CommentVolume 12, Issue 12p934-935December 2024

Expanding the indication of CFTR modulator combinations for people with cystic fibrosis with non-F508del variants

Pierre-Régis Burgel
Affiliations
Université Paris-Cité, Institut Cochin, CNRS, Inserm, Paris, France
Respiratory Medicine and Cystic Fibrosis National Reference Center, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris 75014, France
a,b pierre-regis.burgel@aphp.fr

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CFTR modulators are small molecules that bind to defective CFTR proteins in people with cystic fibrosis, partly restoring chloride transport, and were discovered thanks to high-throughput screening.
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Taylor-Cousar, JL ∙ Robinson, PD ∙ Shteinberg, M ∙ et al.
CFTR modulator therapy: transforming the landscape of clinical care in cystic fibrosis
Lancet. 2023; 402:1171-1184
Treatment with the single CFTR modulator ivacaftor induces substantial improvement in chloride transport and clinical status in people with cystic fibrosis with gating variants. Restoring chloride transport to 40–50% of normal CFTR function, the threshold that is widely understood to be associated with clinical benefits in carriers of a least one F508del (also known as Phe508del) variant, requires a combination of CFTR modulators with different mechanisms of action.
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Taylor-Cousar, JL ∙ Robinson, PD ∙ Shteinberg, M ∙ et al.
CFTR modulator therapy: transforming the landscape of clinical care in cystic fibrosis
Lancet. 2023; 402:1171-1184
Elexacaftor–tezacaftor–ivacaftor (ETI) has become the current standard of care for the approximately 82% of the global cystic fibrosis population with at least one F508del variant.
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Burgel, P-R ∙ Orenti, A ∙ Cromwell, E ∙ et al.
Worldwide prevalence of F508del and rare CFTR variants responsive to elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor
J Cyst Fibros. 2024; 23:S3 (abstr).
The remaining 18% are currently not eligible for ETI in most countries.

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