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A clinical study to compare the efficacy and safety of macitentan and tadalafil monotherapies with the corresponding fixed dose combination in subjects with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Prospective, multi-center, double-blind, randomized, active-controlled, triple-dummy, parallel-group, group-sequential, adaptive Phase 3 clinical study to compare the efficacy and safety of macitentan and tadalafil monotherapies with the corresponding fixed dose combination in subjects with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), followed by an open-label treatment period with macitentan and tadalafil fixed dose combination therapy

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2014-004786-25-BG
Enrollment
250
Registered
2019-07-01
Start date
2019-10-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-12-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension MedDRA version: 21.1 Level: PT Classification code 10064911 Term: Pulmonary arterial hypertension System Organ Class: 10038738 - Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders

Interventions

Product Code: CJNJ-68150420-ZZZ-G001 (ACT-064992D) Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet INN or Proposed INN: MACITENTAN CAS Number: 441798-33-0 Current Sponsor code: JNJ-67896062- AAA Other descrip

Sponsors

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Signed and dated ICF. 2. Male and female participants = 18 years old and = 75 years old. 3. Confirmed diagnosis of symptomatic PAH in WHO FC II or III. 4. Symptomatic PAH belonging to one of the following subgroups of WHO Group 1 pulmonary hypertension [Simonneau 2013]: - Idiopathic. - Heritable. - Drug- or toxin-induced. - Associated with one of the following: o Connective tissue disease. o HIV infection. o Portal hypertension. o Congenital heart disease with simple systemic-to-pulmonary shunt (atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus) with persistent pulmonary hypertension documented by a right heart catheterization (RHC) = 1 year after surgical repair. 5. PAH diagnosis confirmed by hemodynamic evaluation (based on central reading) at rest, evaluated within 5 weeks prior to randomization: - Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) = 25 mmHg, AND - Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) or left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) = 15 mmHg, AND - Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) = 3 WU (i.e., = 240 dyn·sec·cm-5) 6. Negative vasoreactivity test in idiopathic, heritable, and drug/toxin-induced PAH (Patients for whom no vasoreactivity test was performed at diagnosis can be eligible if currently treated with PAH therapy for more than 3 months and PAH diagnosis confirmed by hemodynamic evaluation at least 3 months after introduction of their PAH therapy) 7. Currently receiving a stable dose of ERA or PDE-5i monotherapy for at least 3 months prior to baseline RHC, within the following prespecified doses below or no history of PAH-specific treatment: - Bosentan: 250 mg total daily dose - Macitentan: 10 mg total daily dose - Ambrisentan: 10 mg total daily dose - Sildenafil: 60–120 mg total daily dose - Tadalafil: 40 mg total daily dose - Vardenafil: 10 mg total daily dose 8. Participant able to perform the 6MWT with a minimum distance of 100 m and maximum distance of 450 m at Screening. 9. A woman of childbearing potential is eligible only if the following applies: - Negative serum pregnancy test at Screening and a negative urine pregnancy test at Randomization. - Agreement to undertake monthly urine pregnancy tests during the study and up to at least 30 days after study treatment discontinuation. - Agreement to follow the contraception scheme from Screening up to at least 30 days after study treatment discontinuation. Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 187 F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 63

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: PAH treatments: 1. Treatment with a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, L-arginine, any form of prostanoids or prostacyclin-receptor agonists (including oral, inhaled, or infused routes) in the 3-month period prior to start of treatment. 2. Treatment with combination therapy of ERA and PDE-5i in the 3-month period prior to start of treatment or history of intolerance to ERA and PDE-5i combination therapy. 3. Hypersensitivity to any of the study treatments or any excipient of their formulations. Other therapies: 4. Treatment with a strong cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inducer (e.g., rifabutin, rifampin, rifampicin, rifapentin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, St. John’s Wort) in the 1-month period prior to start of treatment. 5. Treatment with a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, clarithromycin, telithromycin, nefazodone, ritonavir, and saquinavir) or a moderate dual CYP3A4/CYP2C9 inhibitor (e.g., fluconazole, amiodarone) or coadministration of a combination of moderate CYP3A4 and moderate CYP2C9 inhibitors in the 1-month period prior to start of treatment. 6. Treatment with doxazosin. 7. Treatment with any form of organic nitrate, either regularly or intermittently 8. Diuretic treatment initiated or dose changed within 1 week prior to the RHC or start of treatment. 9. Treatment with another investigational drug in the 3-month period prior to start of treatment. Medical history/current medical conditions: 10. Body mass index (BMI) > 40 kg/m2 at Screening. 11. Known presence of three or more of the following risk factors for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction at Screening: - BMI > 30 kg/m2. - Diabetes mellitus of any type. - Essential hypertension (even if well controlled). - Coronary artery disease, i.e., any of the following: o History of stable angina, or o Known more than 50% stenosis in a coronary artery, or o History of myocardial infarction, or o History of or planned coronary artery bypass grafting and/or coronary artery stenting. 12. Known presence of moderate or severe obstructive lung disease (forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] / forced vital capacity [FVC] 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) at Screening. 21. Severe renal impairment (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) 2009 equation [Levey 2009] calculated creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min) at Screening. 22. Systemic hypotension (systolic blood pressure [SBP] < 90 or diastolic blood pressure [DBP] < 50 mmHg) at Screening or Randomization.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: 1. To evaluate the effect of the macitentan/tadalafil fixed dose combination (M/T FDC) vs macitentan 10 mg alone on PVR at End of Double-blind Treatment (EDBT) in participants with symptomatic World Health Organization (WHO) Group 1 PAH who are PAH-specific treatment-naïve or are currently being treated with an ERA as monotherapy. 2. To evaluate the effect of the M/T FDC vs tadalafil 40 mg alone on PVR at EDBT in participants with symptomatic WHO Group 1 PAH who are PAH-specific treatment-naïve or are currently being treated with a PDE- 5i as monotherapy.;Secondary Objective: • To evaluate the effect of the M/T FDC compared to the respective monotherapies on: - Exercise capacity. - PAH symptoms in participants' cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular function - WHO FC. • To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the M/T FDC in the participant population.;Primary end point(s): • Change in PVR expressed as the ratio of the geometric means of end of double blind treatment (EDBT) to baseline.;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: end of double blind treatment (EDBT)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary end point(s): • Change from baseline to EDBT in 6-minute walk distance. • Change from baseline to Week 16 in PAH-SYMPACT™: - Symptoms and Impact™ (PAH-SYMPACT™) in Cardiopulmonary symptom domain score - Change from baseline to Week 16 in PAH-SYMPACT™ in Cardiovascular symptom domain score • Proportion of participants with absence of worsening in WHO FC from baseline to EDBT.;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: end of double blind treatment (EDBT)

Countries

Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United States

Contacts

Public ContactClinical Registry Group

Janssen-Cilag International NV

ClinicalTrialsEU@its.jnj.com+3171 5242166

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026