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Table 1 Trial designs

From: Efficacy and safety of nintedanib in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who are elderly or have comorbidities

Trial

Key inclusion criteria

Randomised treatment

Duration

TOMORROW

(NCT00514683)

[8]

 ≥ 40 years of age

FVC ≥ 50% predicted

DLco 30%–79% predicted

Placebo, nintedanib 50 mg qd, nintedanib 50 mg bid, nintedanib 100 mg bid, or nintedanib 150 mg bid

Period 1: 52 weeks

Period 2: Patients who completed 52 weeks’ treatment in period 1 continued treatment until the last patient had completed 52 weeks’ treatment in period 1

INPULSIS-1 and -2

(NCT01335464, NCT01335477)

[9]

 ≥ 40 years of age

FVC ≥ 50% predicted

DLco 30–79% predicted

Nintedanib 150 mg bid or placebo

52 weeks

INMARK (NCT02788474)

[10]

 ≥ 40 years of age

FVC ≥ 80% predicted

Nintedanib 150 mg bid or placebo

12 weeks’ randomised treatment followed by open-label nintedanib for 40 weeks

Phase IIIb trial (NCT01979952)

[11]

 ≥ 40 years of age

FVC ≥ 50% predicted

DLco 30–79% predicted

Nintedanib 150 mg bid or placebo

 ≥ 6 months’ randomised treatment followed by open-label nintedanib up to week 52

  1. bid Twice daily, DLco diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide, FVC forced vital capacity, qd once daily. Patients at an increased risk of bleeding (i.e., with a genetic predisposition to bleeding, or requiring fibrinolysis, full-dose therapeutic anticoagulation, or high-dose antiplatelet therapy) and/or a recent history of thrombotic events, including stroke and transient ischaemic attacks in the previous year, myocardial infarction in the previous 6 months and unstable angina in the previous month were excluded