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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-UMIN000001350
Date of registration: 01/10/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Keio University
Public title: Early intervention for mild or borderline pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with connective tissue diseases
Scientific title: Early intervention for mild or borderline pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with connective tissue diseases - Keio university clinical trial for early pulmonary arterial hypertension with connective tissue diseases (KEEP-ACTIVE study)
Date of first enrolment: 2008/09/01
Target sample size: 70
Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
URL:  https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000001589
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel Randomized  
Phase:  Not selected
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Contacts
Name:     Masataka Kuwana
Address:  35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, JAPAN Japan
Telephone: 03-3353-1211
Email: kuwanam@z5.keio.jp
Affiliation:  Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology
Name:     Hidekata Yasuoka
Address:  35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Japan
Telephone: 03-3353-1211
Email: yasuokah@z8.keio.jp
Affiliation:  Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria: 1) Hypersensitivity to Sildenafil or Beraprost. 2) Patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism. 3) Patients who will be on home oxygen therapy 4) Patients who will be classified as WHO class III or IV 5) Patients with severe ischemic heart diseases or cardiomyopathy 6) Patients with malignancy

Age minimum: 18years-old
Age maximum: 80years-old
Gender: Male and Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with connective tissue disease
Intervention(s)
Beraprost sodium
Beraprost sodium and Sildenafil citrate
Primary Outcome(s)
Time to clinical worsening
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
KEEP-ACTIVE study group
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: YES
Approval date:
Contact:
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 31/03/2018
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