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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT00367770
Date of registration: 21/08/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Actelion
Public title: BREATHE 5-OL: Tracleer (Bosentan) in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Eisenmenger Physiology
Scientific title: A Multi-Center, Open-Label Extension Study to Protocol AC-052-405 to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Tracleer (Bosentan) in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Eisenmenger Physiology
Date of first enrolment: January 2004
Target sample size: 37
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00367770
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Australia Austria Belgium Canada France Germany Italy Netherlands
Spain United Kingdom United States
Contacts
Name:     Michael Landzberg, MD
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Affiliation:  BACH Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Boston, U.S.A.
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients stable with PAH upon completion of the BREATHE-5 randomized, double-blind,
placebo- controlled 16-week study.

2. For female patients, only non-pregnant women who are surgically sterile,
postmenopausal or have documented infertility (over 50 years of age and amenorrheic
for at least 1 year), or those of childbearing potential using one of the following
methods of contraception: Barrier-type devices (e.g., condom, diaphragm) used ONLY in
combination with a spermicide. A double-barrier method is recommended; intrauterine
devices (IUDs); oral or implanted contraceptives, if used in combination with a
barrier method.

3. Patients providing written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who withdrew prematurely from BREATHE-5, AC-052-405.

2. Patients who are pregnant or nursing.

3. Patients who are receiving epoprostenol or prostacyclin analogues, or are expected to
receive any of these drugs during the study.

4. Patients with AST and/or ALT values greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal.

5. Patients with hemoglobin or hematocrit that is more than 30% below the normal range
(patients with secondary polycythemia are permitted in the study).

6. Patients with systolic blood pressure < 85 mm Hg.

7. Patients taking phosphodiesterase inhibitors, other endothelin receptor antagonists or
are receiving another investigational product.

8. Patients active on organ transplant list.

9. Patients who are receiving or expected to receive glyburide, cyclosporin A or
tacrolimus.

10. Patients not able to comply with the protocol or adhere to therapy.



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: Tracleer®
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With a Change in WHO Functional Class [Time Frame: from baseline to week 24]
Change in Borg Dyspnea Index [Time Frame: from baseline to week 24]
Change in 6-minute Walk Distance [Time Frame: from baseline to week 24]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
AC-052-409
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 15/08/2016
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00367770
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