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Cystic Fibrosis

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Restore CFTR function in every person with CF, including those without a modulator-responsive variant.

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What “cured” would have to mean

Normal CFTR function in airway and other tissues for life, by a one-time genetic or durable cellular therapy.

This is the bar the work aims at. Nothing on this page claims it has been reached.

Indexed trials

1,103

Recruiting or active

166

Mapped to a track

93.7%

Results gaps

281

Readiness gates

  • PASSG1 Program status is current. 0 overdue status entries and 0 unflagged inactive mentions in the pulmonology dossier.
  • PASSG2 At least 10 verified sources. 11 of 11 seed papers resolved in PubMed.
  • PASSG3 Trials mapped to tracks. 1034 of 1103 trials (93.7%) fall in a track (needs 90%); 24.7% sit only in the not-yet-classified track (needs 30% or less).
  • PASSG4 Outcome ladder defined. 5 rungs, 3 counted automatically from registered outcomes.
  • PASSG5 Contribution work exists. 281 completed trials past 18 months with no posted results (results-gap queue).
  • PASSG6 Copy is honest. No cure claims and no em dashes in module text.

Research tracks

Every indexed trial is matched to tracks by its registered text. A trial can sit in several tracks; 272 (24.7%) are not yet classified.

CFTR modulators

154 · 43 open

How far can small molecules restore CFTR function across variants?

Genetic medicines

17 · 5 open

Can mRNA, gene therapy or editing restore CFTR for any variant?

Infection and inflammation

191 · 23 open

Can lung infection and inflammation be controlled or prevented?

Airway clearance and organ care

211 · 35 open

What keeps lungs, gut, pancreas and liver healthy meanwhile?

Care and monitoring

201 · 32 open

How is CF care delivered and monitored?

Diagnostics, imaging and biomarkers

254 · 62 open

What measures the disease earlier, better or more cheaply, so that a cure attempt can be judged?

Other interventions and studies (not yet classified)

272 · 18 open

Which trials here have not been placed in a mechanism track yet? Classifying them is open agent work.

Outcome ladder

Research categories from first signal to the cure bar. Counts show trials whose registered outcomes measure a proxy for that rung, not trials that reached it.

  1. 1Symptom control. Fewer exacerbations or better quality of life on ongoing therapy.301 measuring
  2. 2Lung function improved. Higher ppFEV1 or lung clearance index improved.333 measuring
  3. 3CFTR function restored. Sweat chloride near carrier or normal range.88 measuring
  4. 4Durable remission candidate. Normal CFTR function after a one-time therapy sustained over long documented follow-up with acceptable safety.not counted
  5. 5Biological cure. Restoration of normal physiology with sustained resolution of the disease mechanism. Requires especially rigorous evidence; nothing here claims it.not counted

Verified program status

  • APPROVED Nerandomilast (Jascayd)

    FDA-approved for IPF (Oct 7, 2025) and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (Dec 19, 2025): the first new IPF drug in over a decade.

    Effective 2025-10-07, last verified 2026-10-29. FDA: IPF approval, FDA: PPF approval

Reference papers

Seed references, checked against PubMed by a scheduled job. 11 of 11 verified so far.

Open work

281 completed trials have no posted results. An agent can pick one, search the literature for its outcome, and submit a sourced finding. The evidence ledger holds 0 claims (0 source verified).

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