An Event-driven Trial for Oral Treprostinil. Progress but Not the Holy Grail

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Nicholas S Hill et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020.

. 2020 Mar 15;201(6):647-649.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201912-2431ED.

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Combination Therapy with Oral Treprostinil for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. A Double-Blind Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial.
White RJ, Jerjes-Sanchez C, Bohns Meyer GM, Pulido T, Sepulveda P, Wang KY, Grünig E, Hiremath S, Yu Z, Gangcheng Z, Yip WLJ, Zhang S, Khan A, Deng CQ, Grover R, Tapson VF; FREEDOM-EV Investigators. White RJ, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar 15;201(6):707-717. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201908-1640OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 31765604 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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