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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2014 Jun 20;115(1):131–147. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.303827

Table 2.

Emerging Therapies

Drugs Proposed Mechanism NCT Identifier Clinical trial
Vasodilators
Sapropterindihydrochloride (6R-
BH4)
Increase Nitric oxide NCT00435331 Phase I
Selexipag Non-prostanoid IP receptor agonist NCT01106014 Phase III
Inhaled nitric oxide Increase Nitric oxide NCT01457781 Phase II
Beet Juice Increase Nitric oxide NCT02000856 Phase I
Apelin Increase Apelin levels with infusion NCT01590108 Phase I
Cardizem Calcium Channel Blockade NCT01645826 Phase III
Inhaled Nitrite Increase Nitric oxide NCT01431313 Phase II
Ranolazine Inhibition of Sodium Current NCT01757808 Phase I
NCT01953965 Phase II
Metabolism
Dichloroacetate Inhibition of of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase NCT01083524 Phase I
Anastrazole Aromatase Inhibitors NCT01545336 Phase II
Ferinject Target Iron deficiency NCT01288651 Phase II
Right Ventricular Remodeling
Carvediol HIF activation, NO synthesis, beta-adrenergic
recovery
receptor NCT01586156 Phase II
Cell Damage/ endothelial
dysfunction
Coenzyme Q-10 Antioxidant NCT01148836 unkown
(−)-Epicatechin Improvement of endothelial function NCT01880866 Phase I
Anti-Proliferative
Sorafenib Inhibition of protease-activated receptor (PAR) NCT00452218 Phase I
Hydroxyurea Decrease level of circulating immature bone marrow cells NCT01950585 Phase 0
Nilotinib Tyrosin Kinase Inhibitor NCT01179737 Phase II
Anti-Inflammatory
Rituximab Restore B-cell dysregulation NCT01086540 Phase II
Bardoxolone Methyl Nrf2 and NF-κB suppression NCT02036970 Phase II
Saquinavir and Ritonavir HIV protease inhibitors NCT02023450 Phase 0
TheraSorb® Ig flex adsorber Immunoabsorption NCT01613287 Medical
Device
BMPR2 modulators
FK506 Increasing BMPR2 signaling NCT01647945 Phase II