This pilot study evaluates the safety and feasibility of losartan in pediatric patients with pulmonary vein stenosis. It is an open label single arm interventional study. The patient population involves pediatric patients with stenosis in 2 or more pulmonary veins. Patients will be given losartan for 1 year. Outcomes include measures of safety/adverse events and progression of pulmonary vein stenosis.
This pilot study evaluates the safety and feasibility of losartan in pediatric patients with pulmonary vein stenosis. Large animal studies have demonstrated that losartan can ameliorate the progression of pulmonary vein stenosis in a surgical model of pulmonary vein stenosis. There is no safety data for losartan in children \< 6months of age or in children with pulmonary vein stenosis. Therefore, this study will test the safety and feasibility of losartan in children in an open label single arm interventional study. Patient inclusion criteria includes stenosis involving 2 or more pulmonary veins. Patients who are consented into the trial with be on losartan therapy for one year. They will undergo study visits every 3 months. Patients will be screened for adverse events through biochemical tests, routine clinical tests and questionnaires. An exploratory efficacy analysis will compare progression of pulmonary vein stenosis in children enrolled in losartan to a contemporary cohort of children with pulmonary vein stenosis, who did not receive losartan.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Losartan is given for 12 months
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Safety:Number of participants with adverse events
adverse events include hypotension, hyperkalemia, renal dysfunction
Time frame: 12 months
Feasibility:Number of participants eligible and recruited
includes patient recruitment and compliance with protocol
Time frame: 12 months
Progression of pulmonary vein stenosis: survival
Progression of pulmonary vein stenosis measures include survival, morbidity and evidence of progression on clinical tests
Time frame: 12 months
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