Could a Team-Based approach improve life for lung disease patients?
NCT ID NCT06626438
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether a personalized 'treatable traits' care model—where patients see a lung specialist, physiotherapist, psychologist, and dietitian together—can improve quality of life and slow disease progression in people with interstitial lung disease. About 110 participants will be randomly assigned to either this team-based care or standard care. The study measures quality of life, symptoms, exercise capacity, and survival without progression.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- treatable traits model of care (multidisciplinary clinic with doctor, physiotherapist, psychologist, dietitian)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that personalized, team-based care improves quality of life and slows disease progression for people with interstitial lung disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial testing a care model rather than a drug, so results may not be dramatic or widely applicable. The intervention is complex and may not be easy to implement in other settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 110 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Patients with a new or pre-existing diagnosis of fibrotic ILD who receive care via the Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) or Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) ILD service will be invited to participate. This ILD diagnosis must be made through an ILD MDT. Included participants will be aged ≥ 18 years with a physician-confirmed diagnosis of fibrotic ILD. Fibrotic ILD is defined as presence of fibrotic changes on CT in the opinion of the investigator. All ILD subtypes, excluding sarcoidosis, will be included. Participants will need to be able to provide consent to participate and be established on stable ILD treatment for 1 month prior to study initiation. Exclusion Criteria: Participants will be excluded if they have experienced an acute exacerbation 4 weeks prior to starting the study or are expected to experience either a transplant or death during the study period. Active suicidality, severe depression, active psychosis or mania, or other severe psychiatric concerns that require more intensive treatment. Any such participants could be referred for individual therapy and/or psychiatric treatment that would be more appropriate for their needs.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fiona Stanley Hospital
RECRUITINGPerth, Western Australia, 6150, Australia
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPerth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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