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Table 2 Baseline demographics and disease characteristics

From: Temporarily switching from oral to intravenous selexipag in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic results from an open-label, phase III study

 

Total, N = 20

Sex, n (%)

 Female

16 (80.0)

 Male

4 (20.0)

Age, years, mean (SD)

56.5 (9.43)

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

28.5 (6.50)

Country

 Germany

13 (65.0)

 USA

7 (35.0)

Time since PAH diagnosis at baseline, months, mean (SD)

107.8 (90.83)

PAH etiology, n (%)

 Idiopathic or heritable PAH

14 (70.0)

 PAH associated with CTD

4 (20.0)

 PAH associated with portal hypertension

1 (5.0)

 PAH associated with CHD

1 (5.0)

WHO functional class, n (%)

 I

1 (5.0)

 II

13 (65.0)

 III

6 (30.0)

Duration on oral selexipag dose prior to first IV infusion, months, median (range)

14.5 (2.1, 24.1)

Ongoing PAH therapies at baseline, n (%)

 PDE-5 inhibitor

1 (5.0)

 sGC stimulator

1 (5.0)

 ERA + PDE-5 inhibitor

13 (65.0)

 ERA + sGC stimulator

5 (25.0)

  1. BMI body mass index, CHD congenital heart disease, CTD connective tissue disorder, ERA endothelin receptor antagonist, IV intravenous, PAH pulmonary arterial hypertension, PDE-5 phosphodiesterase-5, SD standard deviation, sGC soluble guanylate cyclase, WHO World Health Organization