About the Authors

Olawale Amubieya

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

oamubieya@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jamie L. Todd

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Megan L. Neely

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert J. Kaner

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Joseph A. Lasky

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Andrew Namen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Allergy and Immunologic Diseases, Atrium Health Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Christian Hesslinger

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany

Scott M. Palmer

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

S. Samuel Weigt

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

John A. Belperio

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Olawale Amubieya has nothing to report. Jamie L Todd, Megan L Neely, and Scott M Palmer are employees of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), which receives funding support from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to coordinate the IPF-PRO/ILD-PRO Registry. Jamie L Todd reports grants from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, CareDx and has participated on Data Safety Monitoring Boards or Advisory Boards for Altavant Sciences, Natera, Sanofi, Theravance. Megan L Neely reports honoraria for a lecture from North Carolina State University. Robert J Kaner reports grants paid to his institution from Bellerophon, Boehringer Ingelheim, CSL Behring, Genentech, the National Institutes of Health, Respivant, Toray, the US Department of Defense; royalties from UpToDate; fees from AstraZeneca and Galapagos for serving on Adjudication Committees; speaker fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, the France Foundation, Genentech, Vindico; fees for participation on Data Safety Monitoring Boards or Advisory Boards for Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Pliant, PureTech; he holds unpaid leadership or fiduciary roles with the Pulmonary Wellness Foundation and Stony Wold Foundation; holds stock or stock options with Air Cycle Systems and Doximity; he has received medical writing support funded by AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Galapagos, Genentech. Joseph A Lasky has received a research grant pertaining to biomarkers from Boehringer Ingelheim; consulting fees for advisory boards from Roche and Veracyte; speaker fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Veracyte; participation on Data Safety Monitoring Boards or Advisory Boards for Biogen and Galecto; he is a site investigator for the IPF-PRO Registry. Andrew Namen is a site investigator for the IPF-PRO Registry. Christian Hesslinger is an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim. Scott M Palmer reports research funding to Duke University/DCRI from AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, CareDx; royalties or licenses from UpToDate; and speaker fees from Altavant Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Mereo Biopharma, Theravance. S Samuel Weigt reports grants from CareDx; has served on a speaker bureau for Boehringer Ingelheim; and has participated on advisory boards for CareDx, Natera, Theravance, Veracyte. John A Belperio is a member of the Steering Committee for the IPF-PRO/ILD-PRO Registry. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.