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NCT number NCT04732221
Other study ID # 5475-007
Secondary ID MK-5475-0072020-
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase Phase 2/Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date May 19, 2021
Est. completion date July 15, 2024

Study information

Verified date May 2024
Source Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a two-part (Phase 2/Phase 3) study of MK-5475, an inhaled soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, in participants with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The first part (Phase 2) will assess three different doses of MK-5475 compared to placebo in a base period of 12 weeks, followed by comparison of three different doses of MK-5475 during an optional 24 month extension period. The treatment dose with the best efficacy and safety profile in the phase 2 cohort base period will be selected for use in the second part (Phase 3) of the study. The primary hypothesis of Phase 2 is that at least one MK-5475 dose is superior to placebo in reducing pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) from baseline at week 12. The purpose of the second part (Phase 3) of the study is to confirm the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of MK-5475 at the selected dose compared to placebo during a 12 week base period followed by an extension period of up to 5 years. The primary hypothesis of Phase 3 is that MK-5475 is superior to placebo in increasing 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) from baseline at week 12.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 168
Est. completion date July 15, 2024
Est. primary completion date January 4, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 75 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in one of the following groups: - Idiopathic PAH - Heritable PAH - Drug and toxin-induced PAH - PAH associated with connective tissue disease, HIV infection, or congenital heart disease. - Diagnosis of PAH documented by right heart catheterization (RHC). - Eligibility RHC meeting all of the following criteria: - Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) =25 mmHg - Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) of =3 Wood units - Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) or left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) =15 mmHg. - World Health Organization functional class (WHO-FC) symptoms between Class II and IV. - Two 6-Minute walk distance (6MWD) measurements between 150 and 500 meters, one at screening and one at randomization. - Stable concomitant background PAH-specific therapy. - Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18.5 kg/m² and 40 kg/m² . - Agree to be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse or use contraception during the intervention period and for at least 14 days after the last dose of study intervention. - Female participants may not be pregnant or breastfeeding. Exclusion Criteria: - Group 2 to 5 pulmonary hypertension. - PAH in one of the following groups: - Long term responders to calcium channel blockers - Overt features of venous/capillary involvement - Evidence of more-than-mild obstructive lung disease. - Evidence of more-than-mild parenchymal lung disease. - Evidence of more-than-mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that is untreated. - Evidence or history of left heart disease, including any of the following: - Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) =45% - Moderate or severe left-sided valvular disease (aortic or mitral valve stenosis or regurgitation) - Significant left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on echocardiographic evaluation - Presence of 3 or more of the following risk factors for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: BMI>30 kg/m², essential systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus of any type, or coronary artery disease. - Oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry (SpO2) <90%, despite supplemental oxygen therapy. - Chronic renal insufficiency (eGFR <30 mL/min) - Chronic liver disease (i.e., Child-Pugh B or C), portal hypertension, cirrhosis, or significant hepatic laboratory abnormalities. - Current smoker or currently uses electronic cigarettes (vapes). - History of cancer, except: nonmelanomatous skin carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or other malignancies which have been successfully treated, with appropriate follow up, and unlikely to recur for the duration of the study.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
MK-5475
MK-5475 (soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator) 380 µg, 100 µg or 32 µg administered as dry powder inhalation
Placebo to MK-5475
Placebo administered as dry powder inhalation

Locations

Country Name City State
Argentina Sanatorio de la Trinidad Mitre ( Site 0130) Buenos Aires Caba
Argentina Cardiologia Palermo ( Site 0140) Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires
Argentina Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba ( Site 0137) Cordoba
Argentina Hospital El Cruce Nestor Carlos Kirchner ( Site 0132) Florencio Varela Buenos Aires
Argentina Centro Medico Capital ( Site 0131) La Plata Buenos Aires
Argentina Hospital Universitario Austral ( Site 0138) Pilar Buenos Aires
Argentina Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas Quilmes ( Site 0141) Quilmes Buenos Aires
Argentina Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario ( Site 0128) Rosario Santa Fe
Australia Nepean Hospital ( Site 0184) Kingswood New South Wales
Australia Macquarie University ( Site 0180) Macquarie University New South Wales
Australia John Hunter Hospital ( Site 0185) Newcastle New South Wales
Belgium Université Libre de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme ( Site 0601) Brussels Bruxelles-Capitale, Region De
Belgium UZ Leuven ( Site 0600) Leuven Vlaams-Brabant
Canada Peter Lougheed Centre ( Site 0107) Calgary Alberta
Canada IUCPQ ( Site 0111) Quebec
Canada University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital ( Site 0104) Toronto Ontario
Colombia Hospital Universitario San Ignacio ( Site 0152) Bogota Distrito Capital De Bogota
Colombia Centro Cardiovascular Colombiano Clínica Santa María ( Site 0154) Medellín Antioquia
Colombia Fundacion Cardiovascular de Colombia ( Site 0155) Piedecuesta Santander
France CHRU Brest - Hopital Cavale Blanche ( Site 0254) Brest Finistere
France CHU - Hopital de Bicetre ( Site 0251) Le Kremlin-Bicetre Val-de-Marne
France Institut Coeur Poumon - CHRU de Lille ( Site 0252) Lille Cedex Nord-Pas-de-Calais
France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen ( Site 0253) Rouen Seine-Maritime
France CHU de Toulouse - Hopital Larrey ( Site 0258) Toulouse Haute-Garonne
Germany Uniklinikum Dresden ( Site 0283) Dresden Sachsen
Germany UKGM Gießen/Marburg ( Site 0279) Gießen Hessen
Germany Medizinische Hochschule Hannover ( Site 0284) Hannover Niedersachsen
Germany Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH am Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg ( Site 0276) Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg
Germany Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig ( Site 0285) Leipzig Sachsen
Germany Klinikum Würzburg Mitte-Medizinische Klinik - Schwerpunkt Pneumologie & Beatmungsmedizin ( Site 0280 Wuerzburg Bayern
Greece AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki ( Site 0577) Thessaloniki
Israel Soroka Medical Center ( Site 0330) Beer Sheva
Israel Rambam Medical Center ( Site 0335) Haifa
Israel Wolfson Medical Center [Holon, Israel] ( Site 0333) Holon
Israel Shaare Zedek Medical Center ( Site 0331) Jerusalem
Israel Rabin Medical Center ( Site 0327) Petah Tikva
Italy Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS ( Site 0306) Milano
Italy Ospedale San Gerardo - ASST Monza ( Site 0304) Monza Monza E Brianza
Italy University of Naples Federico II ( Site 0308) Naples Campania
Italy Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo ( Site 0302) Pavia
Italy Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I ( Site 0301) Roma Lazio
Mexico Operadora de Hospitales Angeles. S.A. de C.V. -Sucursal Lomas ( Site 0653) Huixquilucan
Mexico Instituto Nacional de Cardiología -Ignacio Chavez ( Site 0651) Mexico D.F
Mexico Consultorio 1020 Hospital Angeles Xalapa ( Site 0654) Xalapa Veracruz
New Zealand Greenlane Clinical Centre ( Site 0203) Auckland
New Zealand Christchurch Hospital ( Site 0201) Christchurch Canterbury
Poland Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Jana Pawa II-Oddzial Kliniczny Chorob Serca i Naczyn z Pododd Krakow Malopolskie
Poland Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 4 w Lublinie ( Site 0352) Lublin Lubelskie
Poland Specjalistyczny Szpital im. Dr Alfreda Sokolowskiego w Walbrzychu ( Site 0351) Walbrzych Dolnoslaskie
Russian Federation Scientific Research Institute Complex Problems Cardiovascular Disease ( Site 0403) Kemerovo Kemerovskaya Oblast
Russian Federation Almazov National Medical Research Centre of the Ministry of Health ( Site 0402) Saint Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg
Sweden Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset-Cardiology Research Unit ( Site 0452) Gothenburg Vastra Gotalands Lan
Sweden Akademiska sjukhuset ( Site 0453) Uppsala Uppsala Lan
Turkey Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi ( Site 0510) Ankara
Turkey Akdeniz Uni.Tip Fakultesi Saglik Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi ( Site 0508) Antalya
Turkey Ege Universitesi Hastanesi-Cardilogy Department ( Site 0504) Bornova Izmir
Turkey Eskisehir Osmangazi Uni. Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi ( Site 0506) Eskisehir
Turkey Istanbul Uni. Kardiyoloji Enstitusu ( Site 0502) Istanbul
Turkey Istanbul Universitesi Istanbul Tip Fakultesi ( Site 0509) Istanbul
Turkey Marmara Universitesi Pendik Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi ( Site 0501) Istanbul
Turkey Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine ( Site 0505) Izmir
United Kingdom Golden Jubilee National Hospital ( Site 0556) Glasgow Glasgow City
United Kingdom Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - Hammersmith Hospital ( Site 0554) London London, City Of
United Kingdom Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust ( Site 0553) London London, City Of
United Kingdom The Freeman Hosp.Newcastle upon Tyne Hosp NHS Trust ( Site 0552) Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle Upon Tyne
United States University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center ( Site 0028) Albuquerque New Mexico
United States AnMed Health ( Site 0033) Anderson South Carolina
United States University of Colorado - Denver ( Site 0003) Aurora Colorado
United States University of Maryland ( Site 0032) Baltimore Maryland
United States Clinical Trials Unit at Eastowne Medical Office Building ( Site 0019) Chapel Hill North Carolina
United States University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ( Site 0012) Dallas Texas
United States Cardiovascular Institute of North Colorado - Banner Health ( Site 0013) Greeley Colorado
United States Houston Methodist Research Institute ( Site 0036) Houston Texas
United States The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ( Site 0054) Houston Texas
United States Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital ( Site 0045) Indianapolis Indiana
United States University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics ( Site 0009) Iowa City Iowa
United States University of Kansas Medical Center ( Site 0038) Kansas City Kansas
United States Statcare Pulmonary Consultants ( Site 0067) Knoxville Tennessee
United States University of California San Diego Health-Pulmonary Critical Care ( Site 0061) La Jolla California
United States University of Kentucky ( Site 0006) Lexington Kentucky
United States Norton Pulmonary Specialists ( Site 0048) Louisville Kentucky
United States University of Miami Hospital-Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care ( Site 0053) Miami Florida
United States West Virginia University-WVU Heart and Vascular Institute ( Site 0051) Morgantown West Virginia
United States Sentara Norfolk General Hospital ( Site 0014) Norfolk Virginia
United States University of Nebraska Medical Center ( Site 0041) Omaha Nebraska
United States AdventHealth Orlando ( Site 0040) Orlando Florida
United States University of California Davis Health-Internal Medicine: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sacramento California
United States Washington University School of Medicine ( Site 0066) Saint Louis Missouri
United States UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights ( Site 0063) San Francisco California
United States Tampa General Hospital ( Site 0058) Tampa Florida
United States Georgetown University Hospital ( Site 0025) Washington District of Columbia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Argentina,  Australia,  Belgium,  Canada,  Colombia,  France,  Germany,  Greece,  Israel,  Italy,  Mexico,  New Zealand,  Poland,  Russian Federation,  Sweden,  Turkey,  United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Phase 2 Cohort: Change from Baseline in Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR) at 12 Weeks PVR is assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC). At baseline and 12 weeks
Primary Phase 3 Cohort: Change from Baseline in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) at 12 Weeks 6MWD is assessed using the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). At baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary Phase 2 Cohort: Change from Baseline in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) at 12 Weeks 6MWD is assessed using the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). At baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary Phase 2 Cohort: Change from Baseline in Mean Right Arterial Pressure (mRAP) at 12 Weeks mRAP is assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC). At baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary Phase 2 Cohort: Change from Baseline in Cardiac Index (CI) at 12 weeks Cardiac index is assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC). At baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary Phase 2 Cohort: Change from Baseline in Stroke Volume Index (SVI) at 12 weeks SVI is assessed by right heart catheterization (RHC). At baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary Phase 3 Cohort: Change from Baseline in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) at 24 Weeks 6MWD is assessed using the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). At baseline and 24 weeks
Secondary Phase 3 Cohort: Change from Baseline in World Health Organization Functional Class (WHO-FC) at 12 Weeks Participants are assigned one of four WHO-FC, dependent on limits of physical activity. As WHO-FC increases from I to IV, limits of physical activity increase. At baseline and 12 weeks
Secondary Phase 2 Cohort: Number of Participants Who Experience an Adverse Event An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. Up to approximately 2.25 years
Secondary Phase 2 Cohort: Number of Participants Who Discontinue Study Drug Due to an Adverse Event An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. Up to approximately 2.25 years
Secondary Phase 3 Cohort: Number of Participants who Experience an Adverse Event An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. Up to approximately 5.5 years
Secondary Phase 3 Cohort: Number of Participants who Discontinue Study Drug Due to an Adverse Event An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. Up to approximately 5.5 years
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