Authors
Harry GM Heijerman, Edward F McKone, Damian G Downey, Eva Van Braeckel, Steven M Rowe, Elizabeth Tullis, Marcus A Mall, John J Welter, Bonnie W Ramsey, Charlotte M McKee, Gautham Marigowda, Samuel M Moskowitz, David Waltz, Patrick R Sosnay, Christopher Simard, Neil Ahluwalia, Fengjuan Xuan, Yaohua Zhang, Jennifer L Taylor-Cousar, Karen S McCoy, Karen McCoy, Scott Donaldson, Seth Walker, James Chmiel, Ronald Rubenstein, Deborah K Froh, Isabel Neuringer, Manu Jain, Kathryn Moffett, Jennifer L Taylor-Cousar, Bruce Barnett, Gary Mueller, Patrick Flume, Floyd Livingston, Nighat Mehdi, Charlotte Teneback, John Welter, Raksha Jain, Dana Kissner, Kapilkumar Patel, Francisco J Calimano, Jimmy Johannes, Cori Daines, Thomas Keens, Herschel Scher, Subramanyam Chittivelu, Sudhakar Reddivalam, Ross Carl Klingsberg, Larry G Johnson, Stijn Verhulst, Patricia Macedo, Damien Downey, Gary Connett, Edward Nash, Nicholas Withers, Timothy Lee, Marleen Bakker, Harry Heijerman, Francois Vermeulen, Christiane Knoop, Elke De Wachter, Renske van der Meer, Petrus Merkus, Christof Majoor
Publication date
2019/11/23
Journal
The Lancet
Volume
394
Issue
10212
Pages
1940-1948
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators correct the basic defect caused by CFTR mutations. Improvements in health outcomes have been achieved with the combination of a CFTR corrector and potentiator in people with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation. The addition of elexacaftor (VX-445), a next-generation CFTR corrector, to tezacaftor plus ivacaftor further improved F508del-CFTR function and clinical outcomes in a phase 2 study in people with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation.
Methods
This phase 3, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, active-controlled trial of elexacaftor in combination with tezacaftor plus ivacaftor was done at 44 sites in four countries. Eligible participants were those with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation, aged 12 years or older with stable disease, and with a percentage predicted forced …
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