Active clinical trials for "Hypertension"

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an orphan, multiorgan disease affecting the connective tissue of the skin and several internal organs. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a fatal disorder characterized by an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, which leads to right ventricular failure. Despite being recently the object of greater attention and despite therapeutic advances, pulmonary hypertension due to SSc remains associated with a dismal 47 - 67% 3-year survival. Among SSc patients prospectively followed in the "European League Against Rheumatism Scleroderma Trials and Research" (EUSTAR) cohort, 26% of death was related to pulmonary hypertension. Although some previous data have suggested the protective effects of calcium channel blockers on the development of pulmonary hypertension, the potential preventive effects of vasodilators for the prevention of Pulmonary hypertension have not been determined yet. In addition to be considered routinely for the treatment of SSc-related pulmonary hypertension, prostanoids, endothelin receptor antagonists (ETRA) and Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5i) can also be used for this indication. This observational trial is one out of five observational trials of the collaborative project "To decipher the optimal management of systemic sclerosis" (DeSScipher). Aim of this observational trial is: - to compare the outcomes of adult and juvenile SSc patients who are at high risk of developing pulmonary hypertension and are receiving either different vasodilator treatments or no vasodilator treatment.

Remodulin (Treprostenil sodium) is synthetic prostacyclin analog available as a solution for administration in the intravenous route. It is approved for treatment of class I - pulmonary hypertension functional capacity stage III-IV. A key factor for the success of pulmonary hypertension therapy is maintaining near constant blood level of a given medications along the day. A sudden decrease in the blood levels might lead to rebound phenomenon; abrupt increase in the pulmonary artery pressure which might lead to acute right ventricular failure and even to sudden death. As some PHT patients suffer are on hemo-dialysis therapy due to end-stage renal disease there is a need to document the variation of the blood level along the dialysis cycle.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether losartan metabolites are effective in inducing PPARγ target genes in monocytes in losartan-treated patients.

We will conduct an open label, non-comparative, observational study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Olmesartan therapy in Taiwan patients with essential hypertension, and the primary objective is the change in the 24-hour mean systolic blood pressure from baseline to the day after post-treatment week-12 visit according to the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

The purpose of this study is to create a registry of patients with Pulmonary Hypertension who received medical care in the Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires.

The primary objective of the study is whether subjects with hypertension and proteinuria display increased sympathetic nerve activity compared to hypertensive subjects without proteinuria and normotensive controls.

The purpose of this study is to test the accuracy of the Pulsewave wrist blood pressure cuff in pregnant and postpartum women who have either normal blood pressure or high blood pressure.

The purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of the Sotera ViSi, an investigational device, to auscultation (measurement with a cuff) in determining systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) in adult subjects.

The purpose of this study is to assess the value in terms of sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of the stress echocardiography in the screening of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis and indirect signs of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

To study central blood pressure changes caused by commonly used high blood pressure medications in pregnancy.