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Have you considered prescribing OPSYNVI® for some of your patients with PAH?
Erin—41-year-old, female patient
PAH etiology | Idiopathic PAH |
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Time since PAH diagnosis | 3.5 years |
Current risk status(based on ESC/ERS Guidelines) | Low |
6MWD | 516 meters |
WHO Functional Class | FC II |
BNP/NT-proBNP | NT-proBNP 220 ng/L |
Systolic blood pressure Heart rate | 118 mmHg 72 beats/min |
Current PAH treatments | ERA + PDE5i combination therapy |
Would you transition a patient like Erin to OPSYNVI® (macitentan/tadalafil)? 1
With 1 tablet, target 2 foundational pathways, endothelin and nitric oxide.1,2
6MWD=6-minute walk distance; BNP=brain natriuretic peptide; ERA=endothelin receptor antagonist; ERS=European Respiratory Society; ESC=European Society of Cardiology; FC=Functional Class; NT-proBNP=N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; PAH=pulmonary arterial hypertension; PAH-CTD=PAH associated with connective tissue disease; PDE5i=phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor; PVR=pulmonary vascular resistance; WHO=World Health Organization.
References: 1. Humbert M, Kovacs G, Hoeper MM, et al; ESC/ERS Scientific Document Group. 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Eur Heart J. 2022;43(38):3618-3731. 2. OPSYNVI® (macitentan/tadalafil) full Prescribing Information. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. 3. Galiè N, Brundage BH, Ghofrani HA, et al; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Response to Tadalafil (PHIRST) Study Group. Tadalafil therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Circulation. 2009;119(22):2894-2903. 4. Pulido T, Adzerikho I, Channick RN, Delcroix M, et al; SERAPHIN Investigators. Macitentan and morbidity and mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(9):809-818 and suppl 1-21. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1213917