Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor in Adults and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis and at Least One Allele: A Phase 3, Open-Label Extension Study.

RATIONALE

Clinical and real-world studies show elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ELX/TEZ/IVA) is efficacious and safe in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) ≥12 years of age with at least one allele.

OBJECTIVES

Given the potential for life-long ELX/TEZ/IVA use, long-term safety and efficacy of ELX/TEZ/IVA was assessed.

METHODS

In this phase 3, open-label, single-arm extension study, participants with -minimal function genotypes (from 24-week parent study 445-102 [n = 399]) or with the genotype (from 4-week parent study 445-103 [n = 107]) received ELX/TEZ/IVA (ELX 200 mg once daily, TEZ 100 mg once daily, and IVA 150 mg every 12 hours) over 192 weeks.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS

Primary endpoint was safety and tolerability. Mean exposure to ELX/TEZ/IVA was 172.6 weeks. Most participants had adverse events classified as mild (12.8%) or moderate (60.7%) in severity. Eighteen participants (3.6%) had adverse events that led to treatment discontinuation. After starting ELX/TEZ/IVA, participants had consistent increases in percent predicted FEV (ppFEV), Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised respiratory domain score, and body mass index, with decreases in sweat chloride concentration and pulmonary exacerbations rates; these improvements were maintained through 192 weeks. The mean annualized rate of change in ppFEV was 0.02 percentage points (95% CI, -0.14 to 0.19) after initiation of ELX/TEZ/IVA.

CONCLUSIONS

During this 192-week open label extension study, the longest clinical study of a CFTR modulator to date, ELX/TEZ/IVA remained generally safe and well-tolerated. Participants had sustained improvements in lung function, respiratory symptoms, CFTR function, pulmonary exacerbation rates, and nutritional status. The estimated annualized rate of change in ppFEV suggests no evidence of pulmonary function loss across the study population over the 4-year treatment period. These results confirm the favorable long-term safety profile and durable disease-modifying clinical benefits of ELX/TEZ/IVA in adolescents and adults with CF. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Clinical trial registration available at www.

CLINICALTRIALS

gov, ID: NCT03525574.