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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00240656
Date of registration: 17/10/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hebei Medical University
Public title: Spironolactone Combined With Captopril and Carvedilol for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Scientific title: Official Title: Spironolactone Combined With Captopril and Carvedilol for the Treatment of Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With Congenital Heart Disease—Focus on Pulmonary Artery Remodeling
Date of first enrolment: October 2005
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00240656
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Kunshen Liu, M.D.
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Hebei Medical University First Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- A mean pulmonary artery pressure higher than 25 mm Hg or, when estimated by
echocardiography, pulmonary artery pressure more than half the systemic artery
pressure

- Congenital systemic-to-pulmonary shunts



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Intervention(s)
Drug: spironolactone captopril carvedilol
Primary Outcome(s)
Blood gas test
Pulmonary artery pressure (measured by echocardiogram or catheter)
Change of acropachy
Dyspnoea score
NYHA/WHO functional class
Exercise capacity (six-minute walk)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Other echocardiographic changes:
Pulmonary arterial valve TVI
Ratio of RV ejection time/RV acceleration time
Right ventricular (RV) acceleration time (ms)
Systolic pulmonary arterial pressure
Change of diameters of both left and right atrium
Change of right to left shunt expressed by time-velocity integral (TVI) from the defect
Change of diameters of both left and right ventricles
Blood gas test
RV ejection time (ms)
Change of left to right shunt expressed by TVI from the defect
Doppler mitral valve (MV) TVI
Secondary ID(s)
0510-A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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