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NCT ID: NCT01270750 Recruiting - Clinical trials for CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

Bosentan for Severe Mitral Valve Dysfunction

BOSMIVAR
Start date: December 2010
Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

Vasoconstrictive signaling via endothelin receptors is not limited to primary pulmonary arterial hypertension, but has also been documented in secondary pulmonary hypertension due to congestive heart failure, including cardiac valve disease. The investigators aim to examine the clinical and physiologic effects of bosentan therapy in patients with secondary pulmonary hypertension due to severe, inoperable cardiac valve disease, using a single-center, prospective, open-label, non-randomized study of oral bosentan in outpatients with severe mitral stenosis due to childhood rheumatoid fever. Primary end-point will be exercise capacity at six months determined by six-minute walking distance and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Secondary end-points will be symptomatic relief, echocardiographic left ventricular function and pulmonary pressure, serum pro-brain natriuretic peptide, and adverse events at six months.