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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01382368
Date of registration: 02/05/2011
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Rabin Medical Center
Public title: Acute Effect of Sildenafil on Exercise Tolerance and Functional Capacity in COPD, IPF and Post Pneumonectomy Patients
Scientific title: Acute Effect of Sildenafil on Exercise Tolerance and Functional Capacity in COPD, IPF and Post Pneumonectomy Patients
Date of first enrolment: September 2011
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01382368
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Mordechai R Kramer, M.D
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Affiliation:  Rabin Medical Center, Belinson Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with severe COPD GOLD stage III- IV, FEV1 30-50% or less of predicted
values, greater shortness of breath, reduced exercise capacity, repeated excretions
and\ or with chronic respiratory failure [9, 39].

2. IPF patients diagnosed essentially according to the American Thoracic and European
Respiratory Societies (ATS-ERS) by clinical diagnostic criteria of: (a)
High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) demonstrating a pattern of "confident" or
"possible" IPF (b) Abnormal pulmonary physiology with evidence of restriction and/or
impaired gas exchange (can exist during exercise alone) (c) Exclusion of other known
causes of interstitial lung disease (e.g.: connective tissue disease, environmental
exposure,etc.)[31].

3. Patients post Pneumonectomy more than 6 month from the amputation surgery for any
diagnosis (Cancer, Trauma, and Infection- Bronchiectasis).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with known sensitivity or contraindications to phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE-5)
inhibitor therapies will be excluding from the study.

2. Thromboembolic disease will be excluded by pulmonary CT-angiography or perfusion
scan.

3. Patients with a history of left-sided heart failure will be excluded.

4. Patients will also exclude if they are on regular treatment with nitrates or PDE-5
inhibitors (Sildenafil, Tadalafil, Vardenafil).



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Sildenafil
Primary Outcome(s)
Functional Tests [Time Frame: 2-30 days between exercise tests]
6 min walk test [Time Frame: 2-30 days between exercise tests]
VO2 Peak [Time Frame: 2-30 days between exercise tests]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pulmonary Arterial Pressure [Time Frame: 2-30 days between exercise tests]
NT-pro-BNP [Time Frame: 2-30 days between exercise tests]
Secondary ID(s)
RMCBH116278 CTIL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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