RecruitingNCT03269630

New Orleans Pulmonary Hypertension Biobank

Sponsor

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans

Enrollment

450 participants

Start Date

Dec 29, 2017

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Healthy Pulmonary Hypertension Systemic Sclerosis Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction

Summary

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious condition characterized by a mean pulmonary artery pressure \>=25mmHg on right heart catheterization (RHC). Despite advances in PH care, outcomes are still sub-optimal and further research is required into the pathobiology of the disease and development of biomarkers that can guide clinical care. The investigators are establishing a biobank to collect samples (blood, urine, stool) from patients with pulmonary hypertension, patients at high risk for pulmonary hypertension, healthy controls, and patients undergoing right heart catheterization. Specimens will be stored for future investigations.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is building a collection of biological samples (biobank) from patients with pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) or related conditions, to help researchers better understand what causes these diseases and how to treat them. **You may be eligible if...** - You have been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and are followed at the Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center in New Orleans - OR you have systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) or mixed connective tissue disease and are followed at the same center - OR you are scheduled for an outpatient right heart catheterization procedure **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You are under 18 - You are pregnant - You are unable to understand English - You are currently incarcerated - You are unable or unwilling to sign a consent form Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERNo intervention. Biospecimen collection only

Biospecimen collection

Locations(1)

University Medical Center-New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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