Active clinical trials for "Hypertension, Pulmonary"

High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is mostly treated with supplemental oxygen, nifedipine 30mg twice a day, rest, limiting cold exposure and descent (simulated or actual) Gamow Bag provides simulated descent and buy time for actual descent. CPAP is claimed to be effective in many case reports to treat HAPE temporarily until actual descent is taken place. This study aims to evaluate the role of CPAP in treating HAPE at those high altitude stations where Gamow bag is not available and immediate descent is not possible.

The aim of this prospective randomized study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the original ablation procedures ganglion plexus pulmonary artery with simultaneous correction of valvular heart disease, complicated by high pulmonary hypertension.

The aim of research proposal is to assess and compare the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency denervation of pulmonary arteries on decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance and mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) in 20 patients with IPAH (mean pulmonary artery pressure >25 mmHg) and in 20 patients with secondary pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary disease or due to left heart disease not responding optimally to medical therapy.

PITCH-ER is an ancillary study of PITCH-HF (NCT01910389). The goal of the PITCH-ER ancillary study is to evaluate the rate of decline in renal function and frequency of development of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients enrolled in PITCH-HF (who have heart failure and pulmonary hypertension) treated with chronic tadalafil treatment compared to placebo.

To assess the effectiveness of the synthetic analogue of prostacyclin in postembolic residual pulmonary hypertension.

To determine the prevalence of myelofibrosis in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension, and to discover if the fibrosis in these patients is primary (AMM) or secondary.

Over time, patients with fibrosing or interstitial lung disease (ILD) can develop high lung blood pressures (pulmonary hypertension), and this is associated with poorer prognosis and survival. It is thought that development of PH contributes to the deterioration and death of patients with ILD. Endothelin-1 (ET1) is a substance contributing to the development of both PH and ILD. Bosentan is a drug blocking the action of ET-1 by binding to its receptors. Bosentan clearly benefits patients with PH of unknown cause, or related to other diseases (such as heart conditions, or HIV) both alone and in combination with other treatments. In patients with fibrosing lung disease and PH, there have been no controlled treatment studies. Clearly it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of bosentan in these patients. This study aims to determine the ability of bosentan to reduce high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension) in patients with scarring (fibrosing) lung disease. It is a placebo-controlled double blinded study for 16 weeks (and it is proposed to follow patients in a 16 week open-label phase with bosentan therapy).

This study hopes to evaluate the effectiveness of early combined use of Sildenafil and nitric oxide (iNO) in newborns with Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) and or hypoxemic respiratory failure and assess whether this would improve oxygenation, improve time on mechanical ventilation for these babies and also prevent rebound hypoxic episodes.

The study evaluates the technique of non-drug treatment of residual pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy.

The trial is a pilot study performed in the NICU's at Oslo University Hospital and Haukeland University Hospital preparing a multi-center randomized, controlled unblinded cross-over study, comparing high frequency ventilation (HFV) with and without volume guarantee (VG).