ERS International Congress 2021: highlights from the Interstitial Lung Diseases Assembly
- Sabina A. Guler1,
- Sara Cuevas-Ocaña2,
- Mouhamad Nasser3,
- Wim A. Wuyts4,
- Marlies S. Wijsenbeek5,
- Antoine Froidure6,
- Elena Bargagli7,
- Elisabetta A. Renzoni8,
- Marcel Veltkamp9,10,
- Paolo Spagnolo11,
- Hilario Nunes12,
- Cormac McCarthy13,
- Maria Molina-Molina14,
- Francesco Bonella15,
- Venerino Poletti16,
- Michael Kreuter17,
- Katerina M. Antoniou18 and
- Catharina C. Moor5⇑
- 1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK
- 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Lyon, France
- 4Unit for Interstitial Lung Disease, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
- 5Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases and Sarcoidosis, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 6Service de pneumologie, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc and Institut de Recherche Expérimentale, Bruxelles, Belgium
- 7Departement of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Respiratory Medicine, Siena University, Italy
- 8Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield, part of Guy's and St Tomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, Margaret Turner Warwick Centre for Firbosing Lung Diseases, Imperial College, London, UK
- 9Interstitial Lung Diseases Centre of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, P.O. Box 2500, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
- 10Division of Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 11Respiratory Disease Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy
- 12Service de Pneumologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, Hôpital Avicenne, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
- 13UCD School of Medicine, Education and Research Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- 14Department of Pneumology, Unit of Interstitial Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- 15Center for interstitial and rare lung diseases, Ruhrlandklinik University Hospital, Duisburg-Essen University, Essen, Germany
- 16Dipartimento Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio e del Torace Ospedale GB Morgagni-Forli' (FC)/University of Bologna, Italy
- 17Center for interstitial and rare lung diseases & Interdisciplinary Center for Sarcoidosis, Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, University Hospital Heidelberg and German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany
- 18Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Pneumonology Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
- Catharina C. Moor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam. E-mail: c.moor{at}erasmusmc.nl
Abstract
This article provides an overview of scientific highlights in the field of interstitial lung disease (ILD), presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society Congress 2021. A broad range of topics was discussed this year, ranging from translational and genetic aspects to novel innovations with the potential to improve the patient pathway. Early Career Members summarize a selection of interesting findings from different congress sessions, together with the leadership of Assembly 12 – Interstitial Lung Disease.
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Conflict of interest: Sabina A. Guler reports payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Boehringer Ingelheim and Hoffmann-La Roche. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board for Boehringer Ingelheim. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Sara Cuevas Ocaña reports receiving support for attending meetings and/or travel from the ERS. Disclosure made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Mouhamad Nasser reports receiving consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Hoffman La Roche and Chugai, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Wim A. Wuyts reports grants or contracts received form Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim, Galapagos, NIH and Fund scientific research Flanders. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Marlies Wijsenbeek reports receiving grants or contracts from Hoffmann-La Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim. Consulting fees from Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim, Galapagos, Bristol Myers Squibb, Galecto and Respivant. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Boehringer Ingelheim, F. Hoffmann-La, Roche and Novartis. Support for attending meetings and/or travel from Boehringer Ingelheim and F. Hoffmann-La Roche. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board for Savara and Galapagos. Unpaid; Chair of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia group of the European Respiratory Society; Member of the board of the Netherlands Respiratory Society; Member of the scientific advisory board of the European Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and related disorders federation; Chair of the educational committee of the European Reference Network for rare Lung Diseases; Advisory board of the Dutch Lungfibrosis and Sarcoidosis patient associations. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Antoine FROIDURE reports grants or contracts received form Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim. Consulting fees received from Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Elena Bargagli has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Elisabetta A. Renzoni reports grants or contracts received form Boehringer Ingelheim. Consulting fees received from Boehringer Ingelheim. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche and Chiesi. Support for attending meetings and/or travel received from Boehringer Ingelheim. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Marcel Veltkamp reports receiving consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Chiesi Pharmaceutical. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board for Boehringer Ingelheim and DSMB COLD study (prof. Annema, Amsterdam UMC). Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: PAOLO SPAGNOLO reports grants or contracts received from PPM SERVICES, ROCHE and BOEHRINGER. Consulting fees received from PPM SERVICES, CHIESI, NOVARTIS and PIERIS. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from BOEHRINGER, ROCHE and CHIESI. Support for attending meetings and/or travel received from PPM SERVICES AND BOEHRINGER. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board for GALAPAGOS. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Hilario NUNES reports receiving consulting fees received from Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche and Grenentech. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche and Grenentech. Support for attending meetings and/or travel received from Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche and Grenentech. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board for Galapagos and Actelion Pharmaceuticals. Other financial or non-financial interests; Investigator of clinical trial for Sanofi, Gilead, Novartis, Galecto Biotech AB and BMS. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Cormac McCarthy reports receiving grants or contracts from Boehringer Ingelheim. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Roche Ltd and Aerogen. Support for attending meetings and/or travel received from Boehringer Ingelheim and Rocher. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board for Savara Inc. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: MARIA MOLINA MOLINA reports grants or contracts received from Roche and Boehringer Ing. Consulting fees received from Esteve-Teijin, Ferrer and Chiesi. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Boehringer Ing. Support for attending meetings and/or travel received from Boehringer Ing. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Francesco Bonella reports receiving consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Savara Pharma. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Boehringer Ingelheim, Fujirebio, Galapagos NV and Roche. Support for attending meetings and/or travel received from Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche. Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board for Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Fujirebio, Galapagos NV, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche and Takeda. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Venerino Poletti has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Michael Kreuter reports receiving grants or contracts from Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim. Consulting fees received from Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim and Galapagos. Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim. ERS Assembly 12. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Katerina Antoniou reports receiving consulting fees from BI and Roche. Payment of honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus manuscript writing or educational events for BI and Roche. Support for attending meetings and/or travel received from BI and Roche. ERS Assembly 12 head. Disclosures made outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Catharina C. Moor has nothing to disclose.
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- Received November 16, 2021.
- Accepted December 4, 2021.
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