Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Multi-center, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Randomized, Placebo- and Active-reference, Parallel Group, Phase 2, Dose-finding Study With ACT-132577 in Subjects With Essential Hypertension (Grade 1 and 2).
Brief Summary: The main objective will be to evaluate the dose-response of ACT-132577 (aprocitentan) on diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in participants with grade 1 or 2 essential hypertension.

Secondary objectives will be to evaluate the dose-response of ACT-132577 on: systolic blood pressure (SBP); control and response rate of blood pressure; 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a once daily oral regimen of 4 doses of ACT-132577.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* At least 12 years of age.
* Body weight at least 40 kg (approximately 88 pounds).
* Pulmonary hypertension (PAH) that is either idiopathic; related to collagen vascular disease; related to anorexigen use; associated with an atrial septal defect (resting SaO2 greater than or equal to 88%); with surgical repair, of at least 1 year duration, of a congenital systemic-to-pulmonary shunt.
* If on bosentan, must be at the maximal dose of 125 mg twice daily for a minimum of 12 weeks prior to screening and have an AST/ALT less than 3 times normal.
* History of PAH established by a resting mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than or equal to 25 mm Hg, pulmonary artery wedge pressure less than or equal to 15 mm Hg, and pulmonary vascular resistance greater than or equal to 3 Wood units via right heart catheterization
* Have World Health Organization functional class I, II, III or IV status.
* Have a qualifying 6-minute walk test distance at screening
* Have no evidence of significant parenchymal lung disease

Exclusion Criteria:

* Are nursing or pregnant.
* PAH due to conditions other than noted in the above inclusion criteria.
* History of left-sided heart disease.
* History of atrial septostomy within 3 months before study entry
* History of angina pectoris or other condition that was treated with long-or short-acting nitrates within 12 weeks before administration of study drug.
* History of symptomatic coronary disease.
* Have any therapy with a prostacyclin or analogue, L-arginine, phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor, or investigational drug within 4 weeks before administration of study drug.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Written informed consent
* Subject with CTEPH (WHO Group 4) judged as inoperable due to the localization of the obstruction being surgically inaccessible (i.e., distal disease).
* Female of childbearing potential must have a negative pre-treatment serum pregnancy test, be advised on appropriate methods of contraception, and agree to use 2 reliable methods of contraception.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previous pulmonary endarterectomy.
* Recurrent thromboembolism despite sufficient oral anticoagulants.
* Symptomatic acute pulmonary embolism in the 6-month period prior to randomization.
* Known moderate-to-severe restrictive lung disease (i.e., TLC \< 60% of predicted value) or obstructive lung disease (i.e., FEV1 \< 70% of predicted, with FEV1/FVC \< 65%) or known significant chronic lung disease diagnosed by chest imaging (e.g., interstitial lung disease, emphysema).
* Acute or chronic conditions (other than dyspnea) that limit the ability to comply with study requirements in the 3-month period prior to Screening visit or during the Screening period.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Signed informed consent prior to any study-mandated procedure
* No contra-indication to stop (according to label) anti-hypertensive treatment(s) at screening
* Mild-to-moderate essential hypertension with or without ongoing anti-hypertensive treatment(s):

  -- Mean (of 5 measurements) sitting diastolic blood pressure (SiDBP) ≥ 90 to \< 110 mmHg measured by office blood pressure measurements (OBPM).
* Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and use of reliable methods of contraception

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severe hypertension (grade 3): mean sitting systolic/diastolic BP (SiSBP/SiDBP; measured by OBPM) ≥ 180/110 mmHg, respectively.
* Secondary hypertension
* Known hypertensive retinopathy greater than Keith-Wagener Grade 2
* Myocardial infarction, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or coronary artery bypass graft within 12 months prior to randomization
* Unstable angina within 6 months prior to randomization
* Heart failure New York Heart Association class III and IV
* Valvular defects (such as severe aortic or mitral valve disease) and/or hemodynamically relevant rhythm disturbances
* Clinical evidence of cerebrovascular insufficiency or a cerebrovascular accident within 6 months prior to randomization.
* Subjects working night shifts
* Body mass index \< 20 kg/m2 or \> 40 kg/m2
* Treatment with any medication which may affect BP (e.g., treatment of psychiatric diseases, ophthalmic preparations)
* Treatment with strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) isoenzyme inhibitors or inducers
* Treatment with guanethidine and/or mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists within 1 month prior to Screening (Visit 1)
* Treatment with another investigational treatment within 1 month prior to Screening (Visit 1)
* Any circumstances or conditions, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may affect full participation in the study or compliance with the protocol
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects should have limited scleroderma with disease duration \<7 years and should satisfy American College of Rheumatology criteria for diagnosis.9;
* 10 Raynaud's phenomenon would be defined as episodic, bilateral, digital color changes (at least 2 out of 3 possible phases:

  * pallor, cyanosis, rubor),
  * provoked by cold or emotional stress.
* Subjects should be between 18 and 70 years of age and be able to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* (a) current tobacco users,
* (b) advanced cardiopulmonary disease,
* (c) clinically unstable patient,
* (d) presence of active digital ulcers or prior history of digital ulcers which led to scarring or significant pitting of digits in the area of interest(presence of ulcers or pits would interfere with measurement of blood flow by LDPI),
* (e) pregnancy (class X in pregnancy) or unable to use two reliable forms of contraception during the study if patient is of child bearing age,
* (f) patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment
* (g) hemoglobin values less than 10% of the lower limit of normal per laboratory standards
* (h) inability to discontinue vasodilator treatment including calcium channel blockers, nitrates, alpha blockers, PDE-5 inhibitors, ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers at least one week prior to the study,
* (i) echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension \[estimated right ventricular systolic pressure \<35 mm Hg\],
* (j) based on section 7.3 of the full prescribing information booklet- patients on cyclosporine, rifampin or ritonavir should be excluded,
* (k) patients with diffuse disease,
* (l) disease duration \> 7 years

Answer: C