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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports Six-Year Outcomes for Trikafta in Cystic Fibrosis

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Editorial Team · May 25, 2024

Vertex presents six-year follow-up data showing Trikafta maintains significant lung function improvements and dramatically reduces pulmonary exacerbations in CF.

Respiratory disease research

Vertex Pharmaceuticals today presented six-year follow-up data for Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) in patients with cystic fibrosis. The data showed that Trikafta maintained significant improvements in lung function, with ppFEV1 improvements of approximately 14 percentage points sustained over six years. Pulmonary exacerbation rates remained dramatically reduced compared to pre-treatment rates.

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