Pharmacokinetic Effects of QTI571 on Sildenafil and Bosentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Participants

A Non-Randomized, Multiple Dose, Three Treatment Period, Open-Label, Single Sequence, Single Group Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetic Effect of Two Doses of QTI571 (Imatinib) on the Co-administered Drugs Sildenafil and Bosentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Patients

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of QTI571 (imatinib) on pharmacokinetics of bosentan and sildenafil at steady state when co-administered to participants with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants with Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in World Health Organization (WHO) Diagnostic Group 1, with pulmonary vascular resistance > 800 dyne*sec*cm^-5,
• On stable doses of bosentan and sildenafil

Exclusion Criteria:

• Other diagnosis of PAH in World Health Organization (WHO) Diagnostic Group 1 such as congenital large or small unrepaired systemic to pulmonary shunts, portal hypertension, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, glycogen storage disease, Gaucher's disease, hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia, hemoglobinopathies, myeloproliferative disorders, veno-occlusive pulmonary disease
• Significant lung diseases not related to PAH
• Significant cardiovascular system disorders, hematological system disorders, liver insufficiency
• Significant diseases in other organ system.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply