Active clinical trials for "Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension"

The purpose of this study is to characterize the clinical and hemodynamic response of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) therapy in patients with atypical PAH and risk factors for left heart disease.

To demonstrate a dose response for 1 mg, 5 mg and 20 mg TID oral sildenafil for the treatment of subjects with PAH.

The investigators will conduct a, randomized, phase 2, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, crossover trial of carvedilol in 26 PAH patients with World Health Organization functional class II or III symptoms and RV ejection fraction (EF) < 45% for 6 months.

Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by an increase in the pressures in the blood supply to the lungs greater than a mean pressure of 25mmHg and a concomitant increase in overall pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). In patients who have remodeling of their pulmonary vasculature, PVR will increase with exercise instead of decreasing as it would in normal patients. Based on published evidence, the investigators intend to investigate the effects of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) on patients undergoing standard exercise techniques who have separately and previously had an implanted pulmonary artery monitoring device (CardioMems by St Jude Medical, Inc.) placed.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of riociguat as replacement of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE-5i) therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients

Exercise capacity (EC) is limited in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by impaired right ventricular (RV) function and inability to increase stroke volume (SV). Disease targeted therapy, increases EC by improving SV. Additional factors may contribute to exercise limitation: Peripheral and respiratory muscle dysfunction Autonomic dysfunction An altered profile of inflammation Mitochondrial dysfunction. The enhancement of EC achieved pharmacologically may therefore be limited. Exercise training in PAH improves EC and quality of life (QOL). The changes in physiology responsible for this improvement are not clear. Patients with PAH stable on optimal oral therapy, but not meeting treatment goals, will be enrolled in a 30-week randomised exercise training program. One arm will undertake training for 15 weeks (3 weeks residential, 12 outpatient), the other will receive standard care for 15 weeks then 15 weeks training. Aims: Demonstrate that exercise training can enhance EC and QOL when added to optimal drug therapy a UK PAH population. Explore mechanisms of exercise limitation and factors that improve with training, assessing: Cardiac function Skeletal muscle function Autonomic function Respiratory muscle strength Serum and muscle profile of inflammation Primary outcomes (15 weeks) 6 minute walk distance QOL RV ejection fraction

PB1046-PT-CL-0005 is an open-label, dose-titration study to assess the safety, tolerability, and hemodynamic effects of individually dose-titrated PB1046 administered by weekly subcutaneous injection for 8 weeks in adult subjects with PAH who have a permanently implanted hemodynamic monitor in the distal pulmonary artery. The primary objectives of the study are to assess the overall safety, tolerability, and hemodynamic profile of a PB1046 across an individually titrated dose range.

The study evaluates the effect of macitentan on right ventricular and hemodynamic properties in patients with symptomatic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Patients are treated with macitentan for 1 year. Patients undergo right heart catheterization (RHC) at baseline and Week 26. They also undergo cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at baseline, Week 26 and Week 52. Safety is monitored throughout the study. The study has three stub-studies. Each patient can participate in no sub-study or in one sub-study. The sub-studies are: (1) metabolism sub-study (with PET-MR scans); (2) biopsy sub-study (biopsies taken during the RHC); (3) Echo sub-study.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and mechanistic effects of spironolactone, an aldosterone receptor antagonist, on sympathetic nervous system activity and right heart function and remodeling in patients with chronic right heart failure.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of LIQ861, a dry powder formulation of treprostinil, in patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). A secondary objective of this study is to evaluate the comparative bioavailability of treprostinil between two formulations of inhaled therapy.