The future of cystic fibrosis care: a global perspective

SC Bell, MA Mall, H Gutierrez, M Macek… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The past six decades have seen remarkable improvements in health
outcomes for people with cystic fibrosis, which was once a fatal disease of infants and young …

Airway mucus, inflammation and remodeling: emerging links in the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases

Z Zhou-Suckow, J Duerr, M Hagner, R Agrawal… - Cell and tissue …, 2017 - Springer
Airway mucus obstruction is a hallmark of many chronic lung diseases including rare genetic
disorders such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia, as well as common lung …

Effects of Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor Therapy on CFTR Function in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and One or Two F508del Alleles

SY Graeber, C Vitzthum, ST Pallenberg… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) modulator
combination elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ELX/TEZ/IVA) was shown to improve clinical …

Effects of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy on lung clearance index and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with cystic fibrosis and one or two F508del …

SY Graeber, DM Renz, M Stahl… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: We recently demonstrated that triple-combination CFTR (cystic fibrosis
transmembrane conductance regulator) modulator therapy with elexacaftor/tezacaftor …

Efficacy and Safety of Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor in Children 6 Through 11 Years of Age with Cystic Fibrosis Heterozygous for F508del and a Minimal Function …

MA Mall, R Brugha, S Gartner, J Legg… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The triple-combination regimen elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ELX/TEZ/IVA)
was shown to be safe and efficacious in children aged 6 through 11 years with cystic fibrosis …

Expanding applications of pulmonary MRI in the clinical evaluation of lung disorders: Fleischner Society position paper

H Hatabu, Y Ohno, WB Gefter, G Parraga, B Madore… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Pulmonary MRI provides structural and quantitative functional images of the lungs without
ionizing radiation, but it has had limited clinical use due to low signal intensity from the lung …

Feasibility of quantitative regional ventilation and perfusion mapping with phase‐resolved functional lung (PREFUL) MRI in healthy volunteers and COPD, CTEPH …

A Voskrebenzev, M Gutberlet, F Klimeš… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In this feasibility study, a phase‐resolved functional lung imaging postprocessing
method for extraction of dynamic perfusion (Q) and ventilation (V) parameters using a …

Magnetic resonance imaging detects improvements of pulmonary and paranasal sinus abnormalities in response to elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy in adults …

L Wucherpfennig, SMF Triphan, S Wege… - Journal of Cystic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Therapy with Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor (ETI) was recently
approved for adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with at least one F508del mutation. However …

Effects of lumacaftor–ivacaftor on lung clearance index, magnetic resonance imaging, and airway microbiome in Phe508del homozygous patients with cystic fibrosis

SY Graeber, S Boutin, MO Wielpütz… - Annals of the …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Previous studies showed that lumacaftor–ivacaftor therapy results in partial
rescue of CFTR (cystic fibrosis [CF] transmembrane conductance regulator) activity and a …

Progression of lung disease in preschool patients with cystic fibrosis

S Stanojevic, SD Davis, G Retsch-Bogart… - American journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Implementation of intervention strategies to prevent lung damage in early cystic
fibrosis (CF) requires objective outcome measures that capture and track lung disease …