International Congresses Vienna 2024

The ERS Congress 2024, Vienna

This annual event brings together the world's respiratory experts to showcase all the latest advances in respiratory medicine and science.

Chair(s): Dorina Rama Esendagli, Peter Jaksch, Francesco Blasi

Session type: Hot topics

Alberto Benazzo

Session content



Lung transplant in cystic fibrosis: current status and future challenges

Alberto Benazzo

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To discuss how the landscape of therapies and lung transplantation in cystic fibrosis (CF) has changed in the last year, covering the marked drop in lung transplant referrals due to the introduction of CF transmembrane conductance regulator modulator therapies; the change in the phenotype of CF lung transplant candidates, who are now older, have more complex multi-drug-resistant colonisations and more severe extra-respiratory comorbidities and sometimes need multi-organ transplantation; challenges in post-transplant management including the use of modulator therapies after transplant; and the use of artificial intelligence in patient phenotyping.