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ReviewTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease

Practical management of riociguat in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Michael Halank, Kristin Tausche, Ekkehard Grünig, Ralf Ewert, Ioana R Preston

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Review in Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The soluble guanylate cyclase activator runcaciguat significantly improves albuminuria in patients with chronic kidney disease: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2025
    Trial
  2. Article
  3. Vericiguat: The Fifth Harmony of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023
    Review
  4. "On Water" Palladium Catalyzed Direct Arylation of 1Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael HalankInternal Clinical I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstrasse 74, Dresden, 01307, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9184-4799
Kristin TauscheMedical Clinic 1/Pneumology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
Ekkehard GrünigCenter for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thorax Clinic at University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ralf EwertClinic for Internal Medicine B, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Ioana R PrestonPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEHeidelberg University · DETufts University · USUniversität Greifswald · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Riociguat is one of several approved therapies available for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Treatment should be initiated and monitored at an expert center by a physician experienced in treating PAH, and the dose adjusted in the absence of signs and symptoms of hypotension. In certain populations, including patients with hepatic or renal impairment, the elderly, and smokers, riociguat exposure may differ, and dose adjustments should therefore be made with caution according to the established scheme. Common adverse events are often easily managed, particularly if they are discussed before starting therapy. Combination therapy with riociguat and other PAH-targeted agents is feasible and generally well tolerated, although the coadministration of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) and riociguat is contraindicated. An open-label, randomized study is currently ongoing to assess whether patients who do not achieve treatment goals while receiving PDE5i may benefit from switching to riociguat. In this review, we provide a clinical view on the practical management of patients with PAH receiving riociguat, with a focus on the opinions and personal experience of the authors. The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

Indexed as

Antihypertensive AgentsArterial PressureDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansPulmonary Arterial HypertensionPulmonary ArteryPyrazolesPyrimidinesTreatment OutcomeAntihypertensive AgentsPyrazolesPyrimidinesriociguatclinical practicepulmonary arterial hypertensionpulmonary hypertensionriociguat

Identifiers

PMID31438774
PMCPMC6710674
OpenAlexW2969427145

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