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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00325403
Date of registration: 11/05/2006
Primary sponsor: United Therapeutics
Public title: FREEDOM - M: Oral Treprostinil as Monotherapy for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Scientific title: A 12-Week, International, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral UT-15C Sustained Release Tablets in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: May 2006
Target sample size: 315
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00325403
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Austria Belgium Canada China France India Israel Italy
Mexico Netherlands Poland Puerto Rico United States
Contacts
Name:   Kevin Laliberte, PharmD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  United Therapeutics
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Between 12 and 75 years of age, inclusive.

- Body weight at least 40 kg with a Body Mass Index < 45

- PAH that is either idiopathic/familial; associated with repaired congenital
systemic-to-pulmonary shunts (repaired = 5 years); associated with collagen vascular
disease; associated with HIV.

- Previous testing (e.g., right heart catheterization, echocardiography) consistent
with the diagnosis of PAH.

- Reliable and cooperative with protocol requirements.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Nursing or pregnant.

- Currently receiving an endothelin receptor antagonist, a phosphodiesterase-5
inhibitor, or prostacyclin within 30 days of Baseline.

- PAH due to conditions other than noted in the above inclusion criteria.

- History of uncontrolled sleep apnea, renal insufficiency, anemia, left sided heart
disease, uncontrolled systemic hypertension, or parenchymal lung disease.

- Use of an investigational drug within 30 days of Baseline.



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: Oral treprostinil (UT-15C) Sustained Release Tablets
Other: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in 6-minute walk distance from Baseline to Week 12 [Time Frame: 12 Weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Adverse events [Time Frame: Continuously over 12 Weeks]
Borg dyspnea score [Time Frame: 4 Weeks]
Clinical laboratory parameters [Time Frame: 4-8 Weeks]
Clinical Worsening Assessment [Time Frame: 12 Weeks]
Dyspnea-Fatigue Index [Time Frame: 4 Weeks]
Electrocardiogram findings [Time Frame: 12 Weeks]
Symptoms of PAH [Time Frame: 4 Weeks]
World Health Organization Functional Classification for PAH [Time Frame: 4 Weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
TDE-PH-302
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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