Iloprost Power 15 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Summary

Patients with symptomatic idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (FPAH) or pulmonary hypertension associated with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or drugs/toxins in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II to IV at baseline, naive to PAH treatment or currently being treated with a stable dose of either bosentan, ambrisentan or sildenafil will be enrolled in the PROWESS 15 study. This randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, and single-dose study will determine whether a single inhaled dose of iloprost using the power 15 disc improves exercise capacity compared to placebo in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Timeline

Start

2008-07

Primary completion

2009-08

Completion

2009-08

Drugs

Indications