Early Detection of Acute Exacerbation in Patients With Idiopathic Lung Fibrosis - a Pilot Study

Patients will receive a tablet and a spirometer for daily home spirometry. Each patient is supposed to do the home spirometry at the same time every morning. The spirometer and the tablet are connected via Bluetooth. Data will be transferred to a webpage, which team members have access to. Alerts will be automatically send to team members, if the FVC-value decreases about 5% or more within three consecutive days or if the patient does not do the measurement on three consecutive days. Study period is one year. Patients will also conduct a survey to measure health related quality of life (K-BILD). This questionnaire, as well as a phone interview to record changes in medication and condition will be conducted at baseline and every 4 weeks. At baseline and after 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, patients will conduct a 6 minutes walking test, lung function test, blood will be drawn for biomarker analysis, and sputum, nasal swab, and urine samples will be collected and analyzed.