CardioSource WorldNews December 2014 | Page 13

First and only treatment approved for both PAH and inoperable or persistent/recurrent CTEPH after surgery† * Stimulating *Soluble Guanylate Cyclase What could Adempas mean to your patients? INDICATIONS † • Adempas (riociguat) tablets are indicated for the treatment of adults with persistent/recurrent chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), (WHO Group 4) after surgical treatment, or inoperable CTEPH, to improve exercise capacity and WHO functional class. • Adempas is indicated for the treatment of adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), (WHO Group 1), to improve exercise capacity, WHO functional class and to delay clinical worsening.‡ Efficacy was shown in patients on Adempas monotherapy or in combination with endothelin receptor antagonists or prostanoids. Studies establishing effectiveness included predominantly patients with WHO functional class II– III and etiologies of idiopathic or heritable PAH (61%) or PAH associated with connective tissue diseases (25%). ‡ Time to clinical worsening was a combined endpoint defined as death (all-cause mortality), heart/lung transplantation, atrial septostomy, hospitalization due to persistent worsening of pulmonary hypertension, start of new PAH-specific treatment, persistent decrease in 6MWD [