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What is IPAF?

Janet Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features - or IPAF - describes patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features, but they don’t meet a diagnosis of a CTD.

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ILD and ANCA: What to do?

Ulrich Specks, MD

Several cohort studies conducted in Asia, Europe and the Americas have evaluated the clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) when detected in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) as well as the types of ILD encountered in patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and their effect on the prognosis of MPA.

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Scleroderma-associated Interstitial Lung Disease

Marcy B. Bolster, MD

While we know there are certain clinical features serving as predictors that patients with SSc may develop ILD, including diffuse skin disease and serologies such as anti-Scl-70 and Th/To antibodies, it is imperative that clinicians consider that any patient, particularly early in their disease course (5 years of disease since the first non-Raynaud phenomenon symptom) could develop ILD. 

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ILD and ANCA: What to do? Several cohort studies conducted in Asia, Europe and the Americas have evaluated the clinical significance of ANCA when detected in patients with ILD as well as the types of ILD encountered in patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and their https://t.co/nrToywCaKm
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Screening for RA-ILD: metanalysis of 9 studies, 1380 RA pts - RA-ILD prevalence ranged from 6.7-42.7%; 18.9% via HRCT. None examined risk factors. Male sex & smoking were ~12% higher in RA-ILD & RA disease onset age was 7 years higher in RA-ILD pts. DAS didnt https://t.co/qA2oitwQg5
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Prospective French study of 101 RA-ILD (mean 66yrs) assessed for shorter WBC telomere length (LTL); short LTL seen in 43% & assoc w/ lower FVC (82% vs 93%pred) & TLCO (49% vs 63%) & greater FVC/DLCO decline & lung progression after 12 mos (47% vs 22%; p<0.001) https://t.co/ObVeon0riy
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Scleroderma-associated Interstitial Lung Disease Since the first placebo-controlled randomized trial published nearly 20 years ago for the treatment of patients with SSc-ILD, evaluating cyclophosphamide vs. placebo, there have been several other randomized studies to guide the https://t.co/Dh7XpP6qhF
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Worsening Breathlessness in SSc ILD Dr. Aurelie Najm, Glasgow, presents a QD Clinic on worsening breathlessness in systemic sclerosis interstitial lung disease, as part of RheumNow's Rheum to Breathe: ILD campaign, presented throughout the month of September 2025. https://t.co/P3MoM7ZmIo
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New Multidisciplinary Classification of the Interstitial Pneumonias: ATS/ERS Guideline. https://t.co/HWteOikGXT 🫁🩻🎞⚔️🐍🧪🔬💡📚 @ERSpublications @EuroRespSoc @ALATorax @SPLF_SocPneumo @pneumosbpt @NeumoMadrid @SeparRespira @HUReinaSofia @neumoparatodos @Neumosur @NeumoNat https://t.co/GnJjuxMIEm
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Join us Sept 23 @ 7PM ET for the next Rheum to Breathe Journal Club! We’ll dive into two pivotal ILD studies: 📄 FIBRONEER (Nerandomilast in PPF) – NEJM 2025 📄 RECITAL (Rituximab vs Cyclophosphamide in CTD-ILD) – Lancet Panelists: Dr. Toby Maher, Dr. Shervin Assassi Moderator: https://t.co/BebFhDJ1mM
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When Myositis Hits the Lungs: What Every Rheumatologist Should Know About ILD When idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) affect the lungs, the consequences can be serious. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is not only common in IIM, but also one of the leading causes of death, https://t.co/Kxbarq9tiD
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