Scientific – Page 17 – PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

“Balloon pulmonary angioplasty versus riociguat for the treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (RACE): a multicentre, phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial and ancillary follow-up study”, The Lancet, October 2022

RACE is a (completed) phase 3, multicentre, open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial done in 23 French centres of expertise for pulmonary hypertension enrolling treatment-naive patients aged 18–80 years with newly diagnosed, inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vascular resistance of more than 320 dyn·s/cm5. A summary of the article is available on The Lancet […]

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An edition of the Council of Europe EDQM’s annual “Newsletter Transplant” has been published, September 29, 2022

An edition of the the Council of Europe EDQM’s annual “Newsletter Transplant” was published. It provides comprehensive information and data on donation and transplantation activities in 2021 from 79 countries worldwide. This report is the international reference in monitoring practice in donation and transplantation of substances of human origin. It is produced thanks to the

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“Patient engagement and self-management in pulmonary arterial hypertension”, European Respiratory Review

Abstract Improved care in pulmonary arterial hypertension has led to increased longevity for patients, with a paralleled evolution in the nature of their needs. There is more focus on the impact of the disease on their day-to-day activities and quality of life, and a holistic approach is coming to the front of pulmonary arterial hypertension

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“Medications for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review and network meta-analysis”, European Respiratory Review

The authors of the study titled “Medications for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review and network meta-analysis” conducted a search on MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Clinicaltrials.gov, from inception to December 2021, which yielded 5.006 records, of which the full texts of 222 records were reviewed and 53 randomised

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The 2022 “Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension” by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS)

The work of two years of the Task Force in charge of the new European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) joint Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension has finally come to an end. The new guidelines were officially presented yesterday at the ESC Annual Congress in Barcelona

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COVID-19 vaccine response in solid organ transplant recipients: results from ORCHESTRA cohort study

To date, several reports have underlined low rates of antibody response to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. According to the authors of an article titled “Evaluation of the Kinetics of Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: The Prospective Multicenter ORCHESTRA Cohort” (1) previous studies assessing the antibody

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“Prevalence of mental disorders and impact on quality of life in patients with pulmonary arteriaI hypertension”, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Three patient representatives (Ralf Schmiedel, Pisana Ferrari, Hans-Dieter Kulla) contributed to the study and article. The first two are patients having undergone lung transplant, Mr Kulla is the President of ph e.v., German PH association. The other authors are Karen M. Olsson, Tanja Meltendorf, Manuel J Richter, Jan Fuge, Jan Christopher Kamp, Da-Hee Park, Henning

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“Sotatercept for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”, New England Journal of Medicine

Marc Humbert, M.D., Ph.D., Vallerie McLaughlin, M.D., J. Simon R. Gibbs, M.D., Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, M.D., Marius M. Hoeper, M.D., Ioana R. Preston, M.D., Rogerio Souza, M.D., Ph.D., Aaron Waxman, M.D., Ph.D., Pilar Escribano Subias, M.D., Ph.D., Jeremy Feldman, M.D., Gisela Meyer, M.D., David Montani, M.D., Ph.D., et al., “Sotatercept for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial

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An international patient survey on the care for pulmonary hypertension patients during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, May 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many health care systems suspended their non-urgent activities. Pulmonary Hypertension patients were subjected to the same rules as other patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, with no prioritised care despite their rare and severe condition. A consortium composed of pulmonary hypertension patient associations and scientific societies was created to launch the PH-CARE-COVID survey,

An international patient survey on the care for pulmonary hypertension patients during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, May 2021 Read Post »

“Epoprostenol and pulmonary arterial hypertension: 20 years of clinical experience”, European Respiratory Review

A very interesting article about epoprostenol, the first ever therapy to be approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The development of epoprostenol followed on from the discovery of endogenous prostacyclins in the vasculature by Sir Salvator Moncada et al. in the 1970s. Shortly after this, epoprostenol was synthesised and shown to have anti-platelet activity

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“Physicians’ and patients’ expectations of therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension: where do they meet?”, European Respiratory Review, December 1, 2014

An article titled “Physicians’ and patients’ expectations of therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension: where do they meet?”, published in the European Respiratory Review, the authors say that improved care in pulmonary arterial hypertension has led to increased longevity for patients, with a paralleled evolution in the nature of their needs. There is more focus on

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