articleNew England Journal of MedicineNov 3, 2017BRONZE OA

Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor in Residual-Function Heterozygotes with Cystic Fibrosis

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Abstract

Background

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the CFTR gene that lead to progressive respiratory decline. Some mutant CFTR proteins show residual function and respond to the CFTR potentiator ivacaftor in vitro, whereas ivacaftor alone does not restore activity to Phe508del mutant CFTR.

Methods

) from the baseline value to the average of the week 4 and week 8 measurements in each intervention period.

Results

was 6.8 percentage points for tezacaftor-ivacaftor and 4.7 percentage points for ivacaftor alone (P

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