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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the I-FILE study

From: Study protocol of an international patient-led registry in patients with pulmonary fibrosis using online home monitoring: I-FILE

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Newly diagnosed patients with ILD and PF on HRCT

 Pulmonary fibrosis present on HRCT according to current guidelines, confirmed by a thoracic radiologist at the MDD [20]

 MDD diagnosis ≤ 6 months before inclusion

 Treatment for ILD ≤ than 1 month

Not able to speak, read or write in the native language of the country where the patient is included

Not able to comply to the study protocol, according to the judgement of the investigator and/or patient

No access to the internet

  1. ILD Interstitial lung disease, PF Pulmonary fibrosis, MDD Multi-disciplinary discussion, HRCT High-resolution computed tomography