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The total cost of managing cystic fibrosis (CF) — healthcare costs, patient and caregiver costs, as well as costs to society — varied widely per patient per year in a review of published studies. Most studies only reported costs to the healthcare system, such as hospitalizations and healthcare visits,…

At-home telemonitoring of lung function in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) can detect the early onset of pulmonary exacerbations, or a sudden worsening of lung symptoms, and may help in determining the likelihood of a child’s response to treatment, a study reported. Its researchers proposed thresholds for lung function…

Fas, a protein that triggers programmed cell death, was identified as a potential urinary biomarker for kidney injury associated with certain antibiotics used to treat lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), a new study shows. To identify Fas as a biomarker, researchers used a three-dimensional cell-based system…

African American cystic fibrosis (CF) patients described, in a new interview study, the lifetime of challenges they face in living with a disease often misconstrued as one that only affects white people. A lack of representation and cultural insensitivity from healthcare teams, mental health concerns, and an inability to…

Cough and sputum symptoms in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF), as assessed by the Cough and Sputum Assessment Questionnaire (CASA-Q), were significantly linked to impaired quality of life, according to a pilot study. Worse cough and sputum symptoms occurred more often in women, those with severe shortness of breath…

Blood levels of an indicator of diabetes, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), fell within the first year that cystic fibrosis (CF) patients were treated with Kaftrio, the triple combination therapy marketed as Trikafta in North America, according to a study of patients in Denmark. But among those with CF-related…

Taking CFTR modulators as a child may make boys and girls with cystic fibrosis (CF) grow about a third of an inch taller by the time they turn 18, according to a large study of data from the CF Foundation patient registry. Researchers also observed that being taller…

Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move legs or other body parts, especially during sleep, is highly prevalent among adults with cystic fibrosis (CF), a study shows. A higher percentage of hemoglobin A1c, or HbA1c, indicative of CF-related diabetes (CFRD), and…

People with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have chronic inflammation in the nose are less likely to need sinus surgery if they are taking the triple-combination CFTR modulator treatment Kaftrio (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor). That’s according to “Triple combination CFTR modulator therapy reduces the need for endoscopic sinus surgery…

Inflammatory molecules that serve as markers of infection or other problems can be measured in the nasal fluid of babies with cystic fibrosis (CF), collected using filter paper placed in a nostril. Changes in the levels of some of these molecules, using this noninvasive method, were seen in infants…