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ArticleCureus2022

The Impact of Elexacaftor/Ivacaftor/Tezacaftor on Cystic Fibrosis Patients Who Acquire COVID-19 Infection.

Brittany Miles, Jay Chacko, Mohammed Zaidan

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brittany MilesMedical Education and Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
Jay ChackoPulmonary, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
Mohammed ZaidanPulmonary and Critical Care, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of medication containing elexacaftor, ivacaftor, and tezacaftor (EIT) has dramatically impacted the treatment and prognosis for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Lung function, weight, and self-reported quality of life have improved for many of these patients, but little is known about whether this treatment will have a beneficial effect in preventing morbidity and/or mortality from respiratory infections such as COVID-19. EIT received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval shortly before the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the United States. We performed an analysis using the TriNetX (Cambridge, MA, USA) research database to determine if patients being treated with EIT who became infected with COVID-19 experienced significantly different outcomes compared to patients who were not receiving it.

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covid-19covid-19 respiratory failurecystic fibrosiselexacaftor/ivacaftor/tezacaftorhomozygous f508del mutationmechanical ventilatortrikafta

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PMID36277555
PMCPMC9578654
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