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Lung Clearance Index Improved in Children Ages 6-11 on Ivacaftor/Lumacaftor

Ivacaftor/Lumacaftor Improves Lung Clearance Index Score In Children A new phase 3 study, led by The Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto, Canada, has been completed on the CF treatment ivacaftor/lumacaftor in children ages 6-11 with two F508-del CFTR mutations. In a group of 206 children from …

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Outcomes and Tolerances in Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor

Last month, the results of a study were published that looked at the progress and side effects of the cystic fibrosis treatment lumacaftor/ivacaftor in 116 people with CF during a year after starting the medication. 46 (39.7%) people reported side effects related to lumacaftor/ivacaftor, and of the side effects, 82.2% …

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Orkambi Study On Children Age 6-12 With DDF508: Cystic Fibrosis Treatment

Results are in from a 24-week study of Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor – a medication used in cystic fibrosis treatment) in 58 children with cystic fibrosis age 6-12 with two copies of the F508-delta mutation. Researchers were looking to examine the safety and efficacy of the CFTR potentiator on this age group and …

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Mom takes on Vertex CEO about pricey Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Drugs

In October, Oklahoma-based journalist and mom Juliana Keeping traveled to Boston with her son to confront Jeffrey Leiden, the CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Keeping’s son, Eli, has cystic fibrosis, and she’s not happy that Vertex’s two-drug combo, Orkambi, costs $259,000 a year. So Keeping, who gathered more than 124,700 signatures on …

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