Clinical trial • Phase III • Respiratory | Cardiology
AMBRISENTAN for Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Phase III trial of AMBRISENTAN for Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Respiratory | Cardiology
- Trial Disease
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 25-04-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 04-08-2025
Trial design
Randomised, tadalafil + placebo (placebo matching ambrisentan). tadalafil (comparator product tadalafil listed; product info shows max daily dose amount 40 mg). no explicit dose schedule for study arms stated in the ctis record.-controlled Phase III trial across 25 sites in France.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Tadalafil + placebo (placebo matching ambrisentan). Tadalafil (comparator product TADALAFIL listed; product info shows max daily dose amount 40 mg). No explicit dose schedule for study arms stated in the CTIS record.
- Target Sample Size
- 186
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 175
Eligibility
Recruits 186 Vulnerable populations are not selected for inclusion (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). Patients under guardianship/curatorship or deprived of liberty are explicitly excluded. Informed consent forms for adults are provided (see L1_SIS-ICF_adults_FP and patient-facing documents)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- • Pregnancy, breast feeding
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable populations are not selected for inclusion (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false). Patients under guardianship/curatorship or deprived of liberty are explicitly excluded. Informed consent forms for adults are provided (see L1_SIS-ICF_adults_FP and patient-facing documents).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tMale or female"}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tAge ≥ 18 years old"}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tInitial PAH diagnosis < 6 months prior to Day 1"}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tHemodynamic criteria : mPAP≥25 mmHg and PAWP≤15 mmHg and PVR≥3 WU."}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tTreatment naïve PAH (group 1): idiopathic, heritable, associated with drugs and toxin, associated with connective tissue disease, HIV infection or systemic-to-pulmonary congenital shunt corrected for more than one year"}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tWith at least two of the following criteria as listed in the European pulmonary hypertension guidelines: -\thistory of essential hypertension -\tdiabetes mellitus (any type) -\tobesity (defined by a BMI ≥30 kg/m2) -\tcoronary heart disease (established by any of the following: history of myocardial infarction, history of percutaneous coronary intervention, angiographic evidence of coronary artery disease (>50% stenosis in ≥1 vessel), positive ST, previous coronary artery bypass graft, stable angina)"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tPregnancy, breast feeding"}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tPatient under guardianship curatorship, deprived of liberty"}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tPatient under exclusion period in another trial"}
- {"criterion_text":"- •\tPatient on AME (state medical aid)"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with PAH and cardiovascular comorbidities who achieve after 6 months a low- or an intermediate-low risk profile according to the non-invasive 4-risk strata method as proposed by the 2022 European pulmonary hypertension guidelines.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed after 6 months using the non-invasive 4-risk strata method as proposed by the 2022 European pulmonary hypertension guidelines."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in pulmonary vascular resistance","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tPercent change in BNP or NT-proBNP","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in 6-minute walk distance","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tProportion of participants who improve in WHO/NYHA FC at the end of the DBPC Treatment Period","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in the TAPSE/systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) ratio","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tRate of Death or Nonfatal Clinical Worsening defined by hospitalisation for PAH worsening or disease progression defined by worsening of functional class and decrease in 6-min walk distance of more than 15% from baseline, or need for additional specific therapy or lung transplantation.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined as hospitalisation for PAH worsening or disease progression defined by worsening of functional class and decrease in 6-min walk distance of more than 15% from baseline, or need for additional specific therapy or lung transplantation."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in the emPHasis10 score","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in the EuroQoL-5 dimensions scale 5 levels (EQ-5D-5L)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tAll causes of death","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in other hemodynamic parameters","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in other echocardiographic parameters","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange of WHO/NYHA functional class","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tRate of death due to PAH","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tTreatment-emergent adverse events (AEs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tTreatment-emergent serious AEs (SAES)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tTreatment-emergent deaths","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tAEs leading to premature discontinuation of study drug","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in laboratory variables","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- •\tChange in weight and vital signs (arterial blood pressure, heart rate).","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 186
- Recruitment Window Months
- 37
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent is obtained from adult participants (age ≥18). Subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (e.g. L1_SIS-ICF_adults_FP and patient-facing documents listed). Minors are excluded, so no assent procedures are described. Specific languages for the ICF are not stated in the CTIS record (protocol has French and English translations available).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 25
- Total Number Of Participants
- 186
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 27-06-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 23-01-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 210
- Number Of Sites
- 25
- Number Of Participants
- 186
Sites
- Site Name
- Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
- Department Name
- Hôpital Civil - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Marianne RIOU
- Contact Person Email
- marianne.riou@chru-strasbourg.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nice
- Department Name
- CHU Nice Hôpital Pasteur 2 - Cardiologie
- Contact Person Name
- Delphine BAUDOUY
- Contact Person Email
- baudouy.d@chu-nice.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier
- Department Name
- Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Arnaud BOURDIN
- Contact Person Email
- a-bourdin@chu-montpellier.fr
- Site Name
- Groupe Hospitalier Du Havre
- Department Name
- Hôpital Jacques Monod - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Bouchra LAMIA
- Contact Person Email
- bouchra-lamia@ch-havre.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
- Department Name
- CHRU Bretonneau - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Pascal MAGRO
- Contact Person Email
- magro@med.univ-tours.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
- Department Name
- Hôpital Pontchaillou - Cardiologie
- Contact Person Name
- Céline CHABANNE
- Contact Person Email
- celine.chabanne@chu-rennes.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen
- Department Name
- Centre de compétence de l'hypertension pulmonaire - Pulmotension de Rouen
- Contact Person Name
- Elise ARTAUD-MACARI
- Contact Person Email
- elise.artaud-macari@chu-rouen.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Caen Normandie
- Department Name
- Hôpital Côte de Nacre - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Emmanuel BERGOT
- Contact Person Email
- bergot-e@chu-caen.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes
- Department Name
- Centre de compétence de l'hypertension pulmonaire - Pulmotension de Grenoble
- Contact Person Name
- Bruno DEGANO
- Contact Person Email
- bdegano@chu-grenoble.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Saint Etienne
- Department Name
- Hôpital Nord - Médecine vasculaire et thérapeutique
- Contact Person Name
- Laurent BERTOLETTI
- Contact Person Email
- laurent.bertoletti@chu-st-etienne.fr
- Site Name
- Hospices Civils De Lyon
- Department Name
- Hôpital Louis Pradel - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Vincent COTTIN
- Contact Person Email
- vincent.cottin@chu-lyon.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Reims
- Department Name
- CHU de Reims - Médecine Interne, Immunologie Clinique et Maladies Infectieuses
- Contact Person Name
- Amélie SERVETTAZ
- Contact Person Email
- aservettaz@chu-reims.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire De Brest
- Department Name
- Hôpital de la Cavale blanche - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Cécile TROMEUR
- Contact Person Email
- cecile.tromeur@chu-brest.fr
- Site Name
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Department Name
- Hôpital Bicêtre - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Laurent SAVALE
- Contact Person Email
- laurent.savale@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
- Department Name
- Hôpital Larrey - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Elise NOEL SAVINA
- Contact Person Email
- noel-savina.e@chu-toulouse.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
- Department Name
- CHU F.Mitterrand Dijon - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Nicolas FAVROLT
- Contact Person Email
- nicolas.favrolt@chu-dijon.fr
- Site Name
- University Hospital Of Clermont-Ferrand
- Department Name
- Hôpital Gabriel Montpied - Cardiologie
- Contact Person Name
- Romain TRESORIER
- Contact Person Email
- rtresorier@chu-clermontferrand.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
- Department Name
- Hôpital Nord - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Martine REYNAUD GAUBERT
- Contact Person Email
- martine.reynaud@ap-hm.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire De Limoges
- Department Name
- CHU Dupuytren 1 - Médecine interne
- Contact Person Name
- Sylvain PALAT
- Contact Person Email
- sylvain.palat@chu-limoges.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
- Department Name
- Hôpital Laennec - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Delphine HOREAU LANGLARD
- Contact Person Email
- delphine.horeaulanglard@chu-nantes.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
- Department Name
- Centre de compétence de l'hypertension pulmonaire - Pulmotension de Bordeaux
- Contact Person Name
- François PICARD
- Contact Person Email
- francois.picard@chu-bordeaux.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers
- Department Name
- Hôpital Larrey - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Frédéric GAGNADOUX
- Contact Person Email
- frgagnadoux@chu-angers.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
- Department Name
- Hôpital de la Timone - Cardiologie
- Contact Person Name
- Sébastien RENARD
- Contact Person Email
- sebastien.renard@ap-hm.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Poitiers
- Department Name
- Hôpital La Milétrie - Pneumologie
- Contact Person Name
- Etienne-Marie JUTANT
- Contact Person Email
- etienne-marie.jutant@chu-poitiers.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
- Department Name
- Centre de référence constitutif de l'hypertension pulmonaire - Pulmotension de Lille
- Contact Person Name
- Nicolas LAMBLIN
- Contact Person Email
- nicolas.lamblin@chru-lille.fr
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- France
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Ambrisentan Viatris 5 mg film-coated tablets
- Active Substance
- AMBRISENTAN
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- oral
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/19/1368/001)
- Starting Dose
- 5 mg (tablet strength)
- Maximum Dose
- 10 mg per day (maxDailyDoseAmount=10)
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebo de AMBRISENTAN VIATRIS 5 mg - composition: cellulose microcristalline; lactose monohydraté; silice colloïdale anhydre; stéarate de magnésium (vegetable origin); opadry II 85G94065 PINK; eau purifiée
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- oral
- Authorisation Status
- Not applicable / placebo
- Investigational Product Name
- TADALAFIL
- Active Substance
- TADALAFIL
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- oral
- Authorisation Status
- Product listed (euMpNumber SUB12602MIG); marketing authorisation number not provided in record
- Maximum Dose
- 40 mg per day (maxDailyDoseAmount=40)
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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