Global Evaluation of the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Diagnostic Pathway in the Post-COVID Era (ILD vMDT)

Study type

• Study topic:
  Other
• Study topic, other:
  Disease/Epidemiology study
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Descriptive analysis of ILD diagnostic pathway
• Data collection methods:
  Primary data collection

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Other
• Non-interventional study design, other:
  Electronic systematic survey

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  The study focused on interstitial lung disease (ILD) MDTs or eMDTs diagnoses center.
• Age groups:
  Adults (18 to < 46 years)

  Adults (46 to < 65 years)

  Adults (75 to < 85 years)

  Adults (85 years and over)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  400

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  This study aims to identify characteristics of fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) diagnostic practice and the features, strengths and limitations of distanced virtual multi-disciplinary team (vMDT) meetings, and open discussion on the prevalence of post-COVID fibrosis.
• Data analysis plan:
  Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U tests, Kruskal-Wallis tests, Chi2 or Fischer’s exact tests (as appropriate).