Status:

COMPLETED

Pulmonary Hypertension: Assessment of Cell Therapy

Lead Sponsor:

Northern Therapeutics

Collaborating Sponsors:

Unity Health Toronto

Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital

Conditions:

Hypertension, Pulmonary

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

The primary objective is to establish the safety of autologous progenitor cell-based gene therapy of heNOS in patients with severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension(PAH) refractory to conventional treat...

Detailed Description

This is a two centre, phase I clinical trial. A total of 18 patients will be studied using an open-label, dose escaling protocol; three patients will be entered into each of the five dosing panels. An...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • Familial PAH or anorexigen induced PAH
  • Specified 6-minute walk distance

Exclusion

  • Intra or extra cardiac communication between the right and left sided circulations
  • Hemodynamic instability
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 40%
  • Thromboembolic event or recent hospitalization for worsening right sided heart failure in past 3 months
  • CVP\>20mmHg at time of research heart catheterization
  • Pregnancy
  • Concurrent hepatitis or HIV

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

7 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00469027

Start Date

May 1 2006

End Date

July 1 2012

Last Update

October 17 2016

Active Locations (2)

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St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B1W8

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Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2