Treprostinil Sodium Inhalation for Patients At High Risk for ARDS

Summary

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a rapidly progressing lung disease caused by a number of factors including pneumonia, sepsis and acute trauma that leads to reduced lung function and breathlessness. There are no pharmacological treatments approved for the treatment of ARDS. This pilot trial will study the safety and efficacy of Treprostinil sodium by inhalation for preventing the progression of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure to positive pressure ventilation and/or ARDS in patients at high risk.

Timeline

Start

2015-02

Primary completion

2017-10-11

Completion

2017-11-07

Publications

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• Background Walmrath D, Schneider T, Pilch J, Schermuly R, Grimminger F, Seeger W. Effects of aerosolized prostacyclin in severe pneumonia. Impact of fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995 Mar;151(3 Pt 1):724-30. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.3.7881662.
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• Background Dahlem P, van Aalderen WM, de Neef M, Dijkgraaf MG, Bos AP. Randomized controlled trial of aerosolized prostacyclin therapy in children with acute lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2004 Apr;32(4):1055-60. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000120055.52377.bf.
• Background Dorris SL, Peebles RS Jr. PGI2 as a regulator of inflammatory diseases. Mediators Inflamm. 2012;2012:926968. doi: 10.1155/2012/926968. Epub 2012 Jul 18.
• Background Raychaudhuri B, Malur A, Bonfield TL, Abraham S, Schilz RJ, Farver CF, Kavuru MS, Arroliga AC, Thomassen MJ. The prostacyclin analogue treprostinil blocks NFkappaB nuclear translocation in human alveolar macrophages. J Biol Chem. 2002 Sep 6;277(36):33344-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M203567200. Epub 2002 Jun 24.
• Ford HJ, Anderson WH, Wendlandt B, Bice T, Ceppe A, Lanier J, Carson SS. Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial of Inhaled Treprostinil for Patients at Risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Apr;18(4):641-647. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202004-374OC.

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