A Study of Macitentan in Children Below 2 Years of Age

A Multicenter, Open-label, Single-arm Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Macitentan in Children Aged 1 Month to <2 Years With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

The purpose of this study is to learn what happens to macitentan and its active metabolite (aprocitentan) in the body of children aged between 1 month and 2 years.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Arterial Hypertension, Pulmonary
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Macitentan

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 79106
    • Universitatsklinikum Freiburg
  • Goettingen, Germany, 37075
    • Universitatsmedizin Gottingen
• Poland
  • Warszawa, Poland, 04 730
    • Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
  • Wroclaw, Poland, 51 124
    • Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny We Wroclawiu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 month to 2 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): 1) including participants with Down syndrome. Diagnosis must have been confirmed by (historical, any time before screening) right heart catheterization mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) greater than or equal to (>=) 25 millimeter of mercury (mmHg), pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP) less than or equal to (=<)15 mmHg, pulmonary vascular resistance index greater than (>) 3 Wood units * meter square (m^2) where in the absence of pulmonary vein obstruction and/or significant lung disease PAWP can be replaced left atrium pressure or left ventricular end diastolic pressure (in the absence of mitral stenosis) assessed by heart catheterization. a) Idiopathic PAH, or b) Heritable PAH, or c) PAH associated with congenital heart disease: i) Eisenmenger syndrome (Qp/Qs less than (<) 1.5 and saturation of peripheral oxygen ≤ 90 percent (%) measured by pulse oximetry at room air), or ii) Inoperable open left-to-right shunts (with a Pulmonary vascular resistance [PVR] > 8 WU and Qp/Qs <2), or iii) Co-incidental shunt (that is, not explaining hemodynamically the presence of PAH), or iv) Post-operative PAH (persisting/recurring/developing ≥ 6 months after repair of shunt), or d) Drug or toxin induced PAH, or e) PAH associated with Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV)
• World Health Organization Functional Class (WHO FC) I, II, or III
• PAH-specific treatment-naive participants or participants on PAH specific monotherapy or combination of 2 therapies. Use of macitentan before or during screening is allowed
• Body weight of greater than or equal to (>=) 3.5 kilogram (kg)
• Parent(s) (preferably both if available or as per local requirements) or participant's legally designated representative must sign an informed consent form (ICF) indicating that they understand the purpose of, and procedures required for, the study and is/are willing to allow the child to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• PAH due to portal hypertension, schistosomiasis, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and/or pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis
• Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
• The following congenital cardiac abnormalities: a) Cyanotic congenital cardiac lesions such as transposition of the great arteries, truncus arteriosus, pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect, unless operatively repaired and with no residual shunt. b) Univentricular heart and/or participants with Fontan-palliation
• Pulmonary hypertension due to lung disease
• Known diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Open-label Core Treatment Period: Macitentan; Participants will receive macitentan as a monotherapy or add-on to an existing therapy daily for 24 weeks during core treatment period. Optional treatment extension period of up to 1 year for those participants who completed the core treatment period.	Drug: Macitentan; Macitentan will be administered orally.; Other Names: JNJ-67896062; ACT-064922

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Trough Concentration of Macitentan and its Active Metabolite Aprocitentan at Week 4 in Steady-State	Trough concentration of macitentan and its active metabolite aprocitentan at week 4 in steady-state will be reported.	Predose (at Week 4)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs)	An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant administered a pharmaceutical (investigational or non-investigational) product. An AE does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational or non-investigational) product, whether or not related to that medicinal (investigational or non-investigational) product.	Up to 1.5 years
Number of Participants with Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)	A SAE is any AE that results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect and is a suspected transmission of any infectious agent via a medicinal product, is medically important.	Up to 1.5 years
Number of Participants with AEs Leading to Premature Discontinuation of Macitentan	Number of participants with AEs Leading to premature discontinuation of macitentan will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Number of Participants with Adverse Event of Special Interests (AESIs)	Number of participants with AESI will be reported. AEs considered to be of special interest are as hypotension, edema/fluid retention, hemoglobin decrease/anemia, liver events.	Up to 1.5 years
Number of Participants with Clinical Laboratory Abnormalities	Number of participants with clinical laboratory abnormalities (serum, chemistry and hematology) will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Number of Participants with Change from Baseline in Clinical laboratory Values.	Number of participants with change from baseline in clinical laboratory values will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Change from Baseline in Blood Pressure	Change from baseline in blood pressure will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Change From Baseline in Heart Rate	Change from baseline in heart rate will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Change From Baseline in Body Weight	Change from baseline in body weight will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Change From Baseline in Length	Change from baseline in length will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Change from Baseline in Height	Change from baseline in height will be reported.	Up to 1.5 years
Plasma Concentration of Macitentan and its Active Metabolite (Aprocitentan) for Macitentan Naive Participants	Plasma concentrations of macitentan and its active metabolite (aprocitentan) after the first dose of macitentan for macitentan naive participants will be reported.	At 2, 5, and 24 hours after the first dose of macitentan on Day 1
Trough Concentrations of Macitentan and its Active Metabolite Aprocitentan at Week 8 in Steady-State Conditions	Trough concentrations of macitentan and its active metabolite aprocitentan at week 8 in steady-state conditions will be reported.	Predose (at Week 8)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Actelion
• Investigators: Study Director: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd Clinical Trial, Actelion

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): March 14, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 9, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): February 16, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 30, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 28, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Hypertension; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists; Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; Endothelin B Receptor Antagonists; Macitentan
• Other Study ID Numbers: CR109286; 2022-002754-74 (EudraCT Number); 67896062PAH1013 (Other Identifier: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: The data sharing policy of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson is available at www.janssen.com/clinical-trials/transparency. As noted on this site, requests for access to the study data can be submitted through Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project site at yoda.yale.edu

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No