Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QuERI) Extension Program
This is a prospective, U.S.-based, multi-center, knowledge translation program tracking patient management until approximately early 2018. To improve the management of PAH patients through an evidence-based approach aimed at achieving optimal WHO functional class (FC). The goal of the optimal functional class is to improve WHO functional class III and IV patients to functional class I or II, and to improve all functional class II patients to functional class I, or at least to maintain functional class I/II in patients presenting in that functional class. Endpoints:1. Proportion of patients achieving guideline-recommended treatment at each documented visit.2. Proportion of patients achieving optimal functional class using an evidence-based reatment algorithm.3. Proportion of patients on various therapies in relation to their WHO functional class.4. PAH management (use of therapies) by physicians across patient risk strata based on FC.5. Association between treatment and physician and patient adherence with recommended treatment.6. Utilization of Knowledge Translation Program system reminders, and response by the physicians when asked for reasons evidence based therapy was not utilized.7. Survival by FC (baseline and change), etiology, prevalent vs incident, academic vs community, adherence and reminders.Descriptive analysis of demographic variables, physical exam, medical history and treatment profile will be performed as appropriate. Confidence Intervals (95%) will be calculated for descriptive and comparative purposes.
Not recruiting | High Blood Pressure / Hypertension | Site Unknown
Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation Post-FDA Approval Study
The purpose of this study is to obtain additional long-term safety and efficacy data on the use of the Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System to treat obstructive sleep apnea.
A Non-randomized, Exploratory, Study to Assess Clinical Response to Gilenya® (Fingolimod) in a Cohort of Relapsing Remitting Hispanic MS Forms
The primary objective of this study is to determine the success of Gilenya® (fingolimod)
treatment in patients with MS of Hispanic descent relative to their ancestral background.
Therapeutic success will be determined by annualized relapse rate (ARR; defined as the
number of relapses divided by the person years followed) after initiation of treatment with
Gilenya® (fingolimod)in comparison to the relapse rate in the previous 12 months. This will
be determined based on medical chart extraction, in-person assessment and regular clinical
follow-up.
A secondary objective of this study is to investigate whether the efficacy of Gilenya®
(fingolimod) is superior or equal in HW which have higher loads of Amerindian versus
Caucasian background with opticospinal MS (OSMS-NMO neg) versus classical MS (CMS) in the
first 12 months using radiological and clinical parameters. The following measures will be
obtained:
1. Number of relapse-free patients over the investigational period
2. Site of relapse defined as brain or spinal cord.
3. Sustained Disability progression will be defined as a one point (1) increase from
baseline in patients with baseline EDSS score from 0 to 5.0; or half a point (0.5)
increase in patients with baseline EDSS score of 5-5.5 or above after 3 months.
4. MRI changes as described as number of new T2 lesions and number of Gd-enhancing lesions
after 12 months from baseline.
Unknown status | Multiple Sclerosis | Not Multisite
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