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Randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial of tadalafil in Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to systemic sclerosis
Journal of Rheumatology, 09/16/09
Schiopu Eet al. – Tadalafil appears to be safe and well tolerated but lacks efficacy in comparison to placebo as a treatment for RP secondary to SSc.
Methods- Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study
- Oral tadalafil at a fixed dose of 20 mg daily vs placebo
- Period of 4 weeks
- Women with RP secondary to SSc
- 39 subjects completed the study and were evaluable
- No statistically significant differences in Raynaud Condition Score (RCS), frequency of RP episodes, or duration of RP episodes between groups
- Placebo response was confounding factor
- Tadalafil well tolerated
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Long-term outcome of systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with bosentan as first-line monotherapy followed or not by the addition of prostanoids or sildenafil
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