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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01880866
Date of registration: 28/05/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Public title: (-)-Epicatechin and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Scientific title: An Open Label Pilot Study of Purified (-)-Epicatechin to Improve Hemodynamics in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: July 2013
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01880866
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH
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Affiliation:  University of California, San Francisco
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female age 18 or older

- NYHA Class II-!V

- 6 minute walk distance < 450 meters

- Outpatients with suspected WHO group I PAH or and established diagnosis of WHO group
I PAH undergoing clinically indicated right heart catheterization

- Written informed consent obtained from subject and ability for subject to comply with
the requirements of study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy

- Breast feeding

- Systolic blood pressure <100 or >160

- History of migraine headaches

- Allergy or intolerance to chocolate, tea or wine

- Subject is considered unsuitable for the study in the opinion of the investigator,
nurse practitioner, or study physician for any other reason



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: (-)-Epicatechin
Primary Outcome(s)
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Index [Time Frame: up to 5 hours after right heart catheterization]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Endothelial function and hemodynamics [Time Frame: up to 5 hours after right heart catheterization]
Secondary ID(s)
EPI
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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