Efficacy, safety and tolerability of bosentan in Chinese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

BACKGROUND: Bosentan has an established role in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This clinical trial assessed the benefits of bosentan in the Chinese population.

METHODS: We investigated the efficacy and safety of bosentan in 92 Chinese citizens (mean +/- standard deviation age, 29.0 +/- 3.8 years) with PAH for a minimum of 12 weeks. All received bosentan (62.5 mg twice daily) for 4 weeks; then, patients who weighed <40 kg received 62.5 mg bosentan twice daily and patients who weighed >40 kg received 125 mg twice daily. All patients were eligible to continue bosentan beyond 12 weeks. The primary end point was a change in exercise capacity from baseline to 12 and 24 weeks. Secondary end points included a change in World Health Organization (WHO) functional class and changes in cardiopulmonary hemodynamics.

RESULTS: At baseline, 66 patients (72%) were in WHO functional class III; presentation was 37 (40%) with idiopathic PAH (iPAH), 34 (37%) with PAH related to congenital heart disease (CHD), and 21 (23%) with PAH related to connective tissue disease (CTD). Exercise capacity increased to 67.8 m after 12 weeks and 92.6 m after 24 weeks (p < 0.001). After 24 weeks, WHO functional class decreased (-0.8 +/- 0.6; p < 0.001), mean pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance decreased (p < 0.01), and cardiac output increased (p < 0.001). Twelve patients (13%) experienced at least 1 adverse event.

CONCLUSIONS: Bosentan improved exercise capacity, functional class, and cardiopulmonary hemodynamics in this patient cohort and was well tolerated.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Feb;29(2):157-8. - PMID 20113908

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 29(2010), 2 vom: 30. Feb., Seite 150-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jing, Zhi-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Strange, Geoff [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xian-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Da-Xin [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Jie-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Zhen-Kun [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Xiang, Mei-Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Dong-Bao [VerfasserIn]
Dalton, Brad S [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhuo-Li [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Xian-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yue-Jin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antihypertensive Agents
Bosentan
Clinical Trial
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Q326023R30
Sulfonamides

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Date Completed 27.05.2010

Date Revised 01.12.2018

published: Print

CommentIn: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Feb;29(2):157-8. - PMID 20113908

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.healun.2009.09.020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM194722120