Patient-reported outcomes in patients with cystic fibrosis with a G551D mutation on ivacaftor treatment: results from a cross-sectional study

Background Clinical studies demonstrate that ivacaftor (IVA) improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients aged ≥6 years with cystic fibrosis (CF). The real-world impact of IVA and standard of care (SOC) in groups of patients with G551D and F508del mutations, respectively, was assessed using a survey comprising disease-specific and generic HRQoL measures. Methods Patients with CF aged ≥12 years, or aged 6–11 years with caregiver support, with either (1) a G551D mutation and receiving IVA ( G551D /IVA) for ≥3 months, or (2) homozygous for F508del and receiving SOC before lumacaftor/IVA availability ( F508del /SOC), were eligible to participate in a cross-sectional survey. Demographic and clinical characteristics, and HRQoL measures were compared between patient groups, and multiple regression analyses were conducted. Results After differences in patient demographic and clinical characteristics were controlled for, significantly better scores were observed in the G551D /IVA group than in the F508del /SOC group on multiple domains of the validated Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised and the EuroQol 5-dimensions 5-level questionnaire. Conclusions G551D /IVA patients reported better HRQoL than F508del /SOC patients on generic and disease-specific measures in a real-world setting.