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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec 1;116(12):2446–2454. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001527

Table 2:

Demographics and medication use characteristics of patients with cystic fibrosis who received CFTR modulators between 2012-2018

PS-CF
(n=279)
PI-CF
(n=1516)
p-value
Age (in years) (mean (SD)) 25.7 (15.5) 19.8 (12.2) <0.0001
Age Group (in years) <0.0001
  0-5 30 (10.8%) 169 (11.2%)
  6-11 22 (7.9%) 236 (15.6%)
  12-17 39 (14.0%) 322 (21.2%)
  18-25 61 (21.9%) 379 (25.0%)
  26-34 56 (20.1%) 221 (14.6%)
  35+ 71 (25.5%) 189 (12.5%)
Sex 0.0004
  Male 120 (43.0%) 828 (54.6%)
  Female 159 (57.0%) 688 (45.4%)
Plan Type 0.0258
  Comprehensive 10 (3.6%) 20 (1.3%)
 EPO 2 (0.7%) 12 (0.8%)
 HMO 35 (12.5%) 170 (11.2%)
 POS 19 (6.8%) 140 (9.2%)
 PPO 158 (56.6%) 897 (59.2%)
 POS with capitation 1 (0.4%) 7 (0.5%)
 CDHP 34 (12.2%) 119 (7.9%)
 HDHP 16 (5.7%) 118 (7.8%)
 Unknown 4 (1.4%) 33 (2.2%)
Region 0.1185
 Northeast 65 (23.3%) 277 (18.3%)
 North Central 79 (28.3%) 401 (29.5%)
 South 97 (34.8%) 599 (39.5%)
 West 35 (12.5%) 229 (15.1%)
 Unknown 3 (1.1%) 10 (0.7%)
Charlson Comorbidity Index (mean (SD)) 0.6 (1.0) 0.3 (0.7) <0.0001
Alcohol Abuse 0 (0.0%) 4 (0.3%) 1.0000
Any CFTR modulator use 279 (100.0%) 1516 (100.0%) N/A
CFTR Modulator <0.0001
   Ivacaftor ONLY 170 (60.9%) 356 (23.5%)
   Lumacaftor/ivacaftor ONLY 49 (17.6%) 765 (50.5%)
   Tezacaftor/ivacaftor ONLY 48 (17.2%) 269 (17.7%)
   Ivacaftor AND tezacaftor/ivacaftor 4 (1.4%) 7 (0.5%)
   Lumacaftor/ivacaftor AND tezacaftor/ivacaftor 8 (2.9%) 119 (7.9%)
Percentage of time on CFTR modulator (mean (SD)) 42 (31) 53 (34) <0.0001
Time on CFTR modulators (years) 0.6841
  Mean (SD) 1.4 (1.2) 1.4 (1.2)
  Median (IQR) 1.2 (0.5-1.9) 1.0 (0.5-2.0)
  Range 0.0-6.9 0.0-6.9
Aggregate time on CFTR modulators (patient-years) 402 2138 N/A
Aggregate time without CFTR modulator use (patient years) 699 3009 N/A
Follow up available (years) 0.0001
  Mean (SD) 3.9 (2.1) 3.4 (2.2)
  Median (IQR) 3.9 (2.0-5.9) 2.9 (1.2-5.5)
  Range 0.3-7.0 0.3-7.0
Experienced ≥1 admission for AP1 8 (2.9%) 14 (0.9%) 0.007
Total acute pancreatitis admissions1 13 18 N/A
1

Based on primary diagnoses (some have multiple admissions)

Consumer-driven health plan (CDHP); Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR); Exclusive provider organization (EPO); High-deductible health plan (HDHP); Health maintenance organization (HMO); Interquartile range (IQR); Pancreas-Insufficient CF (PI-CF); Point-of-service (POS); Pancreas-sufficient CF (PS-CF); Preferred provider organization (PPO); Standard deviation (SD)