Margarida Maia, PhD,  science writer—

People with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the U.S. tend to live more than a decade longer now than patients did about 20 years ago, according to a study that found deaths from CF have about halved from 1999 to 2020. “These changes were relatively slow during an earlier period…

BX004, a virus-based cocktail designed to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), can reduce the number of bacteria in the lungs with no signs of resistance to treatment over time, a study has found. Findings from the first part of a small Phase 1b/2a…

Taking Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for more than two years helped clear trapped air from the lungs of children with cystic fibrosis (CF), ages 6-11, but didn’t prevent an abnormal widening of the airways, a real-world study finds. The findings indicate the medication may not completely stop lung damage from…

Treatment with Kaftrio, a triple combo of elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor sold as Trikafta in the U.S., may help reduce the number of medications people with cystic fibrosis (CF) take each day, a study found. Patients may have to take multiple medications to manage all symptoms of…

Both genetics and environmental factors, such as attending daycare, family income, and maternal education, may determine how early some lung problems develop in children with cystic fibrosis (CF), a study finds. This is important because while variations in a person’s genes can’t be modified, “some extrinsic exposures can and…

The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation will put up to $2 million into an effort by Nosis Bio to use artificial intelligence (AI) to design carriers that can safely deliver gene therapy into the lungs of people with CF. “This type of therapy has the potential to treat anyone with…

Undernutrition, or not getting enough nutrients to meet the body’s needs, may occur in as many as half of hospitalized children with cystic fibrosis (CF), making it more common than in other chronic diseases, a study finds. The study, “Undernutrition is still highly frequent in hospitalized children…

More lumps of fat and hardened deposits, called calcifications, may show up on imaging scans of the pancreas of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have diabetes, a study shows. These findings suggest doctors can use computed tomography (CT) imaging to help diagnose CF-related diabetes and distinguish these…

Kaftrio, sold as Trikafta in the U.S., continues to thin mucus and to reduce the number of harmful bacteria in the airways when taken for over a year by people with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to an observational study in Germany. While long-term use of Vertex…

Body composition assessments, particularly fat mass and fat-free mass, may be more informative than body mass index (BMI) for monitoring weight gain in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients starting Kaftrio (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor), a Welsh real-world study suggests. The researchers found that while patients’ BMI, a ratio of weight to height, significantly…