An observational study in Cystic Fibrosis (CF), sponsored by Istituto Giannina Gaslini. Recruiting at 3 sites in Italy. Open to participants aged 28 Days to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-22.
Sponsored by Istituto Giannina Gaslini · Observational
This multicenter translational research study integrates diagnostic analyses and ex-vivo functional testing to support future clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of CFTR modulator treatments in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) carrying rare or orphan mutations that may benefit from these therapies.
Patient-derived nasal epithelial cells will be collected through standardized nasal brushing procedures, expanded, and cultured under air-liquid interface conditions to generate differentiated epithelia. Short-circuit current measurements will be used to assess baseline CFTR dysfunction and evaluate functional recovery following treatment with available CFTR modulators. These results will be complemented by DNA sequencing to identify complex alleles, quantitative and qualitative CFTR mRNA analyses to investigate gene expression and splicing defects, and assessments of epithelial transcriptomics, surface liquid viscosity, and mucociliary transport to identify additional mechanisms contributing to CF-like lung disease.
The study will not include patient follow-up. The duration of participation will be limited to the time required to perform and analyze the nasal brushing procedure. Baseline CFTR activity will be compared with previously published data from individuals without cystic fibrosis.
Multicenter observational cross-sectional study
1,605 studies on the registry are indexed under Cystic Fibrosis; 196 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 165 is above the median of 85 across 489 observational studies indexed under Cystic Fibrosis.
Browse Cystic Fibrosis studies →Istituto Giannina Gaslini is the lead sponsor of 50 studies on the registry; 33 are open to participants now.
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The study plans to analyze 50 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), 30 patients with CFTR-related disorders (CFTR-RD), 20 children with CFSPID, and 40 patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis.
Considering the possibility of cell culture failure due to persistent contamination, enrollment may be increased to up to 60 patients with CF, 35 patients with CFTR-RD, 25 children with CFSPID, and 45 patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis.
In addition, 10 healthy adult controls will be enrolled across the participating centers. These healthy controls will serve as controls for the cell culture and epithelial differentiation procedures.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with cystic fibrosis
children with CFSPID
patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis
Patients with CFTR-related disorder
Molecular and Functional Characterization
Molecular and Functional Characterization of CFTR Orphan Variants and Their Responsiveness to CFTR Modulator Therapies in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years
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