Massive study aims to redefine Lung-Heart disease
NCT ID NCT02980887
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at nearly 1,200 people with or at risk for pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs). Researchers use many advanced tests to find new ways to classify the disease and identify biomarkers. The goal is to better understand the disease and improve future diagnosis and treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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1,195 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Nov 2016
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary hypertension vascular, and healthy controls
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Cross-sectional (parent) study: Inclusion Criteria: Patients ages \>18 years of age referred for right heart catheterization for further evaluation of known PVD or to be at risk for PVD due to established cardiac disease or pulmonary disease * Able to perform complete diagnostic testing listed subsequently (cardiac catheterization, echo, exercise test, PFT's, ECG, chest CT, quality of life questionnaires, ventilation/perfusion scan, cardiac MRI, body composition bioimpedance, and sleep study) * Subject signs informed consent to perform required testing for the protocol Exclusion Criteria: Dialysis dependent renal function; In the clinician's opinion, too ill to perform the protocol testing; Pregnant or nursing Longitudinal study: Inclusion Criteria: * Any PH, comparators or control participant previously enrolled in the parent PVDOMICS protocol with a minimum of six months post-enrollment * Dialysis dependent renal function since the parent study acceptable Exclusion Criteria: Participant Level 1 (clinic visit): * Transplant other than heart or lung * In the clinician's opinion, too ill to perform L-PVDOMICS testing even if limited testing. * Participants who withdrew from the parent PVDOMICS study * Pregnant or nursing * Concurrent participation in any investigational drug study or other clinical trial Participant Level 2 (telephone visit): * Transplant other than heart or lung * Participants who withdrew from the parent PVDOMICS study Participant Level 3 (medical chart review): \- Participants who withdrew from the parent PVDOMICS study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York, 10595, United States
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University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Tucson, Arizona, 85721, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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