Multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, parallel study comparing continuous intravenous (IV) Remodulin® to placebo in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension either primary (PPH) or associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or collagen vascular disease).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
45
SAL Hospital & Medical Institute
Ahmedabad, India
Narayana Hrudayalaya Inst. Of Cardiac Sciences
Bangalore, India
Apollo Hospitals
Chennai, India
Six-minute walk distance
Placebo-corrected change in 6-minute walk distance from Baseline to Week 12.
Time frame: Twelve Weeks
Borg Dyspnea Score
The Bord dyspnea score is a 10-point scale rating the maximum level of dyspnea experienced during the six-minute walk test (6MWT). The Borg dyspnea score was assessed immediately following the 6MWT. Scores ranged from 0 (for no shortness of breath) to 10 (for greatest shortness of breath ever experienced).
Time frame: Twelve Weeks
Dyspnea-Fatigue Index
The dyspnea-fatigue index was assessed at Baseline, Weeks 1, 4, 8 ans 12. Each of the three components of the dyspnea-fatigue index were rated on a scale of 0 to 4, with 0 being the worst condition and 4 being the best condition for each component. The dyspnea-fatigue index is computed by summing the three component scores.
Time frame: Twelve weeks
NYHA Functional Class
Changes from Baseline in NYHA Functional Class will be summarized and compared between treatment groups at Weeks 1, 4, 8 and 12.
Time frame: Twelve Weeks
Clinical Worsening
Clinical worsening was defined as worsening PAH resulting in death, transplant, hospitalization, necessity to unblind for rescue therapy, or an inability to physically perform the walk assessment. Incidence of clinical worsening and the time from Baseline to clinical worsening will be compared between treatment groups.
Time frame: Twelve Weeks
Combined Walk and Borg Dyspnea Score
The intent of the Six-Minute Walk Test is to determine how much patients can do during the course of carrying out activities of daily living. However, the capacity of patients to function is determined not only by what they can do when they exert themselves to the fullest, but also by how they feel when they are carrying out their usual activities of daily living. It is therefore important not only to look at the distance traversed during the unencouraged 6-minute walk but also the symptoms experienced at the end of the effort. To do so, walk distances and Borg Scores from the Week 12 Six-Minute Walk Test were simultaneously compared between treatment groups.
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K. S. Hospital
Chennai, India
Sri Ramachandra Medical College
Chennai, India
Medwin Heart Institute
Hyderabad, India
Yashoda Super Specialty Hospital
Hyderabad, India
Apollo Gleneagles Hospital
Kolkata, India
KMC Hospital
Mangalore, India
Kasturba Medical College
Manipal, India
...and 4 more locations
Time frame: 12 Weeks