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A Clinical Trial of Ambrisentan and Tadalafil in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With Systemic Sclerosis
In Brief
A Phase 4 clinical trial evaluating tadalafil and ambrisentan upfront combination therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and 4 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 25 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This will be a 36-week, single group, open label study assessing the effects of Tadalafil plus Ambrisentan combination therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with the scleroderma spectrum of disease (PAH-SSD). Standard outcome measures such as six-minute walk distance (6MWD), New York heart Association (NYHA) classification, and hemodynamic measurements will be assessed, as well as novel functional measures of RV-PV function including the transthoracic echocardiogram parameter tricuspid annular plane systolic ejection (TAPSE), contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI and heart rate variability assessed by Holter monitoring. This design (excluding a placebo arm) was selected for ethical concerns and to provide optimal efficiency and active therapy to all study subjects. It also allows for comparisons between the two monotherapies and with combination therapy.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
tadalafil 20 mg qd and ambrisentan 5 mg qd. Up-titration of study medications will occur at week 4 (ambrisentan 10 mgs daily and tadalafil 40 mg qd). If a subject experiences an intolerable adverse event as a result of an uptitration in the study drug dose, the dose of study drug maybe down titrated to 20 mg of tadalafil and/or 5mg of ambrisentan. If the subject is still experiencing an intolerable adverse event, then the investigator will withdraw the subject from the study.