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Mothers of young children with cystic fibrosis bear a heavier caregiving load than fathers, according to an Irish study. The research also showed that the caregiving burden increased as children grew older and when they became infected with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Although University College Dublin researchers identified circumstances that could affect…

Clinical trials on all three Proteostasis Therapeutics’ investigational cystic fibrosis modulators — PTI-428, PTI-801, and PTI-808 — have demonstrated they are safe and have the potential to improve the effectiveness of Orkambi in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The positive clinical data supports the initiation of new clinical trials evaluating the…

Jim Best, a 34-year-old Canadian pharmacist with cystic fibrosis, is also a talented photographer who rides his motorcycle across the country every year to raise funds for CF research. In addition to generating funds, the trips help the Sackville, Nova Scotia, resident spread awareness about the incurable disease that affects…

Arch Biopartners recently completed a good manufacturing practice (GMP) production campaign for AB569, a potential inhalation treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacterial lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other conditions. The campaign, intended to ensure the quality of the investigative therapy, was…

Kalydeco (ivacaftor) is safe and effective in 1- and 2-year-olds with cystic fibrosis (CF), Vertex Pharmaceuticals reported based on data from its ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial in infants and toddlers. The treatment’s safety was similar to that seen in studies of older children, the company said. Moreover,…

Doctors should frequently re-evaluate the use of protein pump inhibitors (PPIs) for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, urges a University of Florida study which warns that long-term PPI use leads to a higher risk of hospitalization for pulmonary exacerbations. Identifying risk factors associated with pulmonary exacerbations is critical since they cause a decline…

Canadian researchers developed a safer and more cost-effective method for transforming differentiated adult cells into stem-like cells, a process known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). The new method, called interrupted reprogramming, already showed promise as a potential cell therapy replacement in a mouse model with cystic fibrosis. The study “…

The Colton Underwood Legacy Foundation has partnered with International Biophysics, the manufacturer of AffloVest, to provide 50 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with the next-gen airway clearance therapy in all 50 U.S. states. The foundation, created in 2015 by former NFL linebacker Colton Underwood, encourages youth participation in…

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT) has given an award worth up to $5 million to Savara Pharmaceuticals to support the continued development of AeroVanc, an inhaled antibiotic intended to treat persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lung infection in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). CFFT is the non-profit drug discovery…

Sevion Therapeutics and Eloxx Pharmaceuticals announced that a first healthy subject has been dosed in a Phase 1b clinical trial assessing the safety, tolerability and drug properties of ELX-02 as a potential treatment of several genetic diseases caused by nonsense mutations, including cystic fibrosis (CF). Nonsense mutations are…