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S.Dobson , A.W. Deboer , P. Daly , S. Percell , G.Santos , A.A.Creasey , A.Izu 2, L.Danzig2. 1 BC's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2 Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA, USA; 3Vancouver Coastal Health Department, Vancouver, Canada Implementation of routine meningococcal conjugate C vaccination for adolescents would be greatly helped if it could be done at the same time as an existing program such as hepatitis B vaccination. We evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of meningococcal C conjugate vaccine Menjugate ; administered concomitantly with hepatitis B vaccine Recombivax HB ; . In this Phase 4 randomized, controlled trial, 391 adolescents 11-12 yrs ; were randomized to one of four groups as presented below. Noninferiority of Menjugate + Recombivax HB group 2 vs group 4 ; was assessed by comparing geometric mean serum antibody responses to N meningitidis serogroup C polysaccharide IgG ELISA and BCA ; at 1 month after the Menjugate alone immunization. Noninferiority of Recombivax HB + Menjugate to Recombivax HB alone groups 1 and 2 vs group 3 ; was assessed by comparing the proportion of subjects with antiHBV titers 10 mIU mL at 1 month after the second dose of Recombivax HB. At 1 month after a single dose, the serum antibody response to N meningitidis serogroup C of Menjugate administered concomitantly with Recombivax HB was not inferior to the antibody response of Menjugate alone the lower limit of the one-sided 95% CI of the ratio of group 2 to group 4 GMTs was 0.6 and 0.54 for ELISA and BCA, respectively ; rum hepatitis B surface antibody response to a two-dose regimen of Recombivax HB, when either the first or second dose was administered concomitantly with Menjugate, was not inferior to the antibody response with Recombivax HB administered alone the lower limit of the one-sided 95% CI of the difference between groups 1 and 2 combined and group 3 in the proportion of subjects with protective anti-HBV titers was 0% ; .No treatment-related SAEs occurred during this trial.The profile of AEs was comparable among groups. There was no interference between Menjugate and Recombivax HB in healthy adolescents. British Columbia added meningococcal conjugate C vaccine to its school-based hepatitis B program for 1112 year olds in September 2003.
1 Galie N, Seeger W, Naeije R, Simonneau G, Rubin LJ. Comparative analysis of clinical trials and evidence-based treatment algorithm in pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Coll Cardiol 2004; 43: 81S88S. Barst RJ, Rubin LJ, Long WA, et al. A comparison of continuous intravenous epoprostenol prostacyclin ; with conventional therapy for primary pulmonary hypertension. The Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Study Group. N Engl J Med 1996; 334: 296302. McLaughlin VV, Shillington A, Rich S. Survival in primary pulmonary hypertension: the impact of epoprostenol therapy. Circulation 2002; 106: 147782. Sitbon O, Humbert M, Nunes H, et al. Long-term intravenous epoprostenol infusion in primary pulmonary hypertension: prognostic factors and survival. J Coll Cardiol 2002; 40: 7808. Hoeper MM, Galie N, Simonneau G, Rubin LJ. New treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 165: 120916. Rubin LJ, Badesch DB, Barst RJ, et al. Bosentan therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. N Engl J Med 2002; 346: 896903. Michelakis ED, Tymchak W, Noga M, et al. Long-term treatment with oral sildenafil is safe and improves functional capacity and hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Circulation 2003; 108: 20669. Sastry BK, Narasimhan C, Reddy NK, Raju BS. Clinical efficacy of sildenafil in primary pulmonary hypertension: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study. J Coll Cardiol 2004; 43: 114953. Ghofrani HA, Wiedemann R, Rose F, et al. Combination therapy with oral sildenafil and inhaled iloprost for severe pulmonary hypertension. Ann Intern Med 2002; 136: 51522. Rector TS, Kubo SH, Cohn JN. Validity of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire as a measure of therapeutic response to enalapril or placebo. J Cardiol 1993; 71: 11067. Miyamoto S, Nagaya N, Satoh T, et al. Clinical correlates and prognostic significance of six-minute walk test in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension. Comparison with cardiopulmonary exercise testing. J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 161: 48792. Borg GA. Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1982; 14: 37781. Rector TS, Cohn JN. Assessment of patient outcome with the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire: reliability and validity during a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of pimobendan. Pimobendan Multicenter Research Group. Heart J 1992; 124: 101725. Quittan M, Wiesinger GF, Crevenna R, et al. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire for German-speaking patients. J Rehabil Med 2001; 33: 1826. Cenedese E, Fischler M, Dorschner L, et al. Assessment of Quality of Life by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire: Reliability, Validity, Responsiveness and Prognostic Significance in Pulmonary Hypertension. Circulation 2005; submitted. 16 D'Alonzo GE, Barst RJ, Ayres SM, et al. Survival in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension. Results from a national prospective registry. Ann Intern Med 1991; 115: 3439. Olschewski H, Simonneau G, Galie N, et al. Inhaled iloprost for severe pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med 2002; 347: 3229. Hoeper MM, Dinh-Xuan AT. Combination therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: still more questions than answers. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: 33940. Ghofrani HA, Reichenberger F, Kohstall MG, et al. Sildenafil increased exercise capacity during hypoxia at low altitudes and at Mount Everest base camp: a randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled crossover trial. Ann Intern Med 2004; 141: 16977. Ghofrani HA, Rose F, Schermuly RT, et al. Oral sildenafil as longterm adjunct therapy to inhaled iloprost in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Coll Cardiol 2003; 42: 15864. Humbert M, Barst RJ, Robbins IM, et al. Combination of bosentan with epoprostenol in pulmonary arterial hypertension: BREATHE-2. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: 3539. Hoeper MM, Oudiz RJ, Peacock A, et al. End points and clinical trial designs in pulmonary arterial hypertension: clinical and regulatory perspectives. J Coll Cardiol 2004; 43: 48S55S. Hoeper MM, Galie N, Murali S, et al. Outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 165: 3414.
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension PAH ; is characterised by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance leading to right ventricular failure and premature death. Endothelin-1 ET-1 ; is a key mediator in the pathogenesis and progression of PAH. It acts via endothelin-A ET-A ; receptors in smooth muscle and endothelin-B ET-B ; receptors mainly on endothelial cells. Predominant actions of ET-1 at ET-A receptors are vasoconstriction and vascular remodelling, while binding with ET-B receptors results in ET-1 clearance, vasodilation and anti-proliferation effects, due in part to the release of nitric oxide and prostacyclin. Sitaxentan is a highly selective ET-A receptor antagonist. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, incorporating an open-label observational bosentan arm, treated 245 patients of whom 59% had idiopathic PAH, 30% had PAH associated with connective tissue disease and 11% had PAH associated with congenital heart defects. Patients were in WHO functional class II, III, or IV, aged 12 to 78 years, had a 6 minute walk distance 6MWD ; of 150-450m, and were symptomatic despite treatment with anticoagulants, vasodilators, diuretics, cardiac glycosides and supplemental oxygen if required ; . Patients who had previously received bosentan were excluded. Seventy-eight percent of patients were female, reflecting the PAH population. Patients were randomised to receive 18 weeks' treatment with sitaxentan 50mg, 100mg, placebo once daily or open-label bosentan in the standard dose, 62.5mg twice daily for four weeks then 125mg twice daily thereafter ; . The primary endpoint was mean change from baseline to week 18 in 6MWD. In the 240 evaluable patients, there were significant increases compared to placebo in 6MWD in the sitaxentan 100mg and bosentan groups but not in the sitaxentan 50mg group. Placebocorrected mean increases were 31.4 metres m ; for sitaxentan 100mg and 29.5m for bosentan. There was a mean decrease of 6.5m from baseline to week 18 in the placebo group ; . None of the secondary endpoints time to clinical worsening and Borg dyspnoea score ; were achieved except that change from baseline to week 18 in WHO functional class was better with sitaxentan 100mg compared to placebo, with 13% vs. 10% of patients having improved WHO functional class and 85% vs. 77% of patients remaining unchanged, in the respective groups p 0.04 ; . However, due to the observational nature of the bosentan arm it is not possible to make direct comparisons with the sitaxentan or placebo arms.
A calibration curve was obtained using TFA standards at 100, 300, and 1000 ng mL prepared in PBS. Three replicate injections were performed at each concentration level. Results showed that TFA yielded a linear response with a coefficient of determination r2 ; of 0.9979. The method detection limit MDL ; was estimated to be 100 ng mL TFA in PBS by measuring a TFA peak three times higher than the background noise S N 3 ; MDL was calculated using the standard deviation for seven replicate injections of 100 ng mL TFA in the PBS.5 TFA was spiked at 100 ng mL to the same concentration range as the estimated MDL and multiplied by the Student's t value for the 99.5% confidence limit. The standard deviation was multiplied by the Student's t value for the 99.5% confidence limit. A method detection limit for TFA was calculated to be 86 the PBS matrix under these conditions. Recovery of TFA for a 300-ng mL spike in PBS was 98.7% for 6 ; replicate injections 293 2.7 ng mL ; . The retention time of TFA was 11.7 0.011 min with an RSD of 0.09%. These results compare favorably with the work by Fernando and coworkers using the IonPac AS11-HC column.1 They reported an MDL of 10 ng for TFA in PBS after reduction of the matrix chloride concentration using an OnGuard Ag pretreatment cartridge. We report an MDL of 86 ng for TFA in PBS without a sample preparation step. This method is also applicable to monitoring TFA in the buffers used in a recombinant protein recovery process. Buffers were prepared according to the specification of the manufacturer see the "Samples" section ; with the addition of 1 mg mL bovine serum albumin to simulate the presence of protein. The method was optimized using a 50-L injection to give the best sensitivity for the determination of TFA in these two buffers. Recovery of TFA for a 300-ng mL spike in this buffer was 98% for five replicate injections 296 19 ng mL ; based on a calibration curve prepared in the matrix. The retention time of TFA was 12.7 0.021 min with an RSD of 0.17%. Kabakoff and coworkers reported an MDL of 300 ng mL for TFA in this sample with a 10-L injection using a 4 250 mm IonPac AS14 column 65 eq column capacity ; with a carbonate-based.
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Results Patient Summary Forty patients [ 26 male, 14 female between the ages of 23 and 73 years median, 50 ; ] were enrolled in the study, 38 at MDACC, and two at the Cleveland Clinic. Three patients were Hispanic, one was East Indian, and the rest were Caucasian. The histologic diagnosis was AA for 9 patients, anaplastic oligodendroglioma for 2, GBM for 26, gliosarcoma.
Diogram in the diagnostic algorithm for primary pulmonary hypertension: the need for clinical correlation [abstract]. Chest 1999; 116 Suppl ; : 267 Bossone E, Paciocco G, Iarussi D, et al. The prognostic role of the ECG in primary pulmonary hypertension. Chest 2002; 121: 513518 Bossone E, Chessa M, Butera G, et al. Echocardiographic assessment of overt or latent unexplained pulmonary hypertension. Can J Cardiol 2003; 19: 544 Hinderliter AL, Willis PW IV, Barst RJ, et al. Effects of long-term infusion of prostacyclin epoprostenol ; on echocardiographic measures of right ventricular structure and function in primary pulmonary hypertension. Circulation 1997; 95: 1479 Bossone E, Duong-Wagner TH, Paciocco G, et al. Echocardiographic features of primary pulmonary hypertension. J Soc Echocardiogr 1999; 12: 655 Galie N, Humbert M, Vachiery JL, et al. Effects of beraprost sodium, an oral prostacyclin analogue, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a randomized doubleblind, placebo-controlled trial. J Coll Cardiol 2002; 39: 1496 Galie N, Hinderliter Al, Torbicki A, et al. Effects of the oral endothelin-receptor antagonist bosentan on echocardiographic and Doppler measures in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Coll Cardiol 2003; 41: 1380 Goodman DJ, Harrison DC, Popp RL. Echocardiographic features of primary pulmonary hypertension. J Cardiol 1974; 33: 438 Park B, Dittrich HC, Polikar R, et al. Echocardiographic evidence of pericardial effusion in severe chronic pulmonary hypertension. J Cardiol 1989; 63: 143145 Hatle L, Angelsen BA, Tromsdal A. Non-invasive estimation of pulmonary artery systolic pressure with Doppler ultrasound. Br Heart J 1981; 45: 157165 Mahan G, Dabestani A, Gardin J, et al. Estimation of pulmonary artery pressure by pulsed Doppler echocardiography [abstract]. Circulation 1983; 68 Suppl ; : III-367 Kitabatake A, Inoue M, Asao M, et al. Non invasive evaluation of pulmonary hypertension by a pulsed Doppler technique. Circulation 1983; 68: 302309 Yock PG, Popp RL. Noninvasive estimation of right ventricular systolic pressure by Doppler ultrasound in patients with tricuspid regurgitation. Circulation 1984; 70: 657 Currie PJ, Seward JB, Chan KL, et al. Continuous wave Doppler determinant of right ventricular pressure: a simultaneous Doppler catheterization study in 126 patients. J Coll Cardiol 1985; 6: 750 Dabestani A, Mahan G, Gardin JM, et al. Evaluation of pulmonary artery pressure and resistance by pulsed Doppler echocardiography. J Cardiol 1987; 59: 662 Chan KL, Currie PJ, Seward JB, et al. Comparison of three Doppler ultrasound methods in the prediction of pulmonary artery pressure. J Coll Cardiol 1987; 9: 549 Kircher BJ, Himelman RB, Schiller NB, et al. Noninvasive estimation of atrial pressure from the inspiratory collapse of the inferior vena cava. J Cardiol 1990; 66: 493 Masuyama T, Kodama K, Kitabatake A, et al. Continuous wave Doppler echocardiographic detection of pulmonary regurgitation and its application to noninvasive estimation of pulmonary artery pressure. Circulation 1986; 74: 484 Hinderliter AL, Willis PW IV, Long WA et al. Frequency and severity of tricuspid regurgitation determined by Doppler echocardiography in primary pulmonary hypertension. J Cardiol 2003; 91: 10331037 Louie EK, Rich S, Brundage BH. Doppler echocardioReviews and bronchial.
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Right nephrectomy was performed by dorsolateral approach. For bilateral nephrectomy bilateral dorsolateral incision was done and both kidneys were removed at the same time. For sham nephrectomy, the right kidney was exposed, gently manipulated and the perirenal fat was removed. In experiments with ligation of the ureter, midabdominal incision was made and the right ureter was exposed and ligated just billow the renal hilus. In sham operated rats, the ureter was exposed without ligating it. In Vivo Experiments For the in vivo experiments, four rats in each experimental group were used. A nonselective ETA, B receptor antagonist bosentan 10 ; 30 mg kg ; , or the vehicle, as well as an anti-endothelin antibody were administered as bolus 10 min prior to nephrectomy into internal jugular vein. Twenty min after nephrectomy or sham nephrectomy ; animals were killed and left kidney was removed and placed into ice cold phosphate-buffered saline PBS ; . Kidneys were decapsulated and the cortex was dissected and homogenized for 2 min in buffer containing in mmol L ; : 300 mannitol, 5 EGTA, 10 HEPES TRIS, pH 7.4. Cortical tissue suspension was centrifuged in a refrigerated centrifuge at 4, 800 G for 15 min. The pellet was discarded and the supernatant was further centrifuged at 10, 000 G for 10 min, after which the pellet was stored at -75C prior to further processing. In Vitro Experiments Twenty min after the rats four in each group ; were sham operated, uninephrectomized, or bilaterally nephrectomized they were anesthetized again, and over the period of 2 min 4 mL of blood was withdrawn from the internal jugular vein into heparinized glass tubes. Blood was immediately centrifuged in a refrigerated centrifuge to obtain plasma. Plasma was kept on ice and was used for the experiments immediately. Renal cortical slices from intact animals, killed by cervical dislocation, were prepared from decapsulated kidneys using Stadie-Riggs microtome. Two slices were one sample. The slices were placed into preoxygenated Hank's solution containing 25% v v plasma and were incubated for 7 min. This plasma volume ratio and time of incubation were previously shown to give the maximal response 11 ; . When indicated, bosentan 10-5 mol L ; was added 10 min prior to plasma and the incubation was continued for further 7 min. All incubations were carried out in a shaking water bath at 37C and were terminated by adding ice cold PBS. From the cortical slices brush-border membranes were isolated by the Mg EGTA-precipitation method 12 ; . Compared to the homogenate, the isolated brush-border membranes were enriched in brush-border marker enzyme activities, leucine arylamidase 13-fold ; and alkaline phosphatase 8-fold ; . Mass Assay of 1, 2-Diacylglycerol Mass assay of 1, 2-diacylglycerol was performed according to the previously described procedure 4 ; . 1, 2-Diacylglycerol from the plasma membranes or proximal tubule cells was extracted using chloroform methanol 1: 2 ; . 1, 2-Diacylglycerol concentration was determined using 1, 2-diacylglycerol kinase-mediated incorporation of 32P ; into phosphatidic acid. Measurements of Endothelin-1 Concentration Endothelin-1 concentration was determined in the cortical tissue obtained from sham operated and unilaterally nephrectomized animals. Endothelin-1 was extracted from the cortical tissue according to the previously published protocol 13 ; . Slices were homogenized for 2 min in 3 mL ice-cold chloroform-methanol mixture 2: 1 ; , including 0.09% trifluoracetic acid. The homogenate was left overnight at 4C and then 0.4 volume of distilled water was added. The homogenate was centrifuged at 3, 000 rpm for 30 min and the supernatant was stored at -20C until the analysis was performed. For determination of plasma concentrations of endothelin-1, 4 mL blood was taken into heparinized glass tubes from internal jugular vein in 2 min following 20 min sham nephrectomy, or unilateral nephrectomy. Blood was immediately centrifuged and plasma was stored at -20C prior to analysis. Extraction of endothelin-1 from the samples using Amprep C2 columns and measurement of their concentrations were performed using commercial endothelin-1 radioimmunoassay Amersham ; , according to the manufacturers instructions. Statistical Evaluation Statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism 3 for Windows software GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA ; . Data are shown as meansSD. For statistical analyses the.
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Gene expression. This offers a potential mechanistic insight into the role of vitamin D on cardiorenal protection and homoeostasis. These studies also provide a molecular basis to explore the potential of vitamin D analogues as therapeutic renin inhibitors to modulate the RAS and prevent glomerular haemodynamic adaptation [21]. Effects on podocytes and mesangial cells Earlier studies have demonstrated the presence of the VDR in cultured human mesangial cells [22]. Numerous approaches showed the specific binding of 1, 25 OH ; 2D3 to human mesangial cells. Two groups have provided clear evidence for the functional effects of 1, 25 OH ; 2D3 on mesangial cells [23, 24], by demonstrating the beneficial action of 1, 25 OH ; 2D3 and OCT in regulating mesangial proliferation in vivo. In the anti-thy-1 glomerulonephritis model, both OCT and 1, 25 OH ; 2D3 not only inhibited mesangial cell proliferation, as evidenced by a decreased proliferating cell nuclear antigen PCNA ; expression, but also decreased the degree of glomerulosclerosis and albuminuria, as well as the expression of type I and type IV collagen and a-SMA. Alteration of mesangial cells has traditionally been considered the major process in the development of glomerular injury. However, more recently, podocytes have been recognized as key cells in the evolution of proteinuria, especially in diabetic nephropathy. Recent reports indicate that 1, 25 OH ; 2D3 decreases podocyte loss and inhibits podocyte hypertrophy in the SNX rats [25]. SpragueDawley rats were either sham-operated or underwent subtotal nephrectomy, and then received either solvent vehicle or 1, 25 OH ; 2D3 for up to 16 weeks. Mean podocyte volume was significantly higher in the SNX rats, compared with both the sham and 1, 25 OH ; 2D3-treated SNX groups. These findings indicate that hypertrophy of podocytes could be prevented by treatment with 1, 25 OH ; 2D3. Electron microscopic investigation has also shown that the glomerular ultrastructure was largely preserved when SNX rats were treated with 1, 25 OH ; 2D3. Decreased expression of desmin, PCNA and an increased p27 were found in the 1, 25 OH ; 2D3-treated SNX group, compared with the solvent controls, suggesting less podocyte injury and less activation of the cyclin cascade. This study clearly identifies the podocyte as a potentially important target for renal protective actions of vitamin D. It is well known that glomerular haemodynamic changes, podocyte abnormality and mesangial activation are associated with proteinuria. The beneficial effect of active vitamin D on glomerular structures is consistent with the results of proteinuria reductions in several animal models [18, 19, 23, 24] and in humans [26]. By reducing proteinuria, vitamin D may attenuate protein-dependent interstitial inflammation in nephropathies [27]. In addition, vitamin D has direct anti-inflammatory properties and bumetanide.
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Olschewski H, Simmoneau G, Galie N, Higenbottam T, Naije R, Rubin LJ, et al. Inhaled Iloprost for severe pulmonary hypertension. New England Journal of Medicine 2002; 347 5 ; : 322-9. Simonneau G et al, Continuous subcutaneous infusion of Treprostinil. A prostacyclin analogue, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 2002; 165: 800-804. Gali N, Humbert M, Vachiry JL, Vizza CD, Kneussl M, Manes A, et al. Effects of Beraprost sodium, an oral prostacyclin analogue, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002; 39 9 ; : 1496-1502. Barst RJ, McGoon M, McLaughlin V, Tapson V, Oudiz R, Shapiro S, Robbins IM, Channick R, Badesch D, Rayburn BK, Flinchbaugh R, Sigman J, Arneson C, Jeffs R, Beraprost therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2003; 41 12 ; , 2119-2125. Ono F, Nagaya N, Okumura H, Shimizu Y, Kyotani S, Nakanishi N, Miyatake K., Effect of orally active prostacyclin analogue on survival in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension without major vessel obstruction. Chest 2003; 123 5 ; , 1583-1588. Channick RN, Simonneau G, Sitbon O, Robbins IM, et al, Effects of endothelinreceptorantagonist bosentan in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a randomised placebo-controlled study. Lancet 2001; 358: 1119-23. Rubin LJ, Badesch DB, Barst RJ, Galie N, et al, Bosentan therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. N Engl J Med 2002; 236: 896-903. Opravil M et al, Safety and efficacy of Bosentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension associated with HIV infection. Abstract 1007 of International AIDS Conference, Paris, 2003 July 13-16. Accessed : natap 2003 IAS day19 Ghofrani HA, Rose F, Schermuly RT, Olschewski H, Wiedemann R, Kreckel A, Weissmann N, Ghofrani S, Enke B, Seeger W, Grimminger F, Oral Sildenafil as longterm adjunct therapy to inhaled Iloprost in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2003; 42 1 ; , 158-64. Ghofrani HA, Schermuly RT, Rose F, Wiedemann R, et al, Sildenafil for long-term treatment of nonoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2003; 167 8 ; , 1139-41. McLaughliin V, Sitbon O, Rubin LJ, Levy P, Barst R, Badesh D, Galie N, Black C, Simmoneau G, The Effect of first-line Bosentan on survival pf patients with primary pulomonary hypertension. Mini-symposium Pulmonary Hypertension: mediators and therapeutic options. Abstract B087, Seattle 19 May 2003. Higenbottam T, Ward SE, Brennan A, McCabe CJ, Richards RG, Stevenson MD, Prostacyclin and Iloprost in the Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Trent Institute for Health Services Research, March 1997. 29.
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This work was supported by grants from the Allegheny University of the Health Sciences and the Allegheny General Hospital Auxiliary, Pittsburgh, Pa. We would like to acknowledge the statistical expertise of Joseph Lucke, PhD, and the efforts of the magnetic resonance technologists at Allegheny General Hospital, especially June Yamrozik and Lois Miller.
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Bosentan is an oral dual endothelin-1 receptor antagonist. Endothelin-1 is expressed in a variety of pulmonary pathological conditions including pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary fibrosis. The BUILD 1 trial is a phase III, double-blind, placebo controlled study assessing the potential benefit of bosentan in patients suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis IPF ; , a condition for which no effective treatment is available.
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