Long-Term Follow-Up of Health-Related Quality of Life and Short-Term Intervention with CFTR Modulator Therapy in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: Evaluation of Changes over Several Years with or without 33 Weeks of CFTR Modulator Therapy.
Wolfgang GruberMatthias WelsnerChristopher BloschStefanie DillenhoeferMargarete OlivierFolke BrinkmannCordula Koerner-RettbergSivagurunathan SutharsanUwe MelliesChristian TaubeFlorian StehlingPublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
The results of the present study show that ETI therapy has a positive effect on HRQoL and clinical outcomes over time but not in pwCF without ETI treatment. Furthermore, our results suggest that disease progression over time affects the physical domains of HRQoL more than the psychosocial domains. Due to the small sample size and the heterogeneity of the study population (CFTR mutation genotype), the results should be interpreted with some caution.