Bosentan in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (NCT00319267) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 3
Bosentan in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
36 participantsStarted 2005-05
Plain-language summary
The aim of the study is to demonstrate that the exposure to bosentan in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension, using a pediatric formulation, is similar to that in adults with PAH and to evaluate the tolerability and safety of a pediatric formulation of bosentan in this patient population.
Who can participate
Age range2 Years – 12 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Signed informed consent by the parents or the legal representatives.
* Males or females \>= 2 and \< 12 years of age.
* Idiopathic PAH or familial PAH diagnosed by right heart catheterization (Clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension, Venice 2003).
* World Health Organization (WHO) functional class II or III.
* Oxygen saturation (SpO2) \>= 88% (at rest, on room air).
* PAH treatment-naïve patients or patients already treated with either:
* Bosentan monotherapy
* Intravenous epoprostenol monotherapy
* Intravenous or inhaled iloprost monotherapy
* Combination of bosentan and intravenous epoprostenol
* Combination of bosentan and intravenous or inhaled iloprost.
* All patients should start the study drug (bosentan pediatric formulation) at 2 mg/kg twice daily (b.i.d.), whether or not they were previously treated with bosentan.
* PAH therapy stable for at least 3 months prior to Screening.
* Stable treatment with calcium channel blockers, if any, for at least 3 months prior to Screening.
* Patient's PAH condition stable for at least 3 months prior to Screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
* PAH associated with conditions other than idiopathic or familial PAH.
* Non-stable patients, e.g., history (in the last 3 months prior to Screening) of recurrent syncope, or signs and symptoms of non-compensated right heart failure.
* Need or plan to wean patients from intravenous epoprostenol, or intravenous, or inhaled iloprost.
* Body weight \< 4 kg.
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What they're measuring
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Area under the plasma concentration-time curve during a dose interval (AUCt) for bosentan
Timeframe: At pre-dose and 0.5h, 1h, 3h, 7.5h, and 12h post-dose