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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00070590
Date of registration: 06/10/2003
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Actelion
Public title: Efficacy and Safety of Oral Bosentan in Pulmonary Fibrosis Associated With Scleroderma
Scientific title: A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Bosentan in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Systemic Sclerosis
Date of first enrolment: July 2003
Target sample size: 132
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00070590
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France Germany Israel Italy Netherlands Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Main inclusion criteria:

- Systemic Sclerosis diffuse or limited

- Significant Interstitial Lung Disease on HRCTscan

- DLco < 80% predicted

- Dyspnea on exertion

- Walk not limited by musculoskeletal reasons

Main exclusion criteria:

- Interstitial Lung Disease due to other conditions than SSc

- End stage restrictive or obstructive lung disease

- Severe cardiac or renal diseases

- Significant pulmonary arterial hypertension

- Smoker (> 5cig./day)

- Treatment with immunosuppressive, antifibrotic drugs, high dose corticosteroids
(within 4 weeks of randomization)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Scleroderma, Systemic
Intervention(s)
Drug: Bosentan
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline to End-of-Study in 6-minute walk distance.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time to death (all causes) or to worsening of PFTs up to End-of-Study.
Worsening of PFTs (on 2 consecutive tests at least 4 weeks apart) is defined as: decrease from baseline = 10% in FVC OR decrease from baseline = 15% in DLco AND = 6% in FVC
Secondary ID(s)
BUILD 2
AC-052-330
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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