Major trial tests new pill to keep deadly lung disease at bay

NCT ID NCT01106014

Summary

This large, completed Phase 3 trial tested whether a new oral medication called selexipag could safely delay serious health events or death in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe lung blood vessel disease. The study involved over 1,150 patients and compared selexipag against a placebo to see which group went longer without needing hospitalization, new therapies, or experiencing disease progression. The goal was to control the disease and improve patients' ability to function in daily life.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • "Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy, Municipal Institution ""Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinic Diagnostic Center""

    Dnipropetrovsk, 49060, Ukraine

  • "Gottsegen György Országos Kardiológiai Intézet, Felnőtt kardiológiai osztály"

    Budapest, 1096, Hungary

  • "Institutul de Pneumologie "Marius Nasta", I. Clinica de Pneumoftiziologie"

    Bucharest, 050159, Romania

  • "Instytut Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc Klinika Chorób Wewnętrznych Klatki Piersiowej"

    Warsaw, 01-138, Poland

  • "Instytut Kardiologii Collegium Medium UJ Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny im Jana Pawła II Klinika Chorób Serca i Naczyń"

    Krakow, 31-202, Poland

  • "Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Zentrum für Innere Medizin Medizinische Klinik II"

    Giessen, 35392, Germany

  • "Klinički Centar Srbije, Klinika za pulmologiju"

    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

  • "Kliničko-bolnički centar Zemun, Kardiološko odeljenje"

    Belgrade, 11080, Serbia

  • "Pécsi Tudományegyetem Klinikai Központ,

    Pécs, 7624, Hungary

  • "Semmelweis Egyetem, Pulmonológiai Klinika"

    Budapest, 1125, Hungary

  • "Spitalul Clinic de Pneumoftiziologie Iasi Sectia Clinica I de Pneumoftiziologie"

    Iași, 700115, Romania

  • "Szegedi Tudományegyetem ÁOK Szent-Györgyi Albert Klinikai Központ, II. sz. Belgyógyászati klinika és Kardiológiai központ"

    Szeged, 6720, Hungary

  • "The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Department of Cardiology"

    Seoul, 137-701, South Korea

  • "Universitätsklinikum Köln Herzzentrum / Klinik III für Innere Medizin (Kardiologie, Pneumologie, Angiologie und Intensivmedizin)"

    Cologne, 50924, Germany

  • "Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne II Klinika Kardiologii i Elektroterapii Serca"

    Gdansk, 80-952, Poland

  • "Wojewódzki Specjalistyczny Szpital im. dr Władysława Biegańskiego Oddział Kardiologiczny, II Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii UM"

    Lodz, 91-347, Poland

  • Aarhus University Hospital , Cardiology

    Aarhus, 8200, Denmark

  • Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht / Department of Pulmonary Diseases

    Maastricht, 6229 HX, Netherlands

  • Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

    Chennai, 600006, India

  • Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals

    New Delhi, 110076, India

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Beaumont Hospital

    Troy, Michigan, 48307, United States

  • Beijing Shijitan Hospital

    Beijing, 100038, China

  • Boston University School of Medicine / Boston University Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

  • CARE Hospitals Nampally, Cardiology Dep. Hyderabad

    Hyderabad, 500001, India

  • Cardiology Scientific Research Institute of Tomsk Scientific Center of RAMs, Siberian Branch / Cardiovascular Surgery Department

    Tomsk, 634012, Russia

  • Cardiovascular Institute & Fuwai Hospital-Pulmonary Vascular Center

    Beijing, 100037, China

  • Carmel Medical Center, Pulmonary Unit

    Haifa, 34362, Israel

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Central Bucks Specialists

    Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 18901, United States

  • Centro de Investigacion y Prevencion Cardiovascular (CIPREC)

    Buenos Aires, C1119ACN, Argentina

  • Clarian North Hospital

    Carmel, Indiana, 46032, United States

  • Clinic-Barcelona

    Barcelona, 8036, Spain

  • Clinica Tabancura- Cardiology Unit

    Santiago, 7650018, Chile

  • Columbia University Medical Center, Pediatric Cardiology

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • DRK Kliniken Köpenick

    Berlin, 12559, Germany

  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı

    Izmir, 35210, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710-0001, United States

  • Egészségügyi Járóbeteg Központ Kardiológiai Intézete - Debrecen

    Debrecen, 4032, Hungary

  • Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum Rotterdam afdeling longziekten

    Rotterdam, 3015 GD, Netherlands

  • Flinders Medical Centre, Pulmonary Hypertension, c/- Cardiology

    Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia

  • Froedtert Hospital - Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Frontier Lifeline Hospitals, Dr KM Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai

    Chennai, 600101, India

  • Fundacion Cardio Infantil

    Bogotá, Colombia

  • Fundacion Clinica Shaio

    Bogotá, Colombia

  • GLVA Healthcare Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90073, United States

  • Gen Faculty Hosp Prague Cardiology Clin

    Prague, 128 08, Czechia

  • Georgia Clinical Research

    Austell, Georgia, 30106, United States

  • Georgia Health Sciences University

    Augusta, Georgia, 30912-3135, United States

  • Gil Medical Centre

    Incheon, 405-760, South Korea

  • Golden Jubilee - Pulm Vascular Unit

    Glasgow, G81 4HX, United Kingdom

  • Guangdong General Hospital, Cardiology Department

    Guangzhou, 510080, China

  • HUG Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève; Pneumology, PAH

    Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

  • Hammersmith

    London, W12 0HS, United Kingdom

  • Health Care Municipal Institution, City Clinical Hospital #13

    Kharkiv, 61124, Ukraine

  • Health Sciences Centre

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R8, Canada

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Hopital General Juif (Jewish General Hospital)

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada

  • Hosp A. Beclere - Dept Pulmo & Resp Intensive Care

    Clamart, 92140, France

  • Hosp Civil - Dpt Pneumology

    Strasbourg, 67091, France

  • Hosp Cote de Nacre - Dpt Pneumology

    Caen, 14033, France

  • Hosp Huriez - Dpt Internal Medecine

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Hosp Larrey - Dpt Pneumology

    Toulouse, 31059, France

  • Hosp Pradel Lyon - Dpt Pneumology

    Bron, 69677, France

  • Hosp Vall D'Hebron - Barcelona - Pneumology

    Barcelona, 8035, Spain

  • Hospital 12 Octubre

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Britanico-Pneumology

    Buenos Aires, C1280AEB, Argentina

  • Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati / Unidad de Investigacion Cardiologia 2

    Lima, 11, Peru

  • Hospital Privado Centro Medico de Cordoba S.A.

    Córdoba, X5016KEH, Argentina

  • ISMETT - Istituto Mediterraneo Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione - Dipartimento di Medicina - Divisione di Pneumologia

    Palermo, 90127, Italy

  • Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute)

    Kuala Lumpur, 50400, Malaysia

  • Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec

    Québec, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada

  • Instituto De Cardiologia de Corrientes

    Corrientes, W3400AMZ, Argentina

  • Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia (INC) Ignacio Chavez

    Mexico City, 14080, Mexico

  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubrian

    Mexico City, 14000, Mexico

  • Instituto Nacional del Torax Teaching Dept

    Santiago, 7500691, Chile

  • Instituto de Enfermedades Respiratorias Clinica San Gabriel

    Lima, 32, Peru

  • Istanbul Üniversitesi Kardiyoloji Enstitisü

    Istanbul, 34096, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • John Hunter Hospital Autoimmune Resource and Research Centre

    New Lambton, 2305, Australia

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

  • Kantonsspital St. Gallen Klinik für Pneumologie

    Sankt Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

  • Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (KVGH)

    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

  • Kaplan Medical - Pulmonary Institute

    Rehovot, 76100, Israel

  • Kemerovo Cardiology Dispensary / Kemerovo Regional Hospital

    Kemerovo, 650044, Russia

  • Kentuckiana Pulmonary Associates

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Klinik Löwenstein gGmbH, Medizinische Klinik 1, Pneumologie - Kardiologie

    Löwenstein, 74245, Germany

  • LIU Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

    Torrance, California, 90502-2006, United States

  • LSU Health Science Center - New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

  • Limited liability company, Consultative diagnostic centre Healthy Joints

    Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia

  • Linköping University Hospital, Cardiology

    Linköping, 58185, Sweden

  • Lung Health & Sleep Emhancement Center, LLC

    Newark, Delaware, 19713, United States

  • Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital

    Lviv, 79010, Ukraine

  • Marmara Üniversitesi Tip Fakultesi Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dali

    Istanbul, 34899, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Massachusetts General Hospital - Pulmonary Critical Care Unit

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital-Pulmonary Critical Care Unit

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mater Miscordiae University Hospital

    Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland

  • Medical University of Vienna and AKH Cardiology

    Vienna, A-1090, Austria

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover / Klinik für Pneumologie

    Hanover, 30625, Germany

  • Medizinische Universität Graz

    Graz, 8036, Austria

  • Minsk City Hospital No. 9

    Minsk, 220116, Belarus

  • Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital of the Red Banner of Labour

    Minsk, 223040, Belarus

  • Montefiore Medical Center, Weiler Division

    The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States

  • Municipal Medical Institution City Hospital #5

    Barnaul, 656045, Russia

  • National Heart Centre (NHC) Singapore

    Singapore, 168752, Singapore

  • National Taiwan University Hospital / Department of Surgery

    Taipei, 100, Taiwan

  • Newark Beth Isreal Medical Center-Department of Pulmonary Medicine

    Newark, New Jersey, 07112, United States

  • Národný ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a.s. - NÚSCH a.s.

    Bratislava, 833 48, Slovakia

  • Onasseio Cardiosurgical Hospital

    Athens, 176 74, Greece

  • Oregon Pulmonary Associates, PC

    Portland, Oregon, 97225, United States

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Rheumatology Department

    Beijing, 100032, China

  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi - Dipartimento Cardio-Toraco-Vascolare

    Bologna, 40138, Italy

  • Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile-Departmento De Enfermedades Cardiovasculares

    Santiago, 8330074, Chile

  • Praxis für Pneumologie und Allergologie

    Leipzig, 04103, Germany

  • Prince Charles Hospital Lung Transplant, Thoracic Department

    Chermside, Queensland, 4032, Australia

  • Public Institution "F.H. Yanovski Phthisiology and Pulmonology National Institute Under Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences"

    Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine

  • Pulmonology Institute, Hadassah University Hospital at Ein Karem

    Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

  • Rabin Medical Centre - Pulmonology

    Petach Tikvah, 49100, Israel

  • Regional Clinical Hospital # 1

    Yekaterinburg, 620102, Russia

  • Renji Hospital, Cardiology Department

    Shanghai, 200127, China

  • Renji Hospital, Rheumatology Department

    Shanghai, 200001, China

  • Rigshospitalet, Hjertemedicinsk klinik - Cardiology

    Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

  • Royal Adelaide Hospital, Cardiovascular Investigation Unit (CVIU)

    Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia

  • Royal Free & Ucms Rheumatology Unit

    London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom

  • Royal Hobart Hospital, Centre for Clinical Research

    Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia

  • Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine

    Parkville, VIC 3050, Australia

  • Royal Perth Hospital

    Perth, 6000, Australia

  • Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Kardiologi

    Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Sweden

  • Samsung Medical Center, Division of Cardiology

    Seoul, 135-710, South Korea

  • Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli S.A.

    Buenos Aires, C1121ABL, Argentina

  • Sanatorio San Jose

    Buenos Aires, C1425DUH, Argentina

  • Sanjivani Hospitals - Department of Cardiology

    Ahmedabad, 380015, India

  • Scientific Research Institute of Pulmonology of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia

    Moscow, 105077, Russia

  • Seconda Università Degli Studi di Napoli - Azienda Universitaria Policlinico - Dipartimento Assistenziale di medicina Generale, Angiologia, Endocrinologia, Epatogastroenterologia e Reumatologia - Unità Operativa di Reumatologia

    Naples, 80131, Italy

  • Seoul Nathional University Hospital

    Seoul, 110-744, South Korea

  • Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Department of Pulmonary Circulation

    Shanghai, 200433, China

  • Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Division of Allergy-Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine

    Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

  • St Vincent's Hospital

    Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia

  • St. Antonius Ziekenhuis afdeling Longziekten

    Nieuwegein, 3430 EM, Netherlands

  • St. Luke's Medical Center

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States

  • St. Vincent's Hospital / Heart and Lung Transplant Unit

    Darlinghurst, New South Wales, 2010, Australia

  • State Institution, "Institute fo Rheumatology of RAMS"

    Moscow, 115552, Russia

  • The Chaim Sheba Med Ctr -Pulmonology

    Tel Litwinsky, 52621, Israel

  • The Institution of the Clinical Cardiology named after A. L. Myaskinov

    Moscow, 121552, Russia

  • The Lindner Clinical Trial Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219-2906, United States

  • The Ohio State University Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43221, United States

  • The Republican Scientific-Practical Center "Cardiology"

    Minsk, 220036, Belarus

  • The University of Arizona, Clinical and Translational Science (CATS) Research Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85704, United States

  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

    Heidelberg, 69126, Germany

  • Tomsk Regional Clinical Hospital/ Pulmonology Unit

    Tomsk, 634063, Russia

  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Ulb Erasme, Cardiology

    Brussels, 1070, Belgium

  • Umeå University Hospital, Cardiology (Umeå)

    Umeå, 90185, Sweden

  • University Health Network

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2N2, Canada

  • University Hospital Basel Division of Pneumology

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland

  • University Hospital Gasthuisberg - Pneumologie

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • University Hospitals Case Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • University of Alberta Hospital - Children's Centre

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2C8, Canada

  • University of California San Diego Medical Center (La Jolla)

    La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

  • University of California, Davis, UC Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

  • University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Ottawa Heart Institute

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada

  • University of South Alabama

    Mobile, Alabama, 36617, United States

  • University of Texas-Houston Health Center Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Hospital-Department of Medicine

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • Universität Greifswald / Klinik für Innere Medizin B

    Greifswald, 17487, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Medizinische Klinik1-Pneumologie/MK1-A13

    Dresden, 01307, Germany

  • Universitätsklinkum Regensburg / Innere Medizin II

    Regensburg, 93053, Germany

  • Universitätsspital Bern, Clinic for Pneumology (Inselspital)

    Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • Uppsala Akademiska Sjukhuset, Kardiologkliniken 50F

    Uppsala, 751 85, Sweden

  • V. A. Almazov Institute of Cardiology, Russian Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development / Medical Treatment and Rehabilitation Complex

    Saint Petersburg, 194156, Russia

  • VU Medisch Centrum / Afdeling longziekten, secretariaat 4A 48

    Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands

  • Vancouver General Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9, Canada

  • Vanderbilt Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-2386, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Yonsei University Health System Dept of Cardiology

    Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı

    Adana, 01330, Turkey (Türkiye)

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