The Effect of Pirfenidone on the Prescription of Antibiotics and Antitussive Drugs in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Post Hoc Exploratory Analysis of Phase III Clinical Trial

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
• ² Biostatistics Center, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
• ³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Sandai, Miyagi, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku.
• ⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan.
• ⁷ Center for Preventive Medicine, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
• ⁸ Third Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
• ⁹ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
• ¹² Data Science Office, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
• ¹³ Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Tosei General Hospital, Seto, Aichi, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].