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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Evaluation of the Predictive Value of a Clinical Worsening Definition Using 2-Year Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A REVEAL Registry Analysis.
Time to clinical worsening has been proposed as a primary end point in clinical trials of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); however, neither standardized nor validated definitions of clinical worsening across PAH trials exist. This study aims to evaluate a proposed definition of clinical worsening within a large prospective, observational registry of patients with PAH with respect to its value as a predictor of proximate (within 1 year) risk for subsequent major events (ie, death, transplantation, or atrial septostomy). ⋯ Clinical worsening was highly predictive of subsequent proximate mortality in this analysis from an observational study. These results validate the use of clinical worsening as a meaningful prognostic tool in clinical practice and as a primary end point in clinical trial design.