1. Impact of novel CFTR modulator on sinonasal quality of life in adult patients with cystic fibrosis.
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Douglas, Jennifer E., Civantos, Alyssa M., Locke, Tran B., Sweis, Auddie M., Hadjiliadis, Denis, Hong, Gina, Dorgan, Daniel J., Kohanski, Michael A., Palmer, James N., and Adappa, Nithin D.
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QUALITY of life , *CYSTIC fibrosis , *MAXILLECTOMY , *CYSTIC fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator - Abstract
Keywords: cystic fibrosis; CFTR modulator; elexacaftor; tezacaftor; ivacaftor; chronic rhinosinusitis; sinus surgery; SNOT-22 EN cystic fibrosis CFTR modulator elexacaftor tezacaftor ivacaftor chronic rhinosinusitis sinus surgery SNOT-22 201 203 3 02/24/21 20210201 NES 210201 Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition caused by an abnormality in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) causing recurrent pulmonary infections, pancreatic insufficiency, and, from an otolaryngology perspective, chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).1 Symptoms are recalcitrant to medical therapies, and over 20% of CF patients require endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) to address sinonasal complaints. All patients on CFTR modulators before ELX/TEZ/IVA were DF508 homozygotes on either TEZ/IVA or LUM/IVA. In summary, the novel highly-effective CFTR modulator ELX/TEZ/IVA leads to significantly improved sinonasal QoL in CF adults as measured by the SNOT-22 questionnaire. [Extracted from the article]
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