Tezosentan in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

July 6, 2018 updated by: Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Multi-center, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over Study to Demonstrate That a Single Infusion of Tezosentan Has Minimal Effect on Blood Pressure in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Treated With Endothelin Receptor Antagonists, Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors or a Combination of Both.

Multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over study to demonstrate that a single infusion of tezosentan has minimal effect on blood pressure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, treated with endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors or a combination of both.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

2

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Clamart, France, 92141
        • Hôpital Antoine Béclère
      • Osaka, Japan, 565-0871
        • Osaka University Hospital
      • Osaka, Japan, 565-8865
        • National Cardiovascular Center
      • Shinjuku-Ku, Japan, 160-8582
        • Keio University Hospital
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Baylor College of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria :

  1. Signed informed consent prior to initiation of any study-mandated procedure
  2. Male and female patients 18 years of age or older
  3. Patients with PAH according to one of the following subgroups of the Dana Point Classification Group 1:

    • Idiopathic, or
    • Heritable, or
    • Associated with connective tissue disease
  4. Documented hemodynamic diagnosis of PAH by right heart catheterization (not part of study mandated procedures):

    • Resting mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) ≥ 25 mmHg and
    • Resting mean pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) ≥ 240 dyn•s•cm 5 and
    • Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ≤ 15 mmHg
  5. Modified NYHA functional class II-III
  6. Patients on treatment with ERAs, PDE-5 inhibitors or a combination of both, if used for at least 3 months prior to Visit 1 and dosing kept stable for at least 28 days prior to Visit 1.

Exclusion Criteria :

  1. Patients with PAH in Dana Point Classification Groups 2-5, and PAH Group 1 subgroups not covered by inclusion criterion No. 3
  2. Patients with sitting SBP < 100 mmHg
  3. Patients with sitting DBP < 60 mmHg
  4. Patients with body weight < 50 kg (110 lbs)
  5. Patients with clinically significantly elevated liver enzymes (AST, ALT and/or alkaline phosphatase > 3 times upper limit)
  6. Patients with clinically significant chronic renal insufficiency (serum creatinine >2.5mg/dL / 221 µmol/L)
  7. Patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh B and C)
  8. Patients who have received prostacyclin (epoprostenol) or prostacyclin analogs (e.g., treprostinil, iloprost and beraprost) within 28 days of Visit 1
  9. Patients who have received any investigational drugs within 28 days of Visit 1
  10. Patients who have received cyclosporine A (CsA) or tacrolimus within 28 days of Visit 1
  11. Psychotic, addictive or other disorder limiting the ability to provide informed consent or to comply with the study
  12. Life expectancy less than 12 months
  13. Females who are lactating or pregnant (positive pre-treatment pregnancy tests) (serum test at Screening and urine test on Visit 1 and 2) or females who are not using a reliable method of birth control (failure rate less than 1% per year) during the study and for at least one month after last administration of study drug
  14. Known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of the drug formulation.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Placebo at visit 1, tezosentan at visit 2
Matching placebo
5 mg/h intravenously, Tezosentan
Experimental: 2
Tezosentan at visit 1, placebo at visit 2
Matching placebo
5 mg/h intravenously, Tezosentan

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Absolute change in supine SBP from Baseline to 30 minutes at each visit (Visit 1 and Visit 2) - in mmHg
Time Frame: 30 days
30 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Absolute change in heart rate from Baseline to 30 minutes at each visit (Visit 1 and Visit 2) - in bpm
Time Frame: 30 days
30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 25, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 25, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

March 26, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 9, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 6, 2018

Last Verified

July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AC-051-207

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