Placebo Controlled Trial of Bosentan in Scleroderma Patients

NCT00377455 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2018-05-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the drug Bosentan improves exercise tolerance in scleroderma patients.

Conditions

  • Systemic Scleroderma
  • Pulmonary Hypertension

Interventions

DRUG

Bosentan

62.5 mg by mouth (PO) twice daily (Bid) for 1 month, followed by 125 mg PO Bid thereafter, for a total of 16 weeks

DRUG

Placebo

62.5 mg PO Bid for 1 month, followed by 125 mg PO Bid thereafter, for a total of 16 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Actelion

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Georgetown University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Virginia D Steen, MD · Georgetown University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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