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Despite progress in therapeutic management, there is an unmet clinical need for mechanism-targeted therapies. It has been previously shown, using patient-specific human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs), that lumacaftor (LUM), currently used for cystic fibrosis, can partially correct hERG trafficking. A single-arm phase 2 study was conducted to determine whether LUM could shorten QTc in LQT2 patients with trafficking defects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sixteen adult patients with genetically confirmed trafficking-defective KCNH2 variants were enrolled. Participants were admitted to hospital and received LUM for 7 days under continuous telemetry. QTc was quantified on serial electrocardiograms and 12-lead Holter recordings. For mechanistic correlation, hiPSC-CMs were generated from the first five participants with distinct genetic variants and assessed for hERG maturation and trafficking.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, lumacaftor produced a significant QTc shortening (P &amp;lt; .001). The per-patient change averaged 31 \u00b1 21\u2005ms. Patients with baseline QTc \u2265500\u2005ms exhibited the most substantial effect, with 75% achieving reductions \u226540\u2005ms. No ventricular arrhythmias occurred, and adverse effects were primarily gastrointestinal and self-limited. In hiPSC-CMs, LUM restored hERG trafficking in three out of five variants, mirroring the clinical observations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Short-term LUM therapy is safe and yields a significant QTc shortening in LQT2 patients with a trafficking defect. Concordance between cellular and clinical findings reinforces the value of a mechanism-based, variant-informed approach and supports the feasibility of trafficking-correction strategies within a precision-medicine framework for inherited arrhythmia syndromes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehag753","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,4]],"date-time":"2026-09-04T11:24:31Z","timestamp":1788521071000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Targeting trafficking defects in long QT syndrome type 2: a phase 2 clinical study with patient-specific cellular validation"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8739-6527","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lia","family":"Crotti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca , Milan ,","place":["Italy"]},{"name":"Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin and Laboratory 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