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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 697-704Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.01.066
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01 RR000069, M01 RR00069, M01 RR000069-457038] Funding Source: Medline
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OBJECTIVES This study investigated the long-term outcome of children with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treated with bosentan therapy, with or without concomitant prostanoid therapy. BACKGROUND Bosentan, an oral endothelin ETA/ETB receptor antagonist, improves hemodynamics and exercise capacity in adults with PAH; however, limited data are available on its long-term effects in children. METHODS In this retrospective study, 86 children with PAH (idiopathic, associated with congenital heart or connective tissue disease) started bosentan with or without concomitant intravenous epoprostenol or subcutaneous treprostinil therapy. Hemodynamics, World Health Organization (WHO) functional class, and safety data were collected. RESULTS At the cutoff date, 68 patients (79 %) were still treated with bosentan, 13 (15 %) were discontinued, and 5 (6 %) had died. Median exposure to bosentan was 14 months. In 90 % of the patients (n = 78), WHO functional class improved (46 %) or was unchanged (44 %) with bosentan treatment. Mean pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance decreased (64 +/- 3 mm Hg to 57 +/- 3 mm Hg, p = 0.005 and 20 +/- 2 U (.) m(2) to 15 +/- 2 U (.) m(2), p = 0.01, respectively; n = 49). Kaplan-Meier survival estimates at one and two years were 98 % and 91 %, respectively. The risk for worsening PAH was lower in patients in WHO functional class I/II at bosentan initiation than in patients in WHO class III/IV at bosentan initiation. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that bosentan, an oral endothelin ETA/ETB receptor antagonist, with or without concomitant prostanoid therapy, is safe and efficacious for the treatment of PAH in children. (c) 2005 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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