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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01590108
Date of registration: 30/04/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Imperial College London
Public title: The Study of Apelin-APJ System on Pulmonary Hypertension Patients and Healthy Subjects EXAP
Scientific title: The Apelin-APJ System in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Healthy Volunteers; Tissue Location and Cardiopulmonary Response.
Date of first enrolment: March 2012
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01590108
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     Gareth D Barnes, MBChB
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Affiliation:  Imperial College NHS trust
Name:     Luke Sebastian Howard, DPhil
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Affiliation:  Imperial College NHS Trust
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for Control group:

- Structurally normal heart by 2D Echocardiography

- Pulmonary artery pressure < 25mmHg

- Tricuspid velocity < 2.5ms-1

Inclusion Criteria for Treatment group:

- Clinical diagnosis of Pulmonary arterial hypertension that is idiopathic, associated
with anorexigens associated with connective tissue disease or familial

- Able to give informed consent

- Mean pulmonary artery pressure > 25mmHg, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure < 15mmHg,
with normal or reduced cardiac output.

Exclusion Criteria for ALL group:

- Bleeding diathesis (PT > 14 sec to aPTT > 40 sec)

- Pregnancy, or women of child bearing potential not on adequate contraception

- Renal or hepatic failure

- Severe valvular heart disease

- Left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF < 40)

- Chronic lung disease

- Malignant arrhythmias

- Chronic thromboembolic disease



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: (Pyr1)apelin-13
Drug: Saline
Primary Outcome(s)
Effect of Apelin infusion on cardiopulmonary performance in healthy volunteers and patient with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
11/LO/2063
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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