Pulmonary Artery Remodelling With Bosentan

NCT00595049 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2025-02-03

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Summary

The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether bosentan (Tracleer®) affects the wall thickness of the pulmonary arteries in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH) and PAH related to systemic sclerosis (PAH-SSc).

The second purpose is to investigate if bosentan affects the enlargement of small vessels in the lungs in response to natural chemicals in patients with iPAH and PAH-SSc.

Conditions

  • Hypertension, Pulmonary

Interventions

DRUG

bosentan

Bosentan 62.5 mg bid for 4 weeks, then 125 mg bid

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Actelion

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • David Celermajer, Professor · Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2010-06-30

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