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A Phase 2a study of HB-1614, an oral therapy candidate, suggested the medication is safe and may improve exercise capacity and quality of life in adults with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). This is according to Halo Biosciences, developer of HB-1614, which announced the publication of…

Adding more lines of treatment may reduce the risk of rehospitalization among adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who are taking only one medication, a study reports. “Our results suggest that a shift away from monotherapy towards a greater reliance on combination therapy might help to reduce the risk…

People with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have abnormalities in their gut microbes that may play a role in their disease, a study reports. Transplanting gut microbes from healthy rats into the digestive tract of a rat model of PAH led to a reduction in disease severity, suggesting that targeting…

Soon after Yutrepia (treprostinil) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat some forms of pulmonary hypertension, the therapy’s maker, Liquidia, scheduled its first commercial shipment to specialty pharmacies. “We have moved with exceptional speed to provide a new and differentiated therapeutic alternative to the…

Low-dose metformin, a medication for type 2 diabetes, delivered to the pulmonary arteries using lipid-based nanocapsules, safely eased signs of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in rats, a study reports. “Administration of [metformin] nanocapsules is a safe and innovative therapeutic approach for PAH,” the researchers wrote. “This method could improve…

Plans for a Phase 2b clinical trial that will test CS1, Cereno Scientific‘s experimental treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), have been endorsed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA’s endorsement comes just a few weeks after a meeting between Cereno and the FDA…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yutrepia, Liquidia’s inhaled dry powder formulation of treprostinil, for improving exercise capacity in people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with interstitial lung disease, known as PH-ILD, and pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH. Yutrepia had previously held tentative approvals…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device status to the Gradient Denervation System, an ultrasound-based catheter for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH). A breakthrough designation is given to medical devices that may offer significant advantages over existing treatments for irreversibly debilitating or life-threatening conditions. It’s intended…

Most people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who were treated with Uptravi (selexipag) and followed up for 10 years in an extension study are still alive, according to new data. Adding two other types of PAH therapy or starting triple therapy within six months of a diagnosis…

Nearly two-thirds of patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) — in which the heart struggles to relax and fill with blood between heartbeats — also have pulmonary hypertension, a study found, and the condition is more likely if a person has an enlarged left atrium (the heart’s upper…

The first participant has been dosed in a Phase 2 trial testing the experimental oral therapy mirivadelgat in people with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). The Phase 2 trial, called WINDWARD (NCT06475781), aims to enroll about 126 adults with PH-ILD, ages 18 to 85. Participants will…

Treatment with Opsynvi (macitentan and tadalafil) as a single-tablet combination therapy for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is highly valued by patients and endorsed by clinicians, according to interviews conducted during the Phase 3 A DUE trial. All patients interviewed said that a single, once-a-day pill to…