Understanding Right Ventricular Heart Failure in Scleroderma and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Status: Recruiting
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Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

This observational study is being done to understand why people with scleroderma can develop pulmonary arterial hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs, abbreviated PAH) and a weak heart muscle (heart failure). The study will also help the investigators understand why people with PAH from an unknown cause (called idiopathic PAH, or IPAH) can also develop a weakened heart muscle. The response of the right side of the heart or right ventricle (RV) to standard PAH therapy in scleroderma-associated PAH and in IPAH will be assessed. Blood and tissue samples will be collected from research participants during participants' normal standard of care procedures. People with scleroderma-associated PAH or idiopathic cause (IPAH) who need a right heart catheterization may join this study.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 100
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Patients 18 years or older with clinically diagnosed scleroderma or presumed/known idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.

Locations
United States
Maryland
Johns Hopkins
RECRUITING
Baltimore
Contact Information
Primary
Paul Hassoun, MD
phassou1@jhmi.edu
410 614 6311
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-04-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 100
Treatments
SSc-PAH Group
Scleroderma patients referred for a clinically indicated right heart catheterization (RHC).
IPAH Group
Presumed/known IPAH patients referred for a clinically indicated right heart catheterization (RHC).
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Leads: Johns Hopkins University

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