J Cyst Fibros. 2011 Jul;10(4):234-42. Epub 2011 Mar 26.

double-blind, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

CF patients (≥6 years) with FEV(1)>75% predicted.

AZLI 75 mg (n=76) or placebo (n=81) was administered 3-times daily for 28days with a 14-day follow-up.

CFQ-R-Respiratory Symptoms Scale (primary endpoint); sputum PA colony-forming units, FEV(1)% predicted

Day 28 treatment effects were 1.8points for CFQ-R-Respiratory Symptoms Scale (95%CI: -2.8, 6.4; p=0.443; primary endpoint); -1.2 for log(10) sputum PA colony-forming units (p=0.016; favoring AZLI), and 2.7% for relative FEV(1)% predicted (p=0.021; favoring AZLI). Treatment effects favoring AZLI were larger for patients with baseline FEV(1) <90% predicted compared to ≥90% predicted. AZLI was well-tolerated.

Effects on respiratory symptoms were modest; however, FEV(1) improvements and bacterial density reductions support a possible role for AZLI in these relatively healthy patients.

Antibiotic treatment for stenotrophomonas maltophilia in people with cystic fibrosis

Antibiotic treatment of early pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antibiotics for pulmonary exacerbations

Inhaled antibiotics in cystic fibrosis

MRSA eradication in CF

Prophylactic use of oral antistaphylococcal antibiotic

Scheduled antibiotics every 3-4 months / symptom-based treatment