Ryo Okuda: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 6-16-1 Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0051, Japan.
Takashi Ogura: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 6-16-1 Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0051, Japan. Electronic address: takaoguogu@gmail.com.
Shu Hisata: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, 329-0498, Japan.
Tomohisa Baba: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 6-16-1 Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0051, Japan.
Yasuhiro Kondoh: Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Tosei General Hospital, 160 Nishioiwake-cho, Seto, 489-8642, Japan.
Takafumi Suda: Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Tyuo-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan.
Takeshi Johkoh: Department of Radiology, Kansai Rosai Hospital, 3-1-69 Inabaso, Amagasaki, 660-8511, Japan.
Tae Iwasawa: Department of Radiology, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 6-16-1 Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0051, Japan.
Hiromi Tomioka: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital, 2-4 Ichiban-cho, Nagata-ku, Kobe, 653-0013, Japan.
Masashi Bando: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, 329-0498, Japan.
Arata Azuma: Nippon Medical School, Graduate School of Pulmonary Medicine, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Yoshikazu Inoue: Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, 591-8555, Japan.
Nobuhisa Ishikawa: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, 1-5-54 Ujina-kanda, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8530, Japan.
Naoki Arai: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Ibarakihigashi National Hospital, 825 Terunuma, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, 319-1113, Ibaraki, Japan.
Takahisa Takihara: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, 259-1193, Japan.
Megumi Hamaguchi: Division of Medical Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, 693-8501, Japan.
Toru Arai: Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, 591-8555, Japan.
Yutaro Nakamura: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Tenryu Hospital, 4201-2 Oro, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, 434-8511, Japan.
Atsushi Miyamoto: Department of Respiratory Center, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8470, Japan.
Keisuke Tomii: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chyuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Yasunari Miyazaki: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan.
Hirofumi Chiba: Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, 16-291 Minami1jyo-nishi, Tyuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan.
Haruyuki Ishii: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan.
Naoki Hamada: Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jyonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.
Yasuhiro Terasaki: Department of Analytic Human Pathology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
Junya Fukuoka: Department of Pathology Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.
Fumikazu Sakai: Department of Radiology, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 6-16-1 Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0051, Japan.
Ryoko Egashira: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan.
Kiminori Fujimoto: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
Hiromitsu Sumikawa: Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, 591-8555, Japan.
Takuji Suzuki: Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chyuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan.
Susumu Sakamoto: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Toho University Omori Medical Center, 6-11-1 Omori-nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Yasuhiko Nishioka: Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
Noboru Hattori: Departments of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Naozumi Hashimoto: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, 470-1192, Japan.
Satoshi Morita: Department of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Nao Ichihara: Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
Hiroaki Miyata: Departments of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
Koichi Hagiwara: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, 329-0498, Japan.
Kunihiko Kobayashi: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, 350-1298, Japan.
BACKGROUND: Prognostic factors in patients with newly diagnosed idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) have rarely been analyzed using prospective data. This study investigated prognostic factors in patients with IIP. METHODS: Central interstitial lung disease (ILD) experts established the diagnoses for fibrotic ILD. Prognostic factors using baseline data, including the pathological confidence level of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) assessed on a 0%-100% linear analog scale by high-resolution CT (HRCT), pulmonary function tests, and patient-reported outcomes were investigated. RESULTS: Overall, 866 eligible patients were registered. Patients with unclassifiable idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (n = 272) survived longer than those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) (n = 469) (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.67; [95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.47-0.95]; P = 0.022); however, IPF as IIPs classification was not a significant prognostic factor at diagnosis (P = 0.577). UIP pattern on HRCT, age, body mass index, forced vital capacity, diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide, and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire were risk factors for survival (P < 0.05). Patients with proposed progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) had poorer prognoses than those without proposed PPF (HR = 5.63; [95% CI: 3.17-10.00]; P < 0.001). Patients with progressive fibrosing ILD (PF-ILD) had poorer prognoses than those without PF-ILD (HR = 7.85; [95% CI: 3.38-18.3]; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: A prospective registry of patients with newly diagnosed IIP provided evidence that the UIP pattern on HRCT by analog scale was a prognostic predictor. Proposed PPF and PF-ILD were valuable for discriminating prognosis. (JIPS Registry, ClinTrials.gov, NCT03041623).