ARIES - Ambrisentan in Patients With Moderate to Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Pulmonary Hypertension
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pulmonary Hypertension focused on measuring Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of idiopathic PAH (formally known as PPH), or PAH associated with collagen vascular disease, anorexigen use, or HIV infection; Historical cardiac catheterization with the following hemodynamic criteria: Mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than or equal to 25 mmHg; Pulmonary vascular resistance greater than 3 mmHg/L/min; Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or left ventricular end diastolic pressure less than 15 mmHg; 6-minute walk distance of at least 150 meters, but no more than 450 meters; Total lung capacity greater than or equal to 70% and FEV1 greater than or equal to 65% of predicted normal; Exclusion Criteria: Portopulmonary hypertension; Subjects with PAH due to or associated with coronary artery disease, left heart disease, interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, veno-occlusive disease, chronic thromboembolic disease, or sleep apnea; Bosentan (Tracleer®), sildenafil (Viagra®), or chronic prostanoid therapy within 4 weeks of screening; Serum ALT or AST lab value that is greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal; Contraindication to treatment with an endothelin receptor antagonist; Subject with cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, hematologic, gastrointestinal, immunologic, endocrine, metabolic, or central nervous system disease that may adversely affect the safety of the subject; Participation in a clinical study involving another investigational drug within 4 weeks of screening.
Sites / Locations
- Pulmonary Associates, PA
- Arizona Pulmonary Specialists
- Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute
- University of California-Davis
- University of California San Diego Medical Center
- Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- Myogen
- University of Connecticut Health Center
- Mt. Sinai Medical Center
- Emory University Hospital
- Medical College of Georgia
- Loyola University Medical Center
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Ochsner Clinic
- Maine Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins University
- Tufts New England Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- University of Michigan Medical Center
- Wayne State University
- Mayo Clinic
- Washington University
- Northshore University/Long Island Jewish Hospital
- Winthrop University Hospital
- Mt. Sinai Medical Center
- New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Cardiology PC
- Lindner Clinical Trial Center
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Oregon Health Sciences University
- University of Pennsylvania Hospital
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- St. Paul Hospital
- Baylor College of Medicine
- University of Texas - San Antonio
- Scott & White Hospital
- University of Virginia Health System
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Heart Care Associates
- St. Vincent's Hospital
- Jewish General Hospital