Endtidal carbon dioxide for earlier detection of pulmonary hypertension

Endtidal carbon dioxide for earlier detection of pulmonary hypertension - EARLIER-study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00013589

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2017-12-18

Start date

2018-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

I27.0 I27.2

Interventions

Group 1: At Patients with suspicion of pulmonary hypertension, which get a right heart catheterization, in the context of the study the exhaled air, precious the endtidal CO2, before or after the righ

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Older than 18 years, consent, suspicion of pulmonary hypertension and a planned accomplishment of right heart catheterization

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measurement PetCO2 by capnography at rest after or before a right heart catheterization, comparison of the parameter between patients with and without pulmonary hypertension	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Establishing a cut-off for the non-invasive diagnosing of PH, which differs between patients with and without pulmonary hypertension and save patients without the disease before a dispensable invasive right heart catheterization	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAmbulanz für pulmonale Hypertonie Ambulanz für pulmonale Hypertonie

Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg

Pneumo.Ambulanz@innere.med.uni-giessen.de0641/985-57030

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026