A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Oral BAY63-2521 in Patients With CTEPH.

NCT ID: NCT00855465

Last Updated: 2023-11-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

262 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-02-23

Study Completion Date

2012-06-27

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy and safety of different doses of BAY63-2521, given orally for 16 weeks, in patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH).

Detailed Description

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Adverse event data will be covered in Adverse events section.

Conditions

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Pulmonary Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Riociguat (Adempas, BAY63-2521)_individual dose titration

Participants received Riociguat orally as a film-coated tablet up to 2.5mg three times daily (tid) (titration between 1.0 mg and 2.5 mg tid based on an individual dose titration (IDT) scheme) for 16 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Riociguat (Adempas, BAY63-2521)

Intervention Type DRUG

BAY63-2521: 1 mg tid - 2,5 mg tid orally for 16 weeks.

Placebo

Participants received Placebo orally as a film-coated tablet three times daily (tid) for 16 weeks

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching Placebo tid orally for 16 weeks

Interventions

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Riociguat (Adempas, BAY63-2521)

BAY63-2521: 1 mg tid - 2,5 mg tid orally for 16 weeks.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Matching Placebo tid orally for 16 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male and female patients with CTEPH either inoperable or with persistent or recurrent PH after surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

* All types of pulmonary hypertension except subtypes 4.1 and 4.2 of the Venice Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bayer

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bayer Study Director

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Bayer

Locations

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La Jolla, California, United States

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Sacramento, California, United States

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Miami, Florida, United States

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Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Dallas, Texas, United States

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Corrientes, , Argentina

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Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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Innsbruck, , Austria

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Vienna, , Austria

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Bruxelles - Brussel, , Belgium

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Leuven, , Belgium

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Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Rio de Janeiro, , Brazil

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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London, Ontario, Canada

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Qingdao, Shandong, China

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Beijing, , China

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Beijing, , China

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Beijing, , China

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Shanghai, , China

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Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice

Prague, , Czechia

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Aarhus N, , Denmark

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Brest, , France

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Caen, , France

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Hopital Antoine Beclere

Clamart, , France

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Lille, , France

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Nice, , France

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Pessac, , France

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Rouen, , France

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Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, , France

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Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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München, Bavaria, Germany

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Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

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Giessen, Hesse, Germany

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Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Homburg, Saarland, Germany

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Dresden, Saxony, Germany

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Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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Hamburg, , Germany

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Pavia, Lombardy, Italy

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Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

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Seto, Aichi-ken, Japan

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Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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Komatsu, Ishikawa-ken, Japan

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Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

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Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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Suwa, Nagano, Japan

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Suita, Osaka, Japan

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Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Chiba, , Japan

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Fukuoka, , Japan

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Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

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Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

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Mexico City, , Mexico

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Querétaro, , Mexico

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Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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Krakow, , Poland

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Otwock, , Poland

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Coimbra, , Portugal

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Novosibirsk, , Russia

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Saint Petersburg, , Russia

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Bratislava, , Slovakia

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Seoul, , South Korea

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Seoul, , South Korea

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Barcelona, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Zurich, , Switzerland

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Taipei, , Taiwan

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Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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Izmir, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom

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London, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China Czechia Denmark France Germany Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Slovakia South Korea Spain Switzerland Taiwan Turkey (Türkiye) United Kingdom

References

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Ghofrani HA, D'Armini AM, Grimminger F, Hoeper MM, Jansa P, Kim NH, Mayer E, Simonneau G, Wilkins MR, Fritsch A, Neuser D, Weimann G, Wang C; CHEST-1 Study Group. Riociguat for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jul 25;369(4):319-29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1209657.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23883377 (View on PubMed)

Archer SL. Riociguat for pulmonary hypertension--a glass half full. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jul 25;369(4):386-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe1306684. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23883383 (View on PubMed)

Simonneau G, D'Armini AM, Ghofrani HA, Grimminger F, Jansa P, Kim NH, Mayer E, Pulido T, Wang C, Colorado P, Fritsch A, Meier C, Nikkho S, Hoeper MM. Predictors of long-term outcomes in patients treated with riociguat for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: data from the CHEST-2 open-label, randomised, long-term extension trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 May;4(5):372-80. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30022-4. Epub 2016 Apr 8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27067478 (View on PubMed)

Wang C, Jing ZC, Huang YG, Zhou DX, Liu ZH, Meier C, Nikkho S, Curram J, Zhang P, He JG. Riociguat for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension: Chinese subgroup analyses and comparison. Heart Asia. 2016 May 17;8(1):74-82. doi: 10.1136/heartasia-2015-010712. eCollection 2016.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27326239 (View on PubMed)

Ghofrani HA, Humbert M, Langleben D, Schermuly R, Stasch JP, Wilkins MR, Klinger JR. Riociguat: Mode of Action and Clinical Development in Pulmonary Hypertension. Chest. 2017 Feb;151(2):468-480. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.024. Epub 2016 Jun 2.

Reference Type RESULT
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Kim DY, Kim HJ, Han KH, Han SY, Heo J, Woo HY, Um SH, Kim YH, Kweon YO, Lim HY, Yoon JH, Lee WS, Lee BS, Lee HC, Ryoo BY, Yoon SK. Real-Life Experience of Sorafenib Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Korea: From GIDEON Data. Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Oct;48(4):1243-1252. doi: 10.4143/crt.2015.278. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

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Kudo M, Ikeda M, Takayama T, Numata K, Izumi N, Furuse J, Okusaka T, Kadoya M, Yamashita S, Ito Y, Kokudo N. Safety and efficacy of sorafenib in Japanese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in clinical practice: a subgroup analysis of GIDEON. J Gastroenterol. 2016 Dec;51(12):1150-1160. doi: 10.1007/s00535-016-1204-2. Epub 2016 Apr 22.

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PMID: 27106231 (View on PubMed)

Benza RL, Boucly A, Farber HW, Frost AE, Ghofrani HA, Hoeper MM, Lambelet M, Rahner C, Bansilal S, Nikkho S, Meier C, Sitbon O. Change in REVEAL Lite 2 risk score predicts outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the PATENT study. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Mar;41(3):411-420. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.10.013. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 34848133 (View on PubMed)

Benza RL, Farber HW, Frost AE, Ghofrani HA, Corris PA, Lambelet M, Nikkho S, Meier C, Hoeper MM. Application of the REVEAL risk score calculator 2.0 in the CHEST study. Respir Med. 2022 Apr-May;195:106783. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106783. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 35256218 (View on PubMed)

Kim NH, D'Armini AM, Grimminger F, Grunig E, Hoeper MM, Jansa P, Mayer E, Neurohr C, Simonneau G, Torbicki A, Wang C, Fritsch A, Davie N, Ghofrani HA. Haemodynamic effects of riociguat in inoperable/recurrent chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Heart. 2017 Apr;103(8):599-606. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309621. Epub 2016 Dec 23.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28011757 (View on PubMed)

Saleh S, Becker C, Frey R, Muck W. Population pharmacokinetics and the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationship of riociguat in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2016 Mar;6(Suppl 1):S86-96. doi: 10.1086/685404.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27162632 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2007-000072-16

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

11348

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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