April, age 28
F508del/1154insTC

April, age 28
F508del/1154insTC

April, age 28
F508del/1154insTC

People with CF pictured have taken TRIKAFTA and
were compensated for their participation.

TRIKAFTA® Stories

 

 

People with CF pictured have taken TRIKAFTA and were compensated for their participation.

TRIKAFTA® Stories

Hear from others about why they decided to take TRIKAFTA,  what starting treatment was like, and how they stay on track with their routine.

Ready for the Next Adventure

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Jen, Dale, and Clayton

Jen and Dale discuss how they made the decision to start Clayton, their 5-year-old son, on TRIKAFTA. They also answer some questions that other parents may have about TRIKAFTA.

See Jen, Dale, and Clayton's story

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“

So, when Clayton’s doctor said that TRIKAFTA was available and Clayton was eligible, that got us really excited.

–Jen, mom of 5-year-old Clayton

Getting an Early Start

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Stacey and Massi

Stacey shares why she decided TRIKAFTA was right for her son Massimo, and what taking TRIKAFTA has meant for him and their family.

See Stacey and Massi's story

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“

I'd say, find a routine that works for you and your child and stick to it. We established a routine early on and that made it easier for Massi to stay on track with his medicine. Also, if your child can have the opportunity to live a life that's defined by more than their CF [cystic fibrosis], it's worth doing everything you can.

–Stacey, mom of 6-year-old Massimo

Navigating Life Transitions

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Brenna and Taylor

Brenna and Taylor talk about their journeys with CF and how building routines help them stay on track.

See Brenna's and Taylor's stories

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“

I was able to figure out school, work, and other things that I wanted to do because I built that routine for my health first.

–Brenna, age 22

An Emotional Journey

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April

April talks about her experience since starting TRIKAFTA and how talking to her care team about side effects helped her to continue with treatment.

See April's story

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“

Just be transparent and explain how you're feeling. It's important to have that discussion [with your care team].

–April, age 28

Juan, age 32
F508del/F508del

Juan, age 32
F508del/F508del

Juan, age 32
F508del/F508del

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ON TRACK

STAYING ON TRACK

STAYING ON TRACK

WITH TRIKAFTA

WITH TRIKAFTA

WITH TRIKAFTA

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What is TRIKAFTA® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ ivacaftor and ivacaftor)?

TRIKAFTA is a prescription medicine used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in people aged 2 years and older who have at least one copy of the F508del mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene or another mutation that is responsive to treatment with TRIKAFTA.

Talk to your healthcare provider to learn if you have an indicated CF gene mutation.

It is not known if TRIKAFTA is safe and effective in children under 2 years of age.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

What is the most important information I should know about TRIKAFTA?

TRIKAFTA can cause serious liver damage and liver failure. Liver failure leading to transplantation and death has been seen in some people with or without a history of liver problems taking TRIKAFTA.

Your healthcare provider will do blood tests to check your liver:

  • before you start TRIKAFTA
  • then every month during your first 6 months of taking TRIKAFTA 
  • then every 3 months during the next 12 months of taking TRIKAFTA 
  • then at least every year while you are taking TRIKAFTA

 

Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check the liver more often if you have had high liver enzymes in your blood in the past or are experiencing signs or symptoms of liver injury.

Stop taking TRIKAFTA and call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms of liver problems:

  • pain, swelling, or discomfort in the upper right stomach (abdominal) area
  • yellowing of your skin or the white part of your eyes
  • mental changes
  • nausea or vomiting
  • dark, amber-colored urine
  • loss of appetite
  • fluid in your stomach area (ascites)
  • pain, swelling, or discomfort in the upper right stomach (abdominal) area
  • yellowing of your skin or the white part of your eyes
  • mental changes
  • nausea or vomiting
  • dark, amber-colored urine
  • loss of appetite
  • fluid in your stomach area (ascites)

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRIKAFTA?

Before taking TRIKAFTA, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

  • have or have had liver problems
  • are allergic to TRIKAFTA or any ingredients in TRIKAFTA. See the end of the Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in TRIKAFTA
  • have kidney problems
  • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRIKAFTA will harm your unborn baby. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take TRIKAFTA while you are pregnant
  • are breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed. It is not known if TRIKAFTA passes into your breast milk. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take TRIKAFTA while you are breastfeeding

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

TRIKAFTA may affect the way other medicines work and other medicines may affect how TRIKAFTA works. The dose of TRIKAFTA may need to be adjusted when taken with certain medicines. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of these medicines if you are not sure.

Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take:

  • antibiotics such as rifampin (RIFAMATE®, RIFATER®) or rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN®)
  • seizure medicines such as phenobarbital, carbamazepine (TEGRETOL®, CARBATROL®, EQUETRO®), or phenytoin (DILANTIN®, PHENYTEK®)
  • St. John’s wort
  • antifungal medicines including ketoconazole, itraconazole (such as SPORANOX®), posaconazole (such as NOXAFIL®), voriconazole (such as VFEND®), or fluconazole (such as DIFLUCAN®)
  • antibiotics including telithromycin, clarithromycin (such as BIAXIN®), or erythromycin (such as ERY-TAB®)

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

What should I avoid while taking TRIKAFTA?

  • Avoid food or drink that contains grapefruit while you are taking TRIKAFTA

What are the possible or reasonably likely side effects of TRIKAFTA?

TRIKAFTA can cause serious side effects, including:

  • See “What is the most important information I should know about TRIKAFTA?”
  • Serious Allergic Reactions can happen to people who are treated with TRIKAFTA. Call your healthcare provider or go to the emergency room right away if you have any symptoms of an allergic reaction. Symptoms of an allergic reaction may include:
  • rash or hives
  • tightness of the chest or throat or difficulty breathing
  • swelling of the face, lips, and/or tongue, or difficulty swallowing
  • light-headedness or dizziness
  • Abnormality of the eye lens (cataract) has happened in some children and adolescents treated with TRIKAFTA. If you are a child or adolescent, your healthcare provider should perform eye examinations before and during treatment with TRIKAFTA to look for cataracts

The most common side effects of TRIKAFTA include:

  • headache
  • upper respiratory tract infection (common cold) including stuffy and runny nose
  • stomach (abdominal) pain
  • diarrhea
  • rash
  • increase in liver enzymes
  • increase in a certain blood enzyme called creatine phosphokinase
  • flu (influenza)
  • inflamed sinuses
  • increase in blood bilirubin
  • constipation 

Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

These are not all the possible side effects of TRIKAFTA. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

For further information, please see full Prescribing Information, including Medication Guide with Important Warning.

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What is TRIKAFTA® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ ivacaftor and ivacaftor)?

TRIKAFTA is a prescription medicine used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in people aged 2 years and older who have at least one copy of the F508del mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene or another mutation that is responsive to treatment with TRIKAFTA.

Talk to your healthcare provider to learn if you have an indicated CF gene mutation.

It is not known if TRIKAFTA is safe and effective in children under 2 years of age.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

What is the most important information I should know about TRIKAFTA?

TRIKAFTA can cause serious liver damage and liver failure. Liver failure leading to transplantation and death has been seen in some people with or without a history of liver problems taking TRIKAFTA.

Your healthcare provider will do blood tests to check your liver:

  • before you start TRIKAFTA
  • then every month during your first 6 months of taking TRIKAFTA 
  • then every 3 months during the next 12 months of taking TRIKAFTA 
  • then at least every year while you are taking TRIKAFTA

 

Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check the liver more often if you have had high liver enzymes in your blood in the past or are experiencing signs or symptoms of liver injury.

Stop taking TRIKAFTA and call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms of liver problems:

  • pain, swelling, or discomfort in the upper right stomach (abdominal) area
  • yellowing of your skin or the white part of your eyes
  • mental changes
  • nausea or vomiting
  • dark, amber-colored urine
  • loss of appetite
  • fluid in your stomach area (ascites)
  • pain, swelling, or discomfort in the upper right stomach (abdominal) area
  • yellowing of your skin or the white part of your eyes
  • mental changes
  • nausea or vomiting
  • dark, amber-colored urine
  • loss of appetite
  • fluid in your stomach area (ascites)

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRIKAFTA?

Before taking TRIKAFTA, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

  • have or have had liver problems
  • are allergic to TRIKAFTA or any ingredients in TRIKAFTA. See the end of the Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in TRIKAFTA
  • have kidney problems
  • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRIKAFTA will harm your unborn baby. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take TRIKAFTA while you are pregnant
  • are breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed. It is not known if TRIKAFTA passes into your breast milk. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take TRIKAFTA while you are breastfeeding

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

TRIKAFTA may affect the way other medicines work and other medicines may affect how TRIKAFTA works. The dose of TRIKAFTA may need to be adjusted when taken with certain medicines. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of these medicines if you are not sure.

Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take:

  • antibiotics such as rifampin (RIFAMATE®, RIFATER®) or rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN®)
  • seizure medicines such as phenobarbital, carbamazepine (TEGRETOL®, CARBATROL®, EQUETRO®), or phenytoin (DILANTIN®, PHENYTEK®)
  • St. John’s wort
  • antifungal medicines including ketoconazole, itraconazole (such as SPORANOX®), posaconazole (such as NOXAFIL®), voriconazole (such as VFEND®), or fluconazole (such as DIFLUCAN®)
  • antibiotics including telithromycin, clarithromycin (such as BIAXIN®), or erythromycin (such as ERY-TAB®)

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

What should I avoid while taking TRIKAFTA?

  • Avoid food or drink that contains grapefruit while you are taking TRIKAFTA

What are the possible or reasonably likely side effects of TRIKAFTA?

TRIKAFTA can cause serious side effects, including:

  • See “What is the most important information I should know about TRIKAFTA?”
  • Serious Allergic Reactions can happen to people who are treated with TRIKAFTA. Call your healthcare provider or go to the emergency room right away if you have any symptoms of an allergic reaction. Symptoms of an allergic reaction may include:
  • rash or hives
  • tightness of the chest or throat or difficulty breathing
  • swelling of the face, lips, and/or tongue, or difficulty swallowing
  • light-headedness or dizziness
  • Abnormality of the eye lens (cataract) has happened in some children and adolescents treated with TRIKAFTA. If you are a child or adolescent, your healthcare provider should perform eye examinations before and during treatment with TRIKAFTA to look for cataracts

The most common side effects of TRIKAFTA include:

  • headache
  • upper respiratory tract infection (common cold) including stuffy and runny nose
  • stomach (abdominal) pain
  • diarrhea
  • rash
  • increase in liver enzymes
  • increase in a certain blood enzyme called creatine phosphokinase
  • flu (influenza)
  • inflamed sinuses
  • increase in blood bilirubin
  • constipation 

Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

These are not all the possible side effects of TRIKAFTA. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

For further information, please see full Prescribing Information, including Medication Guide with Important Warning.

 

Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check the liver more often if you have had high liver enzymes in your blood in the past or are experiencing signs or symptoms of liver injury.

Stop taking TRIKAFTA and call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms of liver problems:

  • pain, swelling, or discomfort in the upper right stomach (abdominal) area
  • yellowing of your skin or the white part of your eyes
  • mental changes
  • nausea or vomiting
  • dark, amber-colored urine
  • loss of appetite
  • fluid in your stomach area (ascites)
  • pain, swelling, or discomfort in the upper right stomach (abdominal) area
  • yellowing of your skin or the white part of your eyes
  • mental changes
  • nausea or vomiting
  • dark, amber-colored urine
  • loss of appetite
  • fluid in your stomach area (ascites)

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRIKAFTA?

Before taking TRIKAFTA, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

  • have or have had liver problems
  • are allergic to TRIKAFTA or any ingredients in TRIKAFTA. See the end of the Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in TRIKAFTA
  • have kidney problems
  • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRIKAFTA will harm your unborn baby. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take TRIKAFTA while you are pregnant
  • are breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed. It is not known if TRIKAFTA passes into your breast milk. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take TRIKAFTA while you are breastfeeding

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

TRIKAFTA may affect the way other medicines work and other medicines may affect how TRIKAFTA works. The dose of TRIKAFTA may need to be adjusted when taken with certain medicines. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of these medicines if you are not sure.

Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take:

  • antibiotics such as rifampin (RIFAMATE®, RIFATER®) or rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN®)
  • seizure medicines such as phenobarbital, carbamazepine (TEGRETOL®, CARBATROL®, EQUETRO®), or phenytoin (DILANTIN®, PHENYTEK®)
  • St. John’s wort
  • antifungal medicines including ketoconazole, itraconazole (such as SPORANOX®), posaconazole (such as NOXAFIL®), voriconazole (such as VFEND®), or fluconazole (such as DIFLUCAN®)
  • antibiotics including telithromycin, clarithromycin (such as BIAXIN®), or erythromycin (such as ERY-TAB®)

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

What should I avoid while taking TRIKAFTA?

  • Avoid food or drink that contains grapefruit while you are taking TRIKAFTA

What are the possible or reasonably likely side effects of TRIKAFTA?

TRIKAFTA can cause serious side effects, including:

  • See “What is the most important information I should know about TRIKAFTA?”
  • Serious Allergic Reactions can happen to people who are treated with TRIKAFTA. Call your healthcare provider or go to the emergency room right away if you have any symptoms of an allergic reaction. Symptoms of an allergic reaction may include:
  • rash or hives
  • tightness of the chest or throat or difficulty breathing
  • swelling of the face, lips, and/or tongue, or difficulty swallowing
  • light-headedness or dizziness
  • Abnormality of the eye lens (cataract) has happened in some children and adolescents treated with TRIKAFTA. If you are a child or adolescent, your healthcare provider should perform eye examinations before and during treatment with TRIKAFTA to look for cataracts

The most common side effects of TRIKAFTA include:

  • headache
  • upper respiratory tract infection (common cold) including stuffy and runny nose
  • stomach (abdominal) pain
  • diarrhea
  • rash
  • increase in liver enzymes
  • increase in a certain blood enzyme called creatine phosphokinase
  • flu (influenza)
  • inflamed sinuses
  • increase in blood bilirubin
  • constipation 

Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

These are not all the possible side effects of TRIKAFTA. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

For further information, please see full Prescribing Information, including Medication Guide with Important Warning.