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A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of repeated nebulisation of non-viral cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic, life-limiting disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene leading to abnormal airway surface ion transport, chronic lung infections, inflammation and eventual respiratory failure. With the exception of the small-molecule potentiator, ivacaftor (Kalydeco®, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA, USA), which is suitable for a small proportion of patients, there are no licensed therapies targeting the basic defect. The UK C...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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- Publisher:
- NIHR Journals Library Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Journal website
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 1-240
- Publication date:
- 2016-07-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-07-19
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2050-4373
- ISSN:
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2050-4365
- Pmid:
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27441329
- Source identifiers:
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957820
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- English
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- 2019-06-18
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- 2016
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