Background/objectives: Recent studies indicate that sleep and sleep disorders differ between men and women, but corresponding data in people with chronic lung diseases are lacking. This study aims to answer the question of what the sex-specific differences in sleep profiles and responses to elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) therapy in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) are.
Methods: Adult pwCF and a matched control group (adults with suspected sleep-disordered breathing undergoing in-laboratory polysomnography (PSG)) were included. PSG data at baseline and after 6 months' ETI therapy were compared between men (mwCF) and women (wwCF) with cystic fibrosis. PSG data at baseline and 6-month follow-up for mwCF/wwCF were compared with baseline PSG data for men/women in the control group. Daytime sleepiness was evaluated using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Correlations between change in percentage predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s from baseline to 6 months were correlated with corresponding changes in key sleep parameters. Changes in transferrin during ETI therapy were also documented.
Results: Twenty-eight pwCF (12 wwCF, 16 mwCF) and 28 matched controls were included. Both mwCF (4 ± 5 vs. 9 ± 20 events/h, = 0.028) and wwCF (3 ± 3 vs. 8 ± 9 events/h, = 0.004) had fewer respiratory events during sleep versus male and female controls, but worse sleep efficiency (75 ± 11% vs. 84 ± 11%; = 0.004 and 76 ± 10% vs. 83 ± 11%; = 0.011. The baseline ESS score was significantly higher in wwCF versus female controls (8 ± 4 vs. 14 ± 8; = 0.040). Although some sleep parameters normalized during ETI therapy in pwCF, sleep quality remained poor. The transferrin levels at baseline (2.7 ± 0.4 vs. 2.2 ± 0.5; = 0.049) and 6 months (3.8 ± 0.4 vs. 2.6 ± 0.5; < 0.001) were significantly higher in the wwCF versus the mwCF, and the change from baseline during ETI therapy was significantly greater in women versus men (1.1 ± 0.6 vs. 0.4 ± 0.4; < 0.001).
Conclusions: These data suggest that wwCF and mwCF should be managed differently with respect to their sleep.
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Diagnostics (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Essen-Ruhrlandklinik, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of Duisburg-Essen, Tueschener Weg 40, 45329 Essen, Germany.
Background/objectives: Recent studies indicate that sleep and sleep disorders differ between men and women, but corresponding data in people with chronic lung diseases are lacking. This study aims to answer the question of what the sex-specific differences in sleep profiles and responses to elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) therapy in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) are.
Methods: Adult pwCF and a matched control group (adults with suspected sleep-disordered breathing undergoing in-laboratory polysomnography (PSG)) were included.
Lung
January 2025
Mother and Child Department, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Purpose: The study evaluated the effects of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) therapy in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) and a clinical history of Aspergillus fumigatus (AF) infection.
Methods: This prospective cohort study included pwCF who initiated ETI therapy and had received antifungal treatment in the preceding five years due to allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA group) or other AF-related clinical manifestations (AF group). A control group of pwCF with no prior respiratory cultures positive for AF was also included.
Pediatr Pulmonol
January 2025
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Objective: We prospectively monitored rates of change for growth, body mass and composition, muscle strength, and FEV1 in 6-11-year-olds initiating ETI therapy, comparing them to those of US reference children. We assessed factors potentially contributing to rate of change and report ranges of individual variation.
Methods: Body composition was assessed using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), and rates of change were analyzed using linear mixed effects regression models.
Background: Studies showed significant physical improvement after starting elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI). However, some patients reported new mental health symptoms.
Aim: This study explores the impact of ETI on end-stage cystic fibrosis patients, focusing on mental health.
Tunis Med
December 2024
Felix Houphouët Boigny University - Medical Sciences Department .Rheumatology Department, Cocody University Hospital, Abidjan, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
Aim: describe the epidemiological, clinical, etiological and therapeutic aspects of hypercalcemia seen in the rheumatology department of Cocody University Hospital.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out in the rheumatology department of Cocody University Hospital from January 2013 to July 2022 and covering the files of patients with hypercalcemia.
Results: The hospital frequency of hypercalcemia was 0.
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