A Phase 1/2 Study of VX-522 in Participants With Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Last updated: March 24, 2026
Sponsor: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1/2

Condition

Cystic Fibrosis

Scar Tissue

Lung Disease

Treatment

IVA

VX-522 mRNA therapy

Clinical Study ID

NCT05668741
VX21-522-001
2023-504786-23-00
2022-000726-25
  • Ages 18-65
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, and tolerability and efficacy of VX-522 in participants 18 years of age and older with cystic fibrosis and a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) genotype not responsive to CFTR modulator therapy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Body mass index is less than (<) 30.0 kilograms per meter square (kg/m^2)

  • A total body weight greater than (>) 50 kg

  • Stable CF disease

  • CFTR gene mutations on both alleles that are not responsive to CFTR modulatortherapy o Example mutations include but are not limited to, mutations that do not produceCFTR protein (i.e., Class I): nonsense mutations (e.g., G542X, W1282X) and canonicalsplice mutations (e.g., 621+1G->T)

  • Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) value for SAD: greater than or equal to (≥)40 percent (%), MAD: ≥ 50% to less than or equal to (≤) 90%

Exclusion

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of uncontrolled asthma within a year prior to screening

  • History of solid organ or hematological transplantation

  • Hepatic cirrhosis with portal hypertension, moderate hepatic impairment (Child PughScore 7 to 9), or severe hepatic impairment (Child Pugh Score 10 to 15)

  • Arterial oxygen saturation on room air less than (<) 94% at screening

Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Design

Total Participants: 39
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: IVA
Phase: 1/2
Study Start date:
February 27, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
May 12, 2027

Connect with a study center

  • Alfred Hospital

    Melbourne,
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • The Alfred Hospital - Pulmonology

    Melbourne,
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Alfred Hospital

    Melbourne 2158177,
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • The Alfred Hospital - Pulmonology

    Melbourne 2158177,
    Australia

    Site Not Available

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

    Gent,
    Belgium

    Site Not Available

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

    Ghent,
    Belgium

    Active - Recruiting

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

    Ghent 2797656,
    Belgium

    Site Not Available

  • University of Calgary Medical Clinic of the Foothills Medical Centre

    Calgary,
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Calgary Medical Clinic of the Foothills Medical Centre

    Calgary 5913490,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie de Quebec - Universite Laval

    Quebec,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • IUCPQ Pavillon Recherche U-1771

    Québec,
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • IUCPQ Pavillon Recherche U-1771

    Québec 6325494,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie de Quebec - Universite Laval

    Québec 6325494,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Ruhrlandklinik

    Essen,
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ruhrlandklinik Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Klinikum Essen

    Essen,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Ruhrlandklinik

    Essen 2928810,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Ruhrlandklinik Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Klinikum Essen

    Essen 2928810,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini-Ospedale Pediatrico

    Genova,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini-Ospedale Pediatrico - Pulmonology

    Genova,
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini-Ospedale Pediatrico

    Genova 8969657,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini-Ospedale Pediatrico - Pulmonology

    Genova 8969657,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • IRCSS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu - Pulmonology

    Rome,
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • IRCSS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu - Pulmonology

    Rome 3169070,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona - Ospedale Civile Maggiore

    Verona,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona S.r.l.

    Verona,
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona - Ospedale Civile Maggiore

    Verona 3164527,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona S.r.l.

    Verona 3164527,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • UMCU - Department of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis

    Utrecht,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • University Medical Center, Utrecht, Department of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis

    Utrecht,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • UMCU - Department of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis

    Utrecht 2745912,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • University Medical Center, Utrecht, Department of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis

    Utrecht 2745912,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron Servicio de Broncoscopia

    Barcelona,
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron Servicio de Broncoscopia

    Barcelona 3128760,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

    Sevilla,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Virgen del Rocio - Pulmonology

    Seville,
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

    Seville 2510911,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Virgen del Rocio - Pulmonology

    Seville 2510911,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe

    Valencia,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe - Pulmonology

    Valencia,
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe

    Valencia 2509954,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe - Pulmonology

    Valencia 2509954,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Huddinge

    Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska University Hospital - Pulmonology

    Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Active - Recruiting

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Huddinge

    Stockholm 2673730,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska University Hospital - Pulmonology

    Stockholm 2673730,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Cambridge,
    United Kingdom

    Completed

  • Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Cambridge,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Cambridge 2653941,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Cambridge 2653941,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Research Facility, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

    Glasgow,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Queen Elizabeth University Hospital - Pulmonology

    Glasgow,
    United Kingdom

    Completed

  • Royal Hospital for Children

    Glasgow,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Queen Elizabeth University Hospital - Pulmonology

    Glasgow 2648579,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Hospital for Children

    Glasgow 2648579,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Brompton Hospital

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal Brompton Hospital

    London 2643743,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Wythenshawe Hospital

    Manchester,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Wythenshawe Hospital - OPD

    Manchester,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Wythenshawe Hospital

    Manchester 2643123,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Wythenshawe Hospital - OPD

    Manchester 2643123,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • All Wales Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, University Hospital Llandough

    Penarth,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • All Wales Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, University Hospital Llandough

    Penarth 2640496,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Southampton General Hospital

    Southampton,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Fountion - Southampton General Hospital

    Southampton,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Southampton General Hospital

    Southampton 2637487,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Fountion - Southampton General Hospital

    Southampton 2637487,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham - Child Health Research Unit

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Child Health Research Unit

    Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham - Child Health Research Unit

    Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Health Services on behalf of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center d/b/a Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach

    Long Beach, California 90806
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Miller Children's Hospital / Long Beach Memorial

    Long Beach, California 90806
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University - Palo Alto - Pulmonology

    Palo Alto, California 94304
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Stanford University Clinical and Translational Research Unit

    Palo Alto, California 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Health Services on behalf of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center d/b/a Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach

    Long Beach 5367929, California 5332921 90806
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Miller Children's Hospital / Long Beach Memorial

    Long Beach 5367929, California 5332921 90806
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University - Palo Alto - Pulmonology

    Palo Alto 5380748, California 5332921 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Stanford University Clinical and Translational Research Unit

    Palo Alto 5380748, California 5332921 94304
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • National Jewish Health

    Denver, Colorado 80206
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • National Jewish Health

    Denver 5419384, Colorado 5417618 80206
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Shands Hospital - Pulmonology

    Gainesville, Florida 32610
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Florida, Shands Hospital

    Gainesville, Florida 32610
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Shands Hospital - Pulmonology

    Gainesville 4156404, Florida 4155751 32610
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Florida, Shands Hospital

    Gainesville 4156404, Florida 4155751 32610
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Feinberg Pavilion

    Chicago, Illinois 60611
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Feinberg Pavilion

    Chicago 4887398, Illinois 4896861 60611
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical & Translational Science Unit (CTSU) - Pulmonology

    Kansas City, Kansas 66160
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas 66160
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical & Translational Science Unit (CTSU) - Pulmonology

    Kansas City 4273837, Kansas 4273857 66160
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City 4273837, Kansas 4273857 66160
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baltimore - Early Phase Clinical Unit

    Baltimore, Maryland 21225
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • PAREXEL International - Baltimore

    Baltimore, Maryland 21225
    United States

    Completed

  • The Johns Hopkins University - Johns Hopkins Hospital - Pulmonology

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baltimore - Early Phase Clinical Unit

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21225
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • PAREXEL International - Baltimore

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21225
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Johns Hopkins University - Johns Hopkins Hospital - Pulmonology

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MGH - MGfC Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Center Clinical Research Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02115
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MGH - MGfC Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Center

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston 4930956, Massachusetts 6254926 02114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Minnesota -Pulmonology

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis 5037649, Minnesota 5037779 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Minnesota -Pulmonology

    Minneapolis 5037649, Minnesota 5037779 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Washington University School of Medicine / St. Louis Children's Hospital

    Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • St. Louis Children's Hospital - Pulmonology

    St Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Completed

  • St. Louis Children's Hospital - Pulmonology

    St Louis 4407066, Missouri 4398678 63110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Washington University School of Medicine / St. Louis Children's Hospital

    St Louis 4407066, Missouri 4398678 63110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Lenox Hill Hospital

    New York, New York 10028
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medicine at East 85th Street

    New York, New York 10028
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Presbyterian Hospital - Pulmonology

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10032
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Lenox Hill Hospital

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10028
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medicine at East 85th Street

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10028
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Presbyterian Hospital - Pulmonology

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UC Health Holmes

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UC Health Holmes Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio 44106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UH Cleveland Medical Center - Pulmonology

    Cleveland, Ohio 44106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio 43205
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UC Health Holmes

    Cincinnati 4508722, Ohio 5165418 45220
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UC Health Holmes Hospital

    Cincinnati 4508722, Ohio 5165418 45220
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland 5150529, Ohio 5165418 44106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UH Cleveland Medical Center - Pulmonology

    Cleveland 5150529, Ohio 5165418 44106
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus 4509177, Ohio 5165418 43205
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Pulmonology

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Pulmonology

    Pittsburgh 5206379, Pennsylvania 6254927 15224
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh 5206379, Pennsylvania 6254927 15224
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina 29425
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Medical University of South Carolina - Nexus Research Clinic

    Charleston, South Carolina 29425
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical University of South Carolina - Pulmonology

    Charleston, South Carolina 29425
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Medical University of South Carolina - Nexus Research Clinic

    Charleston 4574324, South Carolina 4597040 29425
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical University of South Carolina - Pulmonology

    Charleston 4574324, South Carolina 4597040 29425
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt Interventional Pulmonology

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt Interventional Pulmonology

    Nashville 4644585, Tennessee 4662168 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville 4644585, Tennessee 4662168 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Texas Children's Hospital - Wallace Tower - Pulmonology

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Texas Children's Hospital - Wallace Tower - Pulmonology

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Utah Hospital - Pulmonology

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City 5780993, Utah 5549030 84132
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Utah Hospital - Pulmonology

    Salt Lake City 5780993, Utah 5549030 84132
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

    Madison, Wisconsin 53792
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

    Madison 5261457, Wisconsin 5279468 53792
    United States

    Site Not Available

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