๐ฌIn plain words
What the trial is, and whether it could suit you
This multicenter translational research study integrates diagnostic analyses and ex-vivo functional testing to support future clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of CFTR modulator treatments in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) carrying rare or orphan mutations that may benefit from these therapies.
Patient-derived nasal epithelial cells will be collected through standardized nasal brushing procedures, expanded, and cultured under air-liquid interface conditions to generate differentiated epithelia. Short-circuit current measurements will be used to assess baseline CFTR dysfunction and evaluate functional recovery following treatment with available CFTR modulators. These results will be complemented by DNA sequencing to identify complex alleles, quantitative and qualitative CFTR mRNA analyses to investigate gene expression and splicing defects, and assessments of epit
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๐ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria:
* Adult or pediatric patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have, on the first allele, a missense mutation or a small deletion (not resulting in a frameshift) that has not been functionally characterized or for which responsiveness to currently available therapies is limited or unknown, AND a second allele carrying another uncharacterized mutation, a stop-gain mutation, a class II mutation, or a large deletion of the CFTR gene; OR
* Pediatric patients with Cystic Fibrosis Screen Positive, Inconclusive Diagnosis (CFSPID), meeting the following definition: "an asymptomatic newborn with a positive CF newborn screening (NBS) result and a sweat chloride concentration \<30 mmol/L and two CFTR variants, at least one of which has unclear phenotypic consequences; or an intermediate sweat chloride concentration (30-59 mmol/L) and one or no CF-causing variants"; OR
* Adult or pediatric patients with CFTR-related disorders (CFTR-RD) meeting the following criteria: a CFTR-RD-associated phenotype, evidence of CFTR dysfunction, and exclusion of a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis; OR
* Adult patients aged โฅ18 years carrying a single CF-causing variant and diagnosed with idiopathic bronchiectasis.
* Written informed consent/assent for study participation and personal data processing must be obtained before the initiation of data collection and any study-related procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Failure to meet the eligibility criteria for study enrollment.
* Failure to provide signed informed consent/assent for study participation or for the processing of personal data.
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico G. Rodolico - San Marco
Catania, Italy
IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Genova, Italy
Policlinico di Milano Ospedale Maggiore | Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda
Milan, Italy
๐ค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ always decide together with your own doctor.