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Phase 2 Trial of Levosimendan to Treat PH Linked to Specific Heart Failure Moving Forward

Plans for a Phase 2 clinical trial of levosimendan, a proposed treatment for pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction, will soon be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval, Tenax Therapeutics announced. In a pre-application meeting with company executives, the FDA supported the study’s proposed…

PAH Patient Outcomes Linked to Exercise Capacity

Patients with higher exercise capacity present a reduced risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension-associated death or hospitalization, according to results of a Phase 3 clinical trial. The research was published in the journal PLOS One, in a study titled “Association between six-minute walk distance and long-term outcomes in patients…

Blood-flow Measurements Could Predict Outcomes of Heart-related Pulmonary Hypertension, Study Finds

American researchers have identified three blood-flow measurements that could help doctors predict the outcomes of people whose pulmonary hypertension stems from a serious heart condition. The discovery applies to PH patients whose lung blood pressure disorder is associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or PH-HFpEF. A diagnosis of…

Bellerophon Is Advancing Its PH Treatment INOpulse Through Clinical Trials

Bellerophon Therapeutics is advancing the clinical trials program of its inhaled INOpulse nitric oxide therapy for pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with several lung diseases. The company is developing INOpulse for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), PH associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and PH linked to interstitial lung…