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COMPERA / COMPERA-KIDS (COMPERA)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01347216

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : May 4, 2011

Last Update Posted : September 14, 2018

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Sponsor:

Collaborator:

GWT-TUD GmbH

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Technische Universität Dresden

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Recruitment Status :	Recruiting
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	December 2019
Estimated Study Completion Date :	June 2020

Publications of Results:

Hoeper MM, Huscher D, Ghofrani HA, Delcroix M, Distler O, Schweiger C, Grunig E, Staehler G, Rosenkranz S, Halank M, Held M, Grohé C, Lange TJ, Behr J, Klose H, Wilkens H, Filusch A, Germann M, Ewert R, Seyfarth HJ, Olsson KM, Opitz CF, Gaine SP, Vizza CD, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Kaemmerer H, Gibbs JS, Pittrow D. Elderly patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from the COMPERA registry. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30;168(2):871-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.10.026. Epub 2012 Nov 17.

Olsson KM, Delcroix M, Ghofrani HA, Tiede H, Huscher D, Speich R, Grünig E, Staehler G, Rosenkranz S, Halank M, Held M, Lange TJ, Behr J, Klose H, Claussen M, Ewert R, Opitz CF, Vizza CD, Scelsi L, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Kaemmerer H, Gibbs JS, Coghlan G, Pepke-Zaba J, Schulz U, Gorenflo M, Pittrow D, Hoeper MM. Anticoagulation and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from the Comparative, Prospective Registry of Newly Initiated Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension (COMPERA). Circulation. 2014 Jan 7;129(1):57-65. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004526. Epub 2013 Sep 30.

Hoeper MM, Behr J, Held M, Grunig E, Vizza CD, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Lange TJ, Claussen M, Grohé C, Klose H, Olsson KM, Zelniker T, Neurohr C, Distler O, Wirtz H, Opitz C, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Gibbs JS. Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Fibrosing Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0141911. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141911. eCollection 2015.

Hoeper MM, Huscher D, Pittrow D. Incidence and prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Germany. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 15;203:612-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.001. Epub 2015 Nov 9.

Opitz CF, Hoeper MM, Gibbs JS, Kaemmerer H, Pepke-Zaba J, Coghlan JG, Scelsi L, D'Alto M, Olsson KM, Ulrich S, Scholtz W, Schulz U, Grünig E, Vizza CD, Staehler G, Bruch L, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Rosenkranz S. Pre-Capillary, Combined, and Post-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension: A Pathophysiological Continuum. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Jul 26;68(4):368-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.047.

Kramm T, Wilkens H, Fuge J, Schäfers HJ, Guth S, Wiedenroth CB, Weingard B, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Cebotari S, Hoeper MM, Mayer E, Olsson KM. Incidence and characteristics of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Germany. Clin Res Cardiol. 2018 Jul;107(7):548-553. doi: 10.1007/s00392-018-1215-5. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

Hoeper MM, Kramer T, Pan Z, Eichstaedt CA, Spiesshoefer J, Benjamin N, Olsson KM, Meyer K, Vizza CD, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Distler O, Opitz C, Gibbs JSR, Delcroix M, Ghofrani HA, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Rosenkranz S, Grünig E. Mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension: prediction by the 2015 European pulmonary hypertension guidelines risk stratification model. Eur Respir J. 2017 Aug 3;50(2). pii: 1700740. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00740-2017. Print 2017 Aug.

Hoeper MM, Pittrow D, Opitz C, Gibbs JSR, Rosenkranz S, Grünig E, Olsson KM, Huscher D. Risk assessment in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2018 Mar 29;51(3). pii: 1702606. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02606-2017. Print 2018 Mar.

Zelniker TA, Huscher D, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Ewert R, Lange TJ, Klose H, Dumitrescu D, Halank M, Held M, Gall H, Pittrow D, Hoeper MM, Frankenstein L. The 6MWT as a prognostic tool in pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from the COMPERA registry. Clin Res Cardiol. 2018 Jun;107(6):460-470. doi: 10.1007/s00392-018-1207-5. Epub 2018 Jan 24.

Other Publications:

Pittrow D, Ghofrani HA, Opitz CF, Huscher D, Hoeper MM. [International, prospective register for the documentation of first-line and maintenance therapy in patients with pulmonary hypertension (CompERA-XL)]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2009 Aug;134 Suppl 5:S173-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1225318. Epub 2009 Aug 28. Review. German.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Kaemmerer H, Gorenflo M, Hoeper M, Huscher D, Ewert P, Pittrow D. [Pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with congenital heart disease: current issues and health care situation]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2013 Jun;138(23):1247-52. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1343189. Epub 2013 May 29. Review. German.