A Study of Ubenimex in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (WHO Group 1)

Summary

This proof-of-concept study is designed as a Phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study comparing ubenimex with placebo in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (World Health Organization \[WHO\] Group 1) and have a WHO/New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification (WHO/NYHA-FC) of II or III.

Timeline

Start

2016-04

Primary completion

2017-11

Completion

2018-01

Publications

• Background Tian W, Jiang X, Tamosiuniene R, Sung YK, Qian J, Dhillon G, Gera L, Farkas L, Rabinovitch M, Zamanian RT, Inayathullah M, Fridlib M, Rajadas J, Peters-Golden M, Voelkel NF, Nicolls MR. Blocking macrophage leukotriene b4 prevents endothelial injury and reverses pulmonary hypertension. Sci Transl Med. 2013 Aug 28;5(200):200ra117. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006674.
• Background Qian J, Tian W, Jiang X, Tamosiuniene R, Sung YK, Shuffle EM, Tu AB, Valenzuela A, Jiang S, Zamanian RT, Fiorentino DF, Voelkel NF, Peters-Golden M, Stenmark KR, Chung L, Rabinovitch M, Nicolls MR. Leukotriene B4 Activates Pulmonary Artery Adventitial Fibroblasts in Pulmonary Hypertension. Hypertension. 2015 Dec;66(6):1227-1239. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06370. Epub 2015 Oct 5.

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