Efficacy and safety of antifibrotic drugs for interstitial lung diseases other than IPF: A systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

Mei Yang; Yuying Tan; Ting Yang; Dan Xu; Mei Chen; Lei Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0318877

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Efficacy and safety of antifibrotic drugs for interstitial lung diseases other than IPF: A systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

Mei Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Yang, Yuying Tan, Ting Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yuying Tan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Yang, Yuying Tan, Ting Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Ting Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Yang, Yuying Tan, Ting Yang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Dan Xu,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Mei Chen ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lchens@126.com (LC); alice_chenmei@163.com (MC)

Affiliation School of Medical and Life Sciences, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Lei Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lchens@126.com (LC); alice_chenmei@163.com (MC)

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3476-0035

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Efficacy and safety of antifibrotic drugs for interstitial lung diseases other than IPF: A systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

Mei Yang,
Yuying Tan,
Ting Yang,
Dan Xu,
Mei Chen,
Lei Chen

Published: February 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318877

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