[Articles] Pirfenidone for grade 2 and grade 3 radiation-induced lung injury: a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial

The Lancet Oncology | |

Pirfenidone in combination with glucocorticoids provides a potential therapeutic strategy for grade 2 or grade 3 radiation-induced lung injury, addressing the unmet clinical need for effective antifibrotic therapy in patients receiving thoracic radiotherapy. Further investigation is needed to validate these findings in patients with worse radiation-induced lung injury than was studied here.

Topics: radiation, clinical-trials, research