• Pierre-Régis Burgel, Anne Munck, Isabelle Durieu, Raphaël Chiron, Laurent Mely, Anne Prevotat, Marlene Murris-Espin, Michele Porzio, Michel Abely, Philippe Reix, Christophe Marguet, Julie Macey, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Harriet Corvol, Stéphanie Bui, Lydie Lemonnier, Clémence Dehillotte, Jennifer Da Silva, Jean-Louis Paillasseur, Dominique Hubert, and French Cystic Fibrosis Reference Network Study Group.
• Université de Paris, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, Paris, France.
• Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2020 Jan 15; 201 (2): 188-197.

AbstractRationale: Lumacaftor-ivacaftor is a CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) modulator combination recently approved for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) homozygous for the Phe508del mutation.Objectives: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of lumacaftor-ivacaftor in adolescents (≥12 yr) and adults (≥18 yr) in a real-life postapproval setting.Methods: The study was conducted in the 47 CF reference centers in France. All patients who initiated lumacaftor-ivacaftor from January 1 to December 31, 2016, were eligible. Patients were evaluated for lumacaftor-ivacaftor safety and effectiveness over the first year of treatment following the French CF Learning Society's recommendations.Measurements and Main Results: Among the 845 patients (292 adolescents and 553 adults) who initiated lumacaftor-ivacaftor, 18.2% (154 patients) discontinued treatment, often owing to respiratory (48.1%, 74 patients) or nonrespiratory (27.9%, 43 patients) adverse events. In multivariable logistic regression, factors associated with increased rates of discontinuation included adult age group, percent predicted FEV1 (ppFEV1) less than 40%, and numbers of intravenous antibiotic courses during the year before lumacaftor-ivacaftor initiation. Patients with continuous exposure to lumacaftor-ivacaftor showed an absolute increase in ppFEV1 (+3.67%), an increase in body mass index (+0.73 kg/m2), and a decrease in intravenous antibiotic courses by 35%. Patients who discontinued treatment had significant decrease in ppFEV1, without improvement in body mass index or decrease in intravenous antibiotic courses.Conclusions: Lumacaftor-ivacaftor was associated with improvement in lung disease and nutritional status in patients who tolerated treatment. Adults who discontinued lumacaftor-ivacaftor, often owing to adverse events, were found at high risk of clinical deterioration.

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