Heart drug test for deadly lung pressure disease halted

NCT ID NCT04954742

Summary

This study aimed to see if the drug riociguat could improve the size and function of the right side of the heart in people with two severe types of lung blood pressure disease. It involved 30 adults who were either new to treatment or switching from certain other medications. The trial was terminated early, and its main goal was to measure changes in heart structure over 24 weeks of treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

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

    Heidelberg, 69126, Germany

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