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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03236818
Date of registration: 18/03/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: VU University Medical Center
Public title: Goal Oriented Strategy to Preserve Ejection Fraction Trial GOSPEL
Scientific title: Raising the Bars in the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Goal Oriented Strategy to Preserve Ejection Fraction Trial
Date of first enrolment: May 2013
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03236818
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  VU University Medical Center, department of pulmonary diseases
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Idiopathic or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension

- New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II or III

Exclusion Criteria:

- Other causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (i.e. collagen vascular disease,
congenital heart disease, chrono-thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary
venous hypertension, left heart failure, hypoxemic lung disease)

- Pulmonary arterial hypertension targeted therapies before study inclusion



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: ERA and PDE-5I (Sildenafil, Tadalafil, Bosentan, Macitentan)
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in right ventricular ejection fraction [Time Frame: 4,12, 24 months of follow-up]
Secondary Outcome(s)
pulmonary vascular resistance [Time Frame: 4,12, 24 months of follow-up]
Cardiac output in L/min (Thermodilution method) [Time Frame: 4,8, 12, 24 months of follow-up]
Exercise capacity [Time Frame: 4,8, 12, 24 months of follow-up]
mPAP [Time Frame: 4,12, 24 months of follow-up]
New York Heart Association functional class [Time Frame: 4,8, 12, 24 months of follow-up]
Secondary ID(s)
NL41878.029.13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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