1. Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Using Initial Combination Therapy of Bosentan and Iloprost
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Yongping Yu, Yaqin Chai, Xinpeng Han, Yuhai Zhang, Shengqing Li, Liying Fang, Shuoyao Qu, Liang Dong, Mengjie Niu, Xuemin Yang, and Lingli Liu
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Combination therapy ,Hypertension, Pulmonary ,Vasodilator Agents ,Urology ,Hemodynamics ,Walk Test ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Pulmonary Artery ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Placebo ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Clinical endpoint ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Iloprost ,Antihypertensive Agents ,Sulfonamides ,business.industry ,Bosentan ,General Medicine ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Tolerability ,Quality of Life ,Drug Therapy, Combination ,Female ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Monotherapy and sequential combination therapy have been widely used in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). There is limited evidence for initial combination therapy in patients with PAH, particularly those with World Health Organization (WHO) functional class III or IV. METHODS: Twenty-seven consecutive treatment-naive PAH subjects with WHO functional class III or IV PAH were randomized into 3 groups with a 1:1:1 ratio: a combination therapy group with 125 mg of bosentan twice daily plus 10 μg of iloprost 4–6 times/d; a bosentan monotherapy group with 125 mg of bosentan twice daily; and a iloprost monotherapy group with 10 μg of iloprost 4–6 times/d. Clinical and hemodynamic data were collected at baseline, 6 weeks, and 3 months. The primary end point was the change in the 6-min walk distance (6MWD) from baseline values. RESULTS: At baseline, there were no differences in demographics, WHO classification, hemodynamics, classification of PAH, or 6MWD among the 3 groups. The 6MWD significantly improved in the combination therapy group compared with the bosentan monotherapy and iloprost monotherapy groups at week 6 (P = .001) and after 3 months (P CONCLUSIONS: Initial combination therapy in treatment-naive PAH subjects with WHO functional class III or IV can significantly improve 6MWD, hemodynamics, and quality of life compared with monotherapy. Further studies with large samples and placebo controls are required to assess the tolerability and efficacy of initial combination therapy in patients with PAH. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01712997).
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- 2017