Children’s interstitial lung diseases (chILD) comprise a large spectrum of rare diffuse lung disorders, with a subset of patients developing chronic fibrosing lung disease. While imaging criteria for lung fibrosis are established for adults and correlate with prognosis and outcome, there are limited data on imaging for diagnosis, prognosis, and outcomes in children with fibrotic lung disease. To fill this gap, a group of ILD specialists aimed to define the imaging features for diagnosis of lung fibrosis for a forthcoming randomized trial of nintedanib versus placebo in pediatric patients with fibrosing ILD (1199-0337; NCT04093024). Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020

Authors: Deboer Emily, Deterding Robin, Lynch David, Humphries Stephen, Jacob Joseph, Devaraj Anand, Ley-zaporozhan Julia, Griese Matthias, Schiwek Marilisa, Stowasser Susanne, Clerisme-beaty Emmanuelle

Keywords: childhood interstitial lung disease, computed tomography, fibrosis criteria