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WithdrawnNCT00506701

Effect of Tadalafil in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Patients Suffering From Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension

Pilot Study to Investigate the Effect of Tadalafil on Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Status
Withdrawn
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0 (actual)
Sponsor
Herlev Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
45 Years – 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Tadalafil may lower the pulmonary artery pressure in patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and secondary pulmonary hypertension and thereby improve patients quality of life.

Detailed description

Twenty outpatients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD) and secondary pulmonary hypertension are treated in a cross-over design with Tadalafil or placebo for 4 weeks. Primary effect parameter is 6 min. walking test.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGTadalafil40 mg tablet

Timeline

Start date
2008-02-01
Primary completion
2010-02-01
Completion
2010-02-01
First posted
2007-07-25
Last updated
2015-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00506701. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.