Disease characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with selexipag in real-world settings from the SPHERE registry (SelexiPag: tHe usErs dRug rEgistry) [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Selexipag is an oral prostacyclin receptor agonist, indicated for pulmonary arterial hypertension to delay disease progression and reduce the risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension-related hospitalization. SelexiPag: tHe usErs dRug rEgistry (
Anna R. Hemnes +21 more
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Clinical evaluation of drug?drug interactions between the cytochrome P450 substrates selexipag and clopidogrel in Japanese volunteers [PDF]
Aims: The strong cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C8 inhibitor gemfibrozil has been demonstrated to increase the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from 0 to infinity (AUC0?∞) of ACT-333679, an active metabolite of selexipag, by 11-fold.
Katayama, Naoki +9 more
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The Evolving Landscape of Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment: From Vasodilation to Disease Modification. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex disorder associated with significant morbidity and mortality. PH is characterized by an elevated pulmonary vascular load, leading to right ventricular dysfunction and remodeling, with right heart failure and premature death if left untreated.
Ayalasomayajula S +8 more
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Selexipag for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension
Introduction: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare pulmonary vasculopathy. This review focuses on selexipag, a prostacyclin receptor agonist validated for the treatment of PAH.
Wacker, J. +7 more
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Contemporary use of Selexipag in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease: a case series [PDF]
BackgroundThere are significant risks of parenteral prostacyclin use in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD), which may limit their use.
Mahadevan, Vaikom S +2 more
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The effective therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with inadequate clinical response is scarce except for lung transplantation when prostacyclin infusion is ineffective.
Mizuki Momoi +7 more
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Novel Targets in a High-Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension Rat Model Based on RNA-seq and Proteomics
High-altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) is a complication arising from an inability to acclimatize to high altitude and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
Xiang Xu +11 more
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Objective: Adding selexipag to the combined treatment of endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA) and phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) reduces the risk of clinical worsening events in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) but at a ...
Rong Zhang (44942) +15 more
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We present a 48-year-old patient with World Health Organization class III idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), taking specific therapy with macitentan 10 mg a day, who was readmitted to the National Medical Research Center of Cardiology due
E. A. Rezukhina +2 more
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Selexipag in pregnancy and pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pregnancy poses a significant maternal and foetal risk in women with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). With extremely limited treatment options available, we used Selexipag in addition to tadalafil in managing a pregnancy complicated by PAH ...
Sweta Mohanty +4 more
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