Intravenous Remodulin (Treprostinil) as Add-on Therapy for the Treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Safety and Efficacy Study

Who is this study for? Neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
What treatments are being studied? Remodulin
Status: Terminated
Location: See all (14) locations...
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY

This study assessed the safety and treatment effect of intravenous (IV) Remodulin as an add-on therapy in neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: Newborn
Maximum Age: 14 days
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Parent(s) or legal guardian provided consent for the subject to participate

• Weight at least 2 kg at Screening

• Gestational age of ≥34 weeks and ≤14 days old at Screening

• Diagnosis of PPHN, which was either idiopathic in nature or associated with the following: meconium aspiration syndrome, pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, birth hypoxia, perinatal encephalopathy, or unilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia

• Currently requiring ventilator support

• Two consecutive oxygenation index (OI) of 15 or greater separated by at least 30 minutes, after receiving iNO for at least 3 hours

• Echocardiographic (ECHO) evidence of pulmonary hypertension with elevated right ventricle pressure

• Dedicated venous access for the administration of study drug (central line or peripherally inserted central venous catheter)

Locations
United States
Arkansas
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock
California
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Stanford Children's Hospital
Palo Alto
Florida
All Children's Hospital
Saint Petersburg
Illinois
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago
Maryland
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Missouri
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
Mississippi
University of Mississippi Medical Center - Baston Children's Hospital
Jackson
New York
Columbia University Medical Center
New York
Ohio
Nationwide Childrens Hospital
Columbus
Texas
Cook Children's Medical Center
Fort Worth
Virginia
University of Virginia Health Systems (UVA)
Charlottesville
Washington
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle
Wisconsin
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Wauwatosa
Time Frame
Start Date: 2015-07-29
Completion Date: 2023-05-17
Participants
Target number of participants: 42
Treatments
Active_comparator: IV Remodulin
The starting dose was 1 ng/kg/min (not to exceed to 2 ng/kg/min) and was titrated by up to 2 ng/kg/min every 2 hours, as tolerated and clinically indicated by the Investigator. Doses were titrated and maximized throughout the study until the desired clinical effect was observed or to each individual subject's maximally tolerated dose. There was no maximum dose.
Placebo_comparator: Placebo
The starting dose was 1 ng/kg/min (not to exceed to 2 ng/kg/min) and was titrated by up to 2 ng/kg/min every 2 hours, as tolerated and clinically indicated by the Investigator. Doses were titrated and maximized throughout the study until the desired clinical effect was observed or to each individual subject's maximally tolerated dose. There was no maximum dose.
Sponsors
Leads: United Therapeutics

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