A randomized, open label study comparing safety and efficacy parameters for a high and a low dose of ambrisentan (adjusted for body weight) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in paediatric patients aged 8 years up to 18 years (AMB112529)
- Conditions
- HypertensionPulmonaryPulmonary Arterial Hypertension10037454
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34214
- Lead Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 5
• 8-17 (inclusive) years.
• Pulmonary arterial hypertension due to
o idiopathic or heritable PAH
o secondary to connective tissue disease
o persistent after surgical repair of congenital heart defects (greater than 6 months prior to screening).
• WHO class II or III.
• In case of HIV: stable disease (se protocol for details).
• mPAP at least 25 mmHg and PVR at least 240 dyne*sec/cm5 and PCWP or LVEDP of at most 15 mmHg.
• Treatment naïve, without PAH medication for at least 1 month or stable background medication.
• Females of childbearing potential: reliable method of contraception.
• ERA or cyclosporine A treatment.
• Weight less than 20 kgs.
• Previous safety or tolerability issues with PAH treatment (see protocol for details).
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Adverse events.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>PK, exercise tolerance, time to clinical worsening, NT proBNP, NYHA class,<br /><br>SF-10 questionnaire.</p><br>