id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-001879-bn7h0kcw Papiris, Spyros A Survival in Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis acute exacerbations: the non-steroid approach 2015-12-14 .txt text/plain 4829 224 43 In 2012 a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial based on an independent protocol reviewed by a committee appointed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and conducted in 25 clinical centers under the auspices of the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Research Network (IPFnet) was terminated prematurely when the interim analysis demonstrated that IPF patients treated with combination therapy with prednisone, azathioprine and N-acetylcysteine not only had no evidence of physiological or clinical benefit but presented significantly increased rate of hospitalizations, exacerbations and deaths compared to the placebo arm [5] . ./cache/cord-001879-bn7h0kcw.txt ./txt/cord-001879-bn7h0kcw.txt