TerminatedNot Applicable

Detecting Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) by Ultrasound

Stopped: Low recruitment rate

Israel1 participantsStarted 2014-09

Plain-language summary

Doppler signals can be recorded from the lung parenchyma by means of a pulsed Doppler ultrasound system incorporating a special signal processing package; i.e. the transthoracic parametric Doppler (TPD) (EchoSense Ltd., Haifa, Israel). Systemic sclerosis patients often develop pulmonary vascular disease leading to pulmonary hypertension. The TPD system may provide important insight into pulmonary blood vessels characteristics by the LDS signals that are related to pulmonary hypertension. The TPD performance in detecting PAH in SSc patients will be assessed in the study.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Able and willing to give signed informed consent prior to enrollment
✓. Male or female, ≥ 18 years of age
✓. Diagnosis of SSc according to 2013 ACR/EULAR SSc Classification Criteria (van den Hoogen 2013): Score ≥ 9.
✓. Patients with RHC data available from measurement within 3 weeks prior to TPD assessment
✓. No change in or initiation of PAH specific therapy between the last RHC and TPD

Exclusion criteria

✕. People unable or unwilling to give informed consent.
✕. PCWP or LVEDP \> 15 mmHg
✕. Any PH etiology outside Group 1 (Dana Point, 2008)
✕. Pregnant women
✕. Patients having severe chest wall deformity

What they're measuring

Number of SSc patients correctly identified with pulmonary hypertension severity in each of the 4 defined groups by RHC.

Timeframe: 12 month

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02243111

SponsorEchosense Ltd.

Sponsor typeINDUSTRY

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-09

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