Participating Faculty: Clinical Trial Designs in PAH: Shifting From Functional Measurements to Long-term Clinical Outcomes

This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care provides an overview of the economic burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and the current state of its management. Also discussed is the evolution of clinical trial design in PAH that includes a move away from the use of 6-minute walk distance as a primary end point and toward morbidity and mortality composite end points that better reflect disease progression.This supplement was sponsored by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.

Faculty

Sean M. Studer, MD, MSc

Chief of Medicine

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

New York University

New York, New York

Robert J. Gilkin, Jr, RPh, MBA

Vice President

Gemini Healthcare, LLC

Westbrook, Connecticut

Faculty Disclosures

These faculty report relationships with the following organizations:

Sean M. Studer, MD, MSc

Consultant or paid advisory board/lecture fees:

Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Bayer, Gilead, and United Therapeutics Corporation.

Robert J. Gilkin, Jr, RPh, MBA

Consultant:

Actelion Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer.

Signed disclosures are on file at the office of The American Journal of Managed Care, Plainsboro, New Jersey.

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