Early intervention trial for lung blood vessel disease halted

NCT ID NCT05339087

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Apr 19, 2026 · Updated 25 times

Summary

This study aimed to see if a drug called riociguat could help people with early-stage pulmonary vascular disease, a condition that can lead to high blood pressure in the lungs. It involved 35 adults with connective tissue diseases like scleroderma who had mildly elevated lung pressures but were not yet on specific treatment. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either the drug or a placebo for 24 weeks to measure effects on blood flow resistance in the lungs. The trial was terminated early, and its status is listed as 'terminated'.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital at the TU Dresden, Medical Department I, Center for PH

    Dresden, Germany

  • Centre de référence des Maladies Auto-Immunes Systémiques rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest (CeRAINO) Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHU

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension at the Thoraxklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg

    Heidelberg, 69126, Germany

  • LKH-Univ. Klinikum Graz Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin Klinische Abteilung für Pulmonologie

    Graz, 8036, Austria

  • Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Elisabethinen

    Linz, 4020, Austria

  • Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

    London, United Kingdom

  • Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II Scuola Di Medicina E Chirurgia

    Naples, 80131, Italy

  • Universitätsspital Zürich Pulmonale Hypertonie, Klinik für Pneumologie

    Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

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