Metformin for Pulmonary Hypertension HFpEF

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure

In brief

The main objective of this study is to determine the clinical efficacy of metformin versus placebo and the therapeutic response with regards to functional capacity and hemodynamics in PH-HFpEF.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT03629340
Run by: University of California, San Francisco
People needed: 33
Starts: 2019-02-26
Expected to finish: 2026-02-27
Last updated by the study team: 2026-06-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

PH-HFpEF Confirmed diagnosis by RHC within the past 6 months:
Mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure (mPAP) ≥ 25 mm Hg AND Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) ≥ 15 mm Hg AND Transpulmonary Gradient (TPG) ≥ 12 mm Hg
OR Exercise measurements
Mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure (mPAP) ≥ 30 mm Hg AND Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) ≥ 20 mm Hg AND PA calculation (change in mPAP/change in cardiac output) = ≥3 mmHg/L/min
Three or more features of metabolic syndrome defined as:
Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m² Systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 130 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP ≥ 85 mm Hg Elevated waist circumference > 102 cm in men and > 88 cm in women Fasting triglyceride (TG) level over 150 mg/dl High-density lipoprotein <40 mg/dL in men or < 50 mg/dL in women

You may not qualify if…

Age less than 18 years;
Uncontrolled systemic hypertension based on repeated measurement of sitting systolic blood pressure >170 mm Hg or sitting diastolic blood pressure >95 mm Hg at Screening;
Systemic sitting blood pressure < 110 mmHg systolic or < 60 mm Hg diastolic at Screening;
Hemoglobin A1C > 10;
Currently taking metformin or history of intolerance to metformin or contraindication to taking metformin;
Known type 1 diabetes
Positive urine pregnancy test or breastfeeding
Ejection Fraction < 50%
Dementia;
End-stage malignancy; 12. Major cardiovascular event or procedure within 6 weeks prior to enrollment; 13. Severe valvular disease; 14. Other severe acute or chronic medical, psychiatric or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study or would prevent completion of the study; 15. Current Smoker; 16. Hemoglobin <9 g/dL; 17. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <30 mL/min/1.73 m2; 18. Receipt of an investigational product or device, or participation in a drug research study within a period of 15 days 19. <3 months of stable dose of PDE5i

Where it is running

UCSF Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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