Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis And Treatment With Sildenafil
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial Lung Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension focused on measuring pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension, interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis referred for lung transplantation at our medical center
- Minimal 6 minute walk distance of 50 meters; must be able to conduct supine exercise during heart catheterization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non ambulatory
- Prior adverse reaction/allergy to sildenafil or other PDE-5 Inhibitors
- Any other pulmonary vasodilator within one month of enrollment
Sites / Locations
- David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Placebo Comparator
Experimental
No Intervention
Pre-transplant placebo
Pre-transplant sildenafil
Pre-transplant no PAH-specific therapy
There are two placebo comparators.... one for the group of patients with resting PAH and another for the group of patients with exercise PAH
There are two active comparators, one group with resting PAH and another with exercise PAH, both receiving drug.
this group of patients has no evidence for either resting or exercise PAH but will be followed without specific drug intervention