Diabetes drug could be new hope for failing hearts in lung disease

NCT ID NCT06992440

Summary

This study is testing if a medication called empagliflozin, already used for diabetes and heart failure, can help improve heart function in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). About 78 adults with PAH who are already on stable treatment will take either the drug or a placebo pill daily for six months. Researchers will use heart scans and walking tests to see if the drug makes the heart work better and improves patients' health.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

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