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We retrospectively analysed adults who underwent LTx for ILD from April 2011 to June 2024 in our institution and compared patients who received IA within 1 year before LTx to those who did not (systemic steroids exposure was used to adjust analysis). The primary outcome was 12-month retransplantation-free survival. Among 209 patients included, 76 (36%) had received IA within 1 year of LTx, and these patients had significantly worse 12-month retransplantation-free survival on multivariate analysis (62% vs. 80%; HR 1.99, 95%CI [1.11\u20133.56], p = 0.022); IA exposure increased the odds of grade 3 PGD (OR 3.20 [1.42\u20137.45], p = 0.005), bronchovascular fistula (OR 9.43, 95% CI [1.48\u2013183], p = 0.042), pneumonia episodes in the first 6 months (median 2 [IQR 1-4] vs. 1 [0.5\u20132.5], p = 0.001), cytomegalovirus viremia under prophylaxis (21% vs. 5.2%, p = 0.005) and incidence of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus (14% vs. 3.2%, p = 0.021). 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