Patients with symptomatic idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (FPAH) or pulmonary hypertension associated with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or drugs/toxins in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II to IV at baseline, naive to PAH treatment or currently being treated with a stable dose of either bosentan, ambrisentan or sildenafil will be enrolled in the PROWESS 15 study. This randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, and single-dose study will determine whether a single inhaled dose of iloprost using the power 15 disc improves exercise capacity compared to placebo in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
64
Single dose of iloprost 5 µg using I-neb(R) Adaptive Aerosol Delivery (AAD(R)) System power setting 15 disc
Single dose of matching placebo using I-neb(R) Adaptive Aerosol Delivery (AAD(R)) System power setting 15 disc
6-minute-walk Distance (6MWD)
The 6-minute walk test was performed 20-40 minutes after treatment. This was a non-encouraged test (the person conducting the test did not encourage the patient to walk farther or faster) that measured the distance covered over a 6-minute walk. It was conducted by a trained member of the site staff who was listed on the site's delegation of authority sheet. For patients who had never performed a 6-minute walk test previously, a training test was requested before the qualifying tests for randomization.
Time frame: Study day 2 or study day 3
Borg Dyspnea Score
The Borg scale is a category-ratio scale, commonly used to evaluate the effects of exercise on dyspnea. The original and modified scales have ratio properties ranging from 0 = nothing at all to 10 = very, very severe, with descriptors from 0 to 10. Descriptors have been modified by others so that 10 has been labeled "extremely severe," or "the worst possible dyspnea imaginable." Reliability and validity have been reported in a general population and in patients with PAH as well as other respiratory conditions.
Time frame: Study day 2 or study day 3
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