PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hoyle, Brian ED - King, Talmadge E. TI - Phase 3 Trial Confirms Benefits of Pirfenidone for IPF DP - 2014 Sep 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 11--12 VI - 14 IP - 11 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/11/11.2.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/11/11.2.full AB - The Assessment of Pirfenidone to Confirm Efficacy and Safety in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis trial [ASCEND; King TE et al. N Engl J Med 2014] was a Phase 3, multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. This trial discusses findings.