Actively Recruiting

Age: 18Years +
All Genders
NCT03954574

Pulmonary Hemodynamics During Exercise - Research Network

Led by Medical University of Graz · Updated on 2025-04-27

1500

Participants Needed

32

Research Sites

578 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

M

Medical University of Graz

Lead Sponsor

E

European Respiratory Society

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The purpose of this Clinical Research Collaboration is to investigate the prognostic implications of pulmonary hemodynamics during exercise based on a large scale multi-centre approach by using retrospective and prospective analysis of hemodynamic data.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Pulmonary Hemodynamics During Exercise - Research Network

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years +
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Patients 18 years or older with intermediate or high echocardiographic probability of pulmonary hypertension and/or unexplained dyspnea and/or conditions associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension as clinical indication for right heart catheterization at rest and exercise
  • Written informed consent from participants after full briefing for prospective analysis
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Patients with incomplete hemodynamic data at rest or during exercise
  • Patients without sufficient follow-up data on survival or lung transplantation
  • Advanced tumor disease or other diseases with short life expectancy except pulmonary vascular diseases
  • Advanced heart failure with pulmonary arterial wedge pressure greater than 18 mmHg at rest
  • Uncontrolled systemic arterial hypertension with blood pressure readings above 160/100 mmHg at rest
  • Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) less than 50% predicted
  • Total lung capacity (TLC) less than 60% predicted

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 32 locations

1

University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85724

Actively Recruiting

2

University of California, Los Angeles, Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs, David Geffen School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Actively Recruiting

3

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Advanced HF, MCS, Transplant Cardiology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Actively Recruiting

4

Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiology Division and Pulmonary Unit

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

Actively Recruiting

5

Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02138

Actively Recruiting

6

University of Minnesota Medical School, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Lillehei Heart Institute Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455

Actively Recruiting

7

Mayo Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 85259

Actively Recruiting

8

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Actively Recruiting

9

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Respiratory Medicine

Camperdown, Australia

Actively Recruiting

10

Medical University of Graz

Graz, Austria

Actively Recruiting

11

Free University of Brussels, Faculty of Medicine, Physiology

Brussels, Belgium

Actively Recruiting

12

University of São Paulo Medical School

São Paulo, Brazil

Actively Recruiting

13

Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Aarhus, Denmark

Actively Recruiting

14

Université de Lorraine

Nancy, France

Actively Recruiting

15

Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery

Paris, France

Actively Recruiting

16

Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire, Université ParisSud - Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

Paris, France

Actively Recruiting

17

Sorbonne Universités, Neurophysiologie respiratoire expérimentale et clinique

Paris, France

Actively Recruiting

18

University of Cologne, Klinik III fuer Innere Medizin

Cologne, Germany

Actively Recruiting

19

Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Internal Medicine

Giessen, Germany

Actively Recruiting

20

University of Greifswald

Greifswald, Germany

Actively Recruiting

21

Thorax Clinic Heidelberg, Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension

Heidelberg, Germany

Actively Recruiting

22

Academic Teaching Hospital of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg

Würzburg, Germany

Actively Recruiting

23

University of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Actively Recruiting

24

University of Rome La Sapienza, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences

Roma, Italy

Actively Recruiting

25

VU Medisch Centrum, Pulmonology

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Actively Recruiting

26

Otwock Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, Department of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases

Otwock, Poland

Actively Recruiting

27

Barcelona Hospital Clínic, Pneumologia

Barcelona, Spain

Actively Recruiting

28

University Hospital of Zurich, Internal Medicine

Zurich, Switzerland

Actively Recruiting

29

Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Actively Recruiting

30

Imperial College, NHS Healthcare NHS Trust, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service

London, United Kingdom

Actively Recruiting

31

Royal Brompton Hospital

London, United Kingdom

Actively Recruiting

32

Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

G

Gabor Kovacs, MD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Masking

N/A

Allocation

N/A

Model

N/A

Primary Purpose

N/A

Number of Arms

2

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