The Effect of Tracleer® on Male Fertility (NCT00082186) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 4
The Effect of Tracleer® on Male Fertility
22 participantsStarted 2003-07
Plain-language summary
The objective of the study is to evaluate the effects of chronic TRACLEER® treatment on testicular function via semen analysis in male patients with primary pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 65 Years
SexMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Male patients age 18-65 years.
* Bosentan-naïve.
* PPH, WHO functional class III/IV, in need of TRACLEER
* Patients pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) secondary to congenital heart disease.
* Written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Female
* Patients with PAH secondary to connective tissue vascular diseases or HIV.
* Patients who have undergone a vasectomy.
* Patients with an average baseline sperm concentration \< 15 x 10\[6\]/mL, or any sample with a sperm concentration \<= 7.5 x 10\[6\]/mL.
* Patients with an average baseline sperm motility \<20% or normal sperm morphology \<5%.
* Body weight \< 50 kg.
* Hypotension, defined as systolic blood pressure less than 85 mm Hg.
* AST and/or ALT plasma levels greater than 3 times ULN.
* Hypersensitivity to bosentan or any of the components of the formulation.
* Treatment with glyburide, cyclosporine A or tacrolimus at inclusion or planned during the study.
* Treatment with hormone suppressive agents, including androgens, estrogens, anabolic steroids or glucocorticoids within the past 6 months or planned during the study.
* Current treatment less than 3 months prior to inclusion or planned treatment with prostacyclin or prostacyclin analogues (e.g., Flolanâ or Remodulin).
* Patients who received an investigational drug in the month preceding the study start or who are due to be treated with another investigational drug during the study period.
* Known drug or alcohol dependence or any other factor…
What they're measuring
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Proportion of patients with a mean decrease in sperm concentration to 7.5 x 10[6]/mL or below, without a single sperm concentration ≥ 20 x 10[6]/mL, at 3 or 6 months. This proportion is considered of clinical relevance if greater than 30%.