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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT00319111
Date of registration: 26/04/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Actelion
Public title: Bosentan in Patients With Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) BENEFIT OL
Scientific title: Long-term Open-label Extension Study in Patients With Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Who Completed Protocol AC-052-366 (BENEFIT, NCT00313222)
Date of first enrolment: January 2006
Target sample size: 151
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00319111
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czech Republic France Germany Italy
Netherlands Poland Spain United Kingdom United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients having completed the 16-week treatment period of protocol AC-052-366
(NCT00313222)

- Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any major violation of protocol AC-052-366 (NCT00313222)

- Pregnancy or breast-feeding



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: bosentan
Primary Outcome(s)
Disease Severity - Number of Patients Showing Improvement by One Class or More in World Health Organisation (WHO) Functional Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) [Time Frame: Until discontinuation of study drug, up to 3.3 years]
Time to Clinical Worsening up to End-of-study [Time Frame: Until discontinuation of study drug, up to 3.3 years]
Change From Baseline to All Assessed Time Points in 6-minute Walk Test (6MWT) Distance [Time Frame: Until discontinuation of study drug, up to 3.3 years]
Change From Baseline to All Assessed Time Points in Borg Dyspnea Index [Time Frame: Until discontinuation of study drug, up to 3.3 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Patients Experiencing a Serious Adverse Event(s) up to 28 Days After Study Medication Discontinuation [Time Frame: 28 days after discontinuation of study drug, up to 3.3 years]
Number of Patients With an Adverse Event(s) Leading to Premature Discontinuation of Study Medication [Time Frame: Until discontinuation of study drug, up to 3.3 years]
Occurrence of Liver Function Test and Hemoglobin Abnormality [Time Frame: Until discontinuation of study drug, up to 3.3 years]
Secondary ID(s)
AC-052-370
BENEFIT OL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 31/12/2012
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00319111
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