Status:

TERMINATED

The Combination Ambrisentan Plus Spironolactone in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Study

Lead Sponsor:

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Gilead Sciences

Conditions:

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if spironolactone added to ambrisentan for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) will increase exercise capacity. We also want to find out if spironolactone an...

Detailed Description

A prospective, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical study involving 30 patients with World Health Organization (WHO) Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension being treated with ambrisentan randomi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Voluntarily gives informed consent to participate in the study.
  • Right heart catheterization demonstrating conventional mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) \>25, pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) \>3.0 Wood Units, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) \<16 mmHg within two years of enrollment
  • Subject is 18 years of age or older at Screening.
  • Diagnosis of symptomatic idiopathic or heritable PAH, PAH associated with Connective Tissue Disease (CTD), PAH associated with repaired/unrepaired congenital systemic-to-pulmonary shunt, Portopulmonary hypertension or PAH associated with HIV infection.
  • New York Heart Association Functional Class II or III
  • Stable therapy with ambrisentan 5 or 10 mg every day for \> 90 days.
  • Baseline 6-Minute Walk Distance 50-450m

Exclusion

  • Substantial Primary Lung disease
  • forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV-1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) \<0.6 and FEV-1 \<70% predicted
  • diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) \<30% predicted
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 50%
  • Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure \> 16 mm Hg
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Systemic hypotension (SBP \<90 mm Hg)
  • Co-existing treatment with other endothelin receptor antagonists or prostacyclin analogues
  • New York Heart Association Functional Class IV
  • Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
  • Known or suspected pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
  • Serum creatinine \>2.0 mg/dL in women, Serum creatinine \>2.5 mg/dL in men
  • Baseline serum potassium \>5.0 milliequivalent (mEq)/L
  • Participation in ongoing drug/intervention-based clinical trial
  • Pregnancy
  • Unable to provide consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

2 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02253394

Start Date

September 1 2015

End Date

February 1 2018

Last Update

November 15 2019

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Brigham & Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115