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Ivacaftor as salvage therapy in a patient with cystic fibrosis genotype F508del/R117H/IVS8-5T.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Jul 2015
Carter S, Kelly S, Caples E, Grogan B, Doyle J, Gallagher C G, McKone E F
Abstract excerpt
Ivacaftor is a novel CFTR potentiator that increases CFTR activity and improves clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with at least one copy of CFTR-G551D. Clinical trials have shown an improvement in lung function, weight and CF pulmonary exacerbation in adults with CFTR-G551D leading to the approval of ivacaftor as a novel CF therapy [1]. In vitro studies of ivacaftor have also shown significant...
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