Oxygen enhanced MRI biomarkers of lung function in interstitial lung disease

  • Marta Tibiletti
  • , Josephine Naish
  • , Matthew J Heaton
  • , John Waterton
  • , Paul Hughes
  • , James A Eaden
  • , Sarah Skeoch
  • , Nazia Chaudhuri
  • , Ian Bruce
  • , Stephen M. Bianchi
  • , Jim Wild
  • , Geoff Jm Parker

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Abstract

Introduction: Novel biomarkers are needed to improve assessment of ILD. Oxygen enhanced MRI (OE-MRI) monitors regional O2 delivery from changes in the MRI relaxation time T1 in response to hyperoxia. We present OE-MRI biomarkers in different ILD phenotypes (IPF, DI-ILD, CTD-ILD, HSP) acquired in a prospective observational study and compare them with lung function tests under standard clinical care.

Methods: Patients recruited and scans analysed to date are summarised in fig 1. The OE MR parameters considered were: baseline T1, change in delta pO2 (ΔpO2), O2 wash-in time and ventilated volume fraction. Biomarker values at each visit and the change between visits were compared with lung function tests (FVC%, FEV1%, Tlco%, KCO%) using Pearson correlation (no correction for multiple comparisons).

Results: In the IPF subgroup, T1 correlated with Tlco% and KCO% (r=-0.43, p=0.027 and r=-0.43, p=0.028). Changes between visits in ΔpO2 and in KCO%(r = 0.86, p=0.003) were also correlated. No significant correlations were found in other phenotypes.

Conclusions: In IPF, change between visits in ΔpO2 correlates with the change in KCO%, but not in the other ILD subtypes.
Original languageEnglish
Article number4330
JournalEuropean Respiratory Journal
Volume56
Issue numberSuppl 64
DOIs
Publication statusPublished online - 28 Oct 2020

Bibliographical note

This abstract was presented at the 2020 ERS International Congress, in session “Respiratory viruses in the "pre COVID-19" era”.

This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).

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