Agenda

Drug-induced Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium:
Applying Lessons Learned from The Aminorex Epidemic

2nd Meeting of the International Collaborative

April 13-14, 2023 • Hoover Institution - David & Joan Traitel Building, Stanford, CA

Day 1

8:00 – 8:30
Opening and Welcome
Roham Zamanian (Stanford)
Marc Humbert (Paris-Saclay)

8:30 – 9:00
Keynote Remarks
Lloyd B. Minor (Dean, Stanford School of Medicine)
Marissa Mayer (Sunshine)

Session 1: Epidemiology of drug and toxin-induced pulmonary hypertension

(Chairs: Marc Humbert, Harm Bogaard)

9:00 – 9:30   
WSPH and ESC/ERS guidelines:
New classification of PH risk factor   
Gérald Simonneau (Paris-Saclay)

9:30 – 10:00
Pharmacovigilance: Capturing a rare-disease signal
Qun-Ying Yue (Uppsala Monitoring Centre, UMC)

10:00 – 10:30 
Identifying new drugs associated with PAH                          
Charles Khouri (Grenoble)

10:30 - 11:00 
Coffee break

Session 2: Anorexigen-induced pulmonary hypertension

(Chairs: Hiroshi Watanabe, Andrew Sweatt, Meinhard Kneussl)

11:00 – 11:20 
PAH associated by aminorex fumarate  
Meinhard Kneussl (Vienna)

11:20 – 11:50 
From fenfluramine to benfluorex
Laurent Savale (Paris-Saclay)

11:50 – 12:10 
Clinical Similarities and differences with IPAH
Raquel Lyn (Stanford)

12:30 – 13:00   
Discussion    

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break

Session 3: Mechanisms of anorexigen-induced pulmonary hypertension

(Chairs: Anna Hemnes, Christophe Guignabert, Marlene Rabinovitch)

14:00 – 14:30
Genetic and molecular mechanisms of Meth-APAH
Vinicio DJ Perez (Stanford)

14:30 – 15:00 
Genetics of PAH and drug-associated PAH
David Montani (Paris-Saclay)

15:00 - 15:30
Anorexigen associated Pulmonary vascular pathology
Peter Dorfmüller (Geissen)

15:30 – 16:00 
Channelopathies and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Anna Hemnes (Vanderbilt)                                       

16:00 - 16:30 
Coffee break

Session 4: Amphetamine-induced cardiopulmonary disease

(Chairs: Paul Corris, Deborah Levine, Yon Sung)

16:30 – 17:00 
Global Epidemic of amphetamine abuse
Steve Shoptaw (UCLA)

17:00 – 17:30 
From methamphetamines to prescription stimulants
Roham Zamanian (Stanford)

17:30 - 18:00 
Discussion and Summary of the day
Marlene Rabinovitch (Stanford)

18:00 - 19:00
Reception

Day 2

Session 1: Drug & toxin-induced PH – toxic oil and chemotherapeutic substances

(Chairs: Peter Dorfmüller, Irene Lang, Edda Spiekerkoetter)

8:00 – 8:30     
Cardio-Oncology – A Review
Irene Lang (Vienna)

8:30 – 9:00     
Toxic oil and pathomechanisms
Pilar Escribano-Subias (Madrid)

9:00 – 9:30     
Dasatinib-induced PAH and possible roles of other TKI
Olivier Sitbon (Paris-Saclay)

9:30 – 10:00   
TKI’s & PAH: data from the bench (benefits and risks)        
Christophe Guignabert (Paris-Saclay)

10:00 – 10:30   
Predicting Safer TKI’s Through Transcriptomics
Adam Andruska (Stanford)

10:30 - 11:00
Agents inducing PVOD: alkylating agents and solvents       
Marc Humbert (Paris-Saclay)

11:00 – 11:15 
Discussion

11:15 - 11:30 
Coffee break

Session 2: Drug and toxin-induced pulmonary hypertension – new observations

(Chairs: Gérald Simonneau, Roham Zamanian, Norbert Voelkel)

11:30 – 11:50 
Pediatrics - Diazoxide and PAH
Rachel Hopper (Stanford)

11:50 – 12:10
Could leflunomide and teriflunomide induce PAH?
Jason Weatherald (Edmonton)

12:10 - 12:30 
Chinese herbs & PAH: The Qing Dai / Indirubin data           
Yuichi Tamura (Tokyo)        

12:30 – 12:50
Interferon and direct-acting antivirals
Harm Bogaard (Netherlands)

12:50 – 13:15 
Round Table Discussion
Faculty / UMC / FDA / EMA

13:15 – 13:30 
Summary of the meeting, Adjourn
Roham Zamanian (Stanford)