# Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Cuts Sweat Chloride Levels in Young Children

Marcus Mall reports at the European Respiratory Society Congress that sweat chloride fell from 38.4 mmol/L to 28.9 mmol/L in children aged 2-5 after 24 weeks on a CFTR modulator.

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Marcus Mall reported at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Barcelona that children aged 2-5 with cystic fibrosis saw their mean sweat chloride concentration drop from 38.4 mmol/L at baseline to 28.9 mmol/L at week 24 when transitioning from ETI to VTD.[^1]

The study found that 92% of the children reached a sweat chloride level below 60 mmol/L, while 65% of the group fell below 30 mmol/L by the end of the 24-week period.[^1]

Mall described this outcome as the greatest sweat chloride reduction seen to date in any age group with any CFTR modulator.[^1]

## What this stands on

1. Marcus Mall, MD, of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Center for Lung Research, reported at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Barcelona that in children aged 2-5 with cystic fibrosis transitioning from ETI to VTD, mean sweat chloride concentration fell from 38.4 mmol/L at baseline to 28.9 mmol/L at week 24, with 92% of children reaching a sweat chloride below 60 mmol/L and 65% below 30 mmol/L, which he described as the greatest sweat chloride reduction seen to date in  ([MedpageToday](https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ers/122955), News)

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