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Journal: Vericiguat: A Promising Drug for the Treatment of Heart Failure. (Pubmed Central) - Apr 8, 2025 Its compatibility with other heart failure therapies without significant drug-drug interactions further highlights its potential as a cornerstone treatment. Ongoing studies continue to explore its benefits, suggesting that vericiguat may enable more comprehensive and effective management of heart failure, reducing the burden of this debilitating condition.
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Review, Journal: Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Current Strategies and Future Prospects. (Pubmed Central) - Mar 27, 2025 The latest addition to treatment options is soluble guanylate cyclase stimulators, such as Riociguat, which directly stimulates the nitric oxide pathway, facilitating vasodilation...Besides prevailing therapies, emerging PH treatments target growth factors and inflammation-modulating pathways, with ongoing trials assessing their long-term benefits and safety. Hence, this review explores current therapies that delay progression and improve survival, as well as future treatments with curative potential.
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Retrospective data, Journal: Effect of balloon pulmonary angioplasty on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: an assessment of the learning curve in a Japanese university hospital. (Pubmed Central) - Mar 16, 2025 Specifically, the increase in SaO2 and home oxygen therapy discontinuation rate, and oral riociguat discontinuation rate was significantly higher in cohort 2 (+?7.7, 75, and 59%) compared to cohort 1 (+?3.1, 27, and 10%) (P?<?0.05)...The BPA sessions conducted at the YCUH resulted in significant improvements in patients with CTEPH. This study demonstrates a clear learning curve regarding the effectiveness of BPA both in normalizing SaO2 and facilitating the cessation of home oxygen therapy, as well as in reducing the incidence of severe complications.
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Preclinical, Journal: Effect of Riociguat on Adenine-Induced Chronic Kidney Disease in Rats. (Pubmed Central) - Feb 26, 2025 The renoprotective effect of riociguat is probably due to anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actions. This indicates that riociguat may have the potential to slow the progression of kidney damage in chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Review, Journal: MD, Doctor of Medical Science, Head of the Department of Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Diseases, Myasnikov Clinical Cardiology Institute (Pubmed Central) - Feb 12, 2025 Particular attention is paid to the strategy of therapy optimization in the form of replacing phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors with a stimulator of soluble guanylate cyclase (riociguat) in patients with PAH and inoperable/residual CTEPH who cannot not achieve treatment goals on phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors. The authors analyzed and identified the criteria justifying the choice of a specific therapy strategy in favor of switching from a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor to riociguat.
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Trial completion, Trial completion date, Trial primary completion date, Real-world evidence: ROAR: A Study to Learn About How Well Riociguat Works, How Safe it is and How it is Used Under Real World Conditions in Patients in the United States Who Are Receiving Riociguat for High Blood Pressure in the Arteries That Carry Blood From the Heart to the Lungs (Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, PAH) (clinicaltrials.gov) - Feb 11, 2025 P=N/A, N=500, Completed, Clinicians should monitor patients closely for unexpected symptoms like limb pain and fatigue, paying particular attention to male patients, as some AEs occur more frequently in this group. Active, not recruiting --> Completed | Trial completion date: Jul 2025 --> Feb 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Jul 2025 --> Oct 2024
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Journal: A simple HPLC-UV method for monitoring therapeutic adherence in pulmonary arterial hypertension. (Pubmed Central) - Feb 2, 2025 For RIO, BOS and MAC, the developed method was suitable for both C0 and C3 samples, allowing steady-state drug determination if used. The presented method can be recommended to laboratories equipped with basic HPLC apparatus as an attractive analytical tool for both TDM and adherence studies.
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Pulmonary artery denervation and balloon pulmonary angioplasty have emerged as viable alternatives in PH that are resistant to drug therapy. This article aims to summarise the key changes and recent advances in diagnosis and managing PH in general, with an emphasis on certain subgroups.
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CONSIDERATION OF CLOSURE OF A PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS COMPLICATED BY EISENMENGER SYNDROME - Eric Bailey (Board no. 166; South Hall) - Jan 27, 2025 - Abstract #ACC2025ACC_4455; Eisenmenger physiology is not an absolute contraindication to PDA closure in the right clinical setting. The shunt in this case reversed evidenced by her recurrent pulmonary edema and significant left-to-right shunting, facilitating the feasibility of this procedure.
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Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Compressing Left Lung and Pulmonary Drainage (Poster Hall) - Jan 19, 2025 - Abstract #ISHLT2025ISHLT_285; Palliative medicine was engaged, and she decided to pursue transplant evaluation elsewhere.Summary Giant PAAs carry major implications for transplant surgery and potential need for multiorgan transplant. Secondary PR is often associated with rapid deterioration and timely referral for advanced therapies should be considered in PH patients with giant PAA.
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Journal: Riociguat in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Application of the 4-strata COMPERA 2.0 risk assessment tool in the PATENT studies. (Pubmed Central) - Jan 6, 2025 Efficacy and risk assessment results suggest that riociguat can be beneficial for patients with PAH, irrespective of the presence of comorbidities. In conclusion, this analysis supports the risk-reduction benefits of riociguat in patients with PAH at intermediate-low risk and intermediate-high risk, and externally validated the utility of COMPERA 2.0 in the long-term risk assessment of patients from a clinical trial population.
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Review, Journal: Gaps in evidence in the treatment of prevalent patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension at intermediate risk: An expert consensus. (Pubmed Central) - Dec 7, 2024 An expert panel of 24 physicians, specialized in cardiology and/or pulmonology with expertise in handling all drugs available for the treatment of PAH participated in the survey. All potential therapeutic options for patients at intermediate risk were explored and analyzed to produce graded consensus statements regarding: the switch from endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) or phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) to another oral drug of the same class; the addition of a drug targeting the prostacyclin pathway administered by different routes; the switch from PDE5i to riociguat.
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Retrospective data, Review, Journal: An in-depth evaluation of the efficacy and safety of various treatment modalities for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. (Pubmed Central) - Oct 14, 2024 Current therapeutic modalities are effective in terms of improving exercise capacity, pulmonary hemodynamics, and reducing adverse events and all-cause mortality. Overall, BPA and PADN were superior to all other targeted medications in the studied outcomes.
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Journal: Analysis of riociguat and desmethyl riociguat by UPLC-MS/MS and its interaction with quercetin. (Pubmed Central) - Oct 3, 2024 The levels of riociguat and M1 in rat plasma were measured using the method developed in this study to evaluate the interactions between riociguat and quercetin in rats. The results revealed that quercetin significantly inhibited riociguat and M1 metabolism with increased systemic exposure.
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Conversely, udenafil, racecadotril, sotatercept, anastrozole, riociguat, tacrolimus, and ralinepag were found to be safe, well-tolerated, and effective in improving hemodynamic measures and 6-MWDs. This study aims to summarize the developing treatment options currently under clinical trials, highlighting the need for further trials before their application in clinical practice.
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Compared with 16 types of conventional therapies and Placebo, PADN has advantage over nine single therapies and Placebo in improving 6MWD and appears to be better than two types of dual-drug combined therapies while with no statistical significance. PADN shows a favourable antihypertensive effect on mPAP and has a lower risk to trigger clinical worsening or hospitalization, while its risk on mortality and severe adverse events is still inconclusive.
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Retrospective data, Review, Journal: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension treatment and sex: Systematic review and meta-analysis. (Pubmed Central) - Sep 20, 2024 PADN shows a favourable antihypertensive effect on mPAP and has a lower risk to trigger clinical worsening or hospitalization, while its risk on mortality and severe adverse events is still inconclusive. Women and men might show different hemodynamic responses to riociguat or BPA for CTEPH.
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