Overview
The purpose of this study is to investigate how immunosuppression treatment affects measurements of active collagen deposition using \[68Ga\]CBP8 positron emission tomography (PET) and tissue injury using dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in individuals with non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung disease (non-IPF ILD).
Description
15 different subjects with non-IPF ILD starting immunosuppression treatment for their underlying ILD will be enrolled. Participants will undergo \[68Ga\]CBP8 PET and DCE-MRI prior to and 12 weeks after treatment initiation to determine the effects of immunosuppressive treatment on PET measurements of collagen deposition and selected DCE-MRI-derived measurements.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-80 with a diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, connective tissue-associated ILD (due to rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disease), or undifferentiated ILD.
- Starting immunosuppression treatment with mycophenolate mofetil, mycophenolate sodium, and / or prednisone for clinically indicated non-IPF ILD treatment.
- Pulmonary fibrosis, defined as honeycombing, traction bronchiectasis, or reticular opacities on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) performed within 1 year to or at Visit 1.
- Forced vital capacity (FVC) of \>/= 45% and diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) \>/= 25% predicted on PFTs performed at Visit 1.
Exclusion criteria:
- Current or prior exposure to FDA approved anti-fibrotic therapy.
- Extent of emphysema greater than extent of fibrosis.
- Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant at baseline or during follow-up.
- Contraindications to MRI.
- Contraindications to receiving gadolinium-based contrast agents.
- Research-related radiation exposure exceeds 50 millisievert (mSv) in the prior year.
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 30 mL/min (only for individuals with a history of chronic kidney disease).
- Clinically significant pulmonary hypertension (PH) defined by use of pulmonary vasodilatory therapy.
- Respiratory infection within the prior 6 weeks.
- Smoking of any kind within the prior 6 months.


