1. Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor influences body composition in adults with cystic fibrosis: a fully automated CT-based analysis
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Dirk Westhölter, Johannes Haubold, Matthias Welsner, Luca Salhöfer, Johannes Wienker, Sivagurunathan Sutharsan, Svenja Straßburg, Christian Taube, Lale Umutlu, Benedikt M. Schaarschmidt, Sven Koitka, Sebastian Zensen, Michael Forsting, Felix Nensa, René Hosch, and Marcel Opitz
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract A poor nutritional status is associated with worse pulmonary function and survival in people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF). CF transmembrane conductance regulator modulators can improve pulmonary function and body weight, but more data is needed to evaluate its effects on body composition. In this retrospective study, a pre-trained deep-learning network was used to perform a fully automated body composition analysis on chest CTs from 66 adult pwCF before and after receiving elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) therapy. Muscle and adipose tissues were quantified and divided by bone volume to obtain body size-adjusted ratios. After receiving ETI therapy, marked increases were observed in all adipose tissue ratios among pwCF, including the total adipose tissue ratio (+ 46.21%, p
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- 2024
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