Simvastatin as a Treatment for Pulmonary Hypertension

Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of adding simvastatin to the current conventional treatment regimen for the management of pulmonary hypertension.

Timeline

Start

2005-10

Primary completion

2008-10

Completion

2009-05

Publications

• Results Wilkins MR, Ali O, Bradlow W, Wharton J, Taegtmeyer A, Rhodes CJ, Ghofrani HA, Howard L, Nihoyannopoulos P, Mohiaddin RH, Gibbs JS; Simvastatin Pulmonary Hypertension Trial (SiPHT) Study Group. Simvastatin as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 May 15;181(10):1106-13. doi: 10.1164/rccm.2009111-699oc.

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