Safety and Efficacy of Imatinib Mesylate in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

NCT ID: NCT00477269

Last Updated: 2015-03-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-04-30

Study Completion Date

2014-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of imatinib mesylate in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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STI571

STI571

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Imatinib mesylate

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

All Patients

Open label extension

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Imatinib mesylate

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Imatinib mesylate

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Imatinib, Glivec, Gleevec, STI571, QTI571

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of PAH of either primary (idiopathic), familial or secondary to systemic sclerosis (excluding those with marked pulmonary fibrosis) according to World Conference on Pulmonary Hypertension classification (Venice, 2003).
* Symptoms with a WHO class of II-IV

Exclusion Criteria

* Use of unspecific phosphodiesterase inhibitors (for example, pentoxyfillin, enoximon, milrinone or pimobendan) during the study
* Chronic inhaled nitric oxide therapy from start to study completion
* Treatment with catecholamines (for example, adrenalin, noradrenalin, dopamine),
* Pre-existing lung diseases, including parasitic diseases affecting lungs, asthma, congenital abnormalities of the lungs, chest, and diaphragm.
* Pulmonary artery or valve stenosis; pulmonary venous hypertension; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
* Acute heart failure or chronic left sided heart failure; congenital or acquired valvular or myocardial disease
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Novartis

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Investigative site

Locations

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Novartis Investigative Site

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Novartis investigative site

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Novartis Investigative Site

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Novartis Investigative Site

Graz, Austria, Austria

Site Status

Novartis Investigative site

Graz, , Austria

Site Status

Novartis Investigative Site

Hanover, Germany, Germany

Site Status

Novartis Investigative Site

Giessen, , Germany

Site Status

Novartis Investigative site

Giessen, , Germany

Site Status

Novartis Investigative site

Hanover, , Germany

Site Status

Novartis Investigative Site

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Novartis Investigative Site

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Novartis Investigative site

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Novartis Investigative site

Papworth Everard, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United States Austria Germany United Kingdom

References

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Ghofrani HA, Morrell NW, Hoeper MM, Olschewski H, Peacock AJ, Barst RJ, Shapiro S, Golpon H, Toshner M, Grimminger F, Pascoe S. Imatinib in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients with inadequate response to established therapy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Nov 1;182(9):1171-7. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201001-0123OC. Epub 2010 Jun 25.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 20581169 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2005-005569-12

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CSTI571E2203

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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