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NCT02932410CompletedPhase 3

A Study to Assess Whether Macitentan Delays Disease Progression in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

A Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized, Study With Single-arm Extension Period to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Efficacy of Macitentan Versus Standard of Care in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled, parallel Phase 3 study with an open-label single-arm extension period to evaluate pharmacokinetics (PK), safety and efficacy of macitentan in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
165 (actual)
First submitted
12 Oct 2016
Start date
24 Oct 2017
Primary completion date
28 Aug 2024
Lead sponsor
Actelion
NCT number
NCT02932410
EU CT number
2023-509845-10-00
EudraCT number
2016-001062-28

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 165
  • From 24 Oct 2017 to the primary completion date, 28 Aug 2024
  • 79 sites in 23 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Participants receiving a combination of \> 2 PAH-specific treatments at randomization.
  • Treatment with intravenous (IV) or subcutaneous (SC) prostanoids within 4 weeks before randomization, unless given for vasoreactivity testing
  • Clinical signs of hypotension which in the investigator's judgment would preclude initiation of a PAH-specific therapy

Other illness

  • Participants with PAH due to portal hypertension, schistosomiasis, or with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and/or pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis, and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
  • Participants with PAH associated with Eisenmenger syndrome, or with moderate to large left-to-right shunts
  • Any circumstances or conditions, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may affect full participation in the study or compliance with the protocol
  • Severe hepatic impairment, for example Child-Pugh Class C

Lab values

  • Hemoglobin or hematocrit \<75 percent (%) of the lower limit of normal range
  • Serum Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) greater than (\>) 3 times the upper limit of normal range
  • Severe renal insufficiency (estimated creatinine clearance \<30 mL/min or serum creatinine \>221 micro-moles per liter \[micro-mol/L\])

Other

  • Pregnancy (including family planning) or breastfeeding.
  • Participants with known diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Who the study is looking for

  • Signed informed consent by the parent(s) or legally designated representative and assent from developmentally capable children prior to initiation of any study-mandated procedure
  • Males or females between greater than or equal to (\>=) 1 month and less than (\<) 18 years of age
  • Participants with body weight \>= 3.5 kilograms (kg) at randomization
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) diagnosis confirmed by historical RHC (mPAP greater than or equal to \[\>=\] 25 millimeters of mercury \[mmHg\], and Pulmonary artery wedge pressure \[PAWP\] less than or equal to \[\<=\] 15 mmHg, and Pulmonary vascular resistance index \[PVRi\] greater than \[\>\] 3 WU × m2), where in the absence of pulmonary vein obstruction and/or significant lung disease PAWP can be replaced by Left atrium pressure \[LAP\] or Left ventricular end diastolic pressure \[LVEDP\] (in absence of mitral stenosis) assessed by heart catheterization
  • PAH belonging to the Nice 2013 Updated Classification Group 1 (including participants with Down Syndrome) and of following etiologies: idiopathic PAH; heritable PAH; PAH associated with congenital heart disease (CHD); Drug or toxin induced PAH; PAH associated with HIV; PAH associated with connective tissue diseases (PAH-aCTD); and World health organization (WHO) Functional class I to III
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at Screening and at Baseline, and must agree to undertake monthly pregnancy tests, and to use a reliable method of contraception (if sexually active) up to the end of study (EOS)

Age in the registry: 1 month to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (79)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Medizinische Universität Graz
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GrazAustriaUnknown status
Landes- Frauen- und Kinderklinik Linz
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LinzAustriaUnknown status
Medizinische Universitat Wien
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LinzAustriaUnknown status
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne - PIN
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ParkvilleAustraliaUnknown status
Lady Cilento Children's Hospital
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South BrisbaneAustraliaUnknown status
Children's Hospital at Westmead
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WestmeadAustraliaUnknown status
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo
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São PauloBrazilUnknown status
Sainte Justine Hospital
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
Beijing Anzhen Hospital of the Capital University of Medical Sciences
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BeijingChinaUnknown status
Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital
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QingdaoChinaUnknown status
Childrens Hospital of Shanghai
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Shanghai Children's Medical Center
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota
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BogotáColombiaUnknown status
Centro Medico Imbanaco de Cali SA
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CaliColombiaUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainCompleted
Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
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ValenciaSpainCompleted
HUS Uusi lastensairaala
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HelsinkiFinlandUnknown status
Hopital de la Timone Enfants
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MarseilleFranceUnknown status
Groupe Hospitalier Necker Enfants Malades
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Hôpital Haut-Lévêque - Hôpital cardiologique
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PessacFranceUnknown status
Hôpital des Enfants
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ToulouseFranceUnknown status
Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center
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BudapestHungaryCompleted
Rambam Medical Center - PPDS
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel - PIN
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Petah TikvaIsraelUnknown status
Chaim Sheba Medical Center
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Ramat GanIsraelUnknown status
Severance Hospital Yonsei University Health System - PPDS
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Seoul National University Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
CICUM San Miguel
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GuadalajaraMexicoUnknown status
Operadora de Hospitales Angeles SA de CV Hospital Angeles Lomas
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MéxicoMexicoUnknown status
Instituto Nacional de Pediatria
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Mexico CityMexicoUnknown status
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Dr. Ignacio Chavez
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Mexico CityMexicoUnknown status
Unidad de Investigación Clínica En Medicina SC
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MonterreyMexicoUnknown status
Institut Jantung Negara
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Kuala LumpurMalaysiaUnknown status
University Malaya Medical Centre
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Kuala LumpurMalaysiaUnknown status
Makati Medical Center
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Makati CityPhilippinesUnknown status
Philippine Heart Center
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Quezon CityPhilippinesUnknown status
Szpital Kliniczny Im. Karola Jonschera Uniwersytetu Medycznego Im. Karola Marcinkowskiego W Poznaniu
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PoznanPolandCompleted
Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny We Wroclawiu
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WroclawPolandCompleted
Unidade Local De Saúde De Lisboa Ocidental E.P.E.
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CarnaxidePortugalCompleted
Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, E.P.E.
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CoimbraPortugalCompleted
Unidade Local De Saude De Sao Jose E.P.E.
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LisbonPortugalCompleted
Unidade Local de Saude de Sao Joao E.P.E.
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PortoPortugalCompleted
Research Institute of Complex Cardiovascular Pathology
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KemerovoRussiaUnknown status
Russian National Research Medical University n.a. N.I.Pirogov
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MoscowRussiaUnknown status
GBUZ Children's Hospital named after Bashlyaeva Z.A. Moscow
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MoscowRussiaUnknown status
Novosibirsk Research Institue of Blood Circulation Pathology n.a. E.N. Meshalkin
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NovosibirskRussiaUnknown status
Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy
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Saint PetersburgRussiaUnknown status
Clinical Hospital №1
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TyumenRussiaUnknown status
Bashkiria State Medical University
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UfaRussiaUnknown status
Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Chiang Mai University
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Chiang MaiThailandUnknown status
MI Dnipropetrovsk Specialized Clin. Med. Center of Mother and Child n.a. prof. M.F. Rudnev of DRC
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DniproUkraineUnknown status
Municipal Institution of Health Care Regional Children's Clinical Hospital
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KharkivUkraineUnknown status
MI Scientific Practical Medical Center for Children Cardiology and Cardiosurgery of MOH of Ukraine
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KyivUkraineUnknown status
Childrens Hospital Colorado
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AuroraUnited StatesUnknown status
Boston Children's Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Virginia Health System
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CharlottesvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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CincinnatiUnited StatesUnknown status
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
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ClevelandUnited StatesUnknown status
Nationwide Children's Hospital
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
Detroit Medical Center
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DetroitUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke University Medical Center
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
East Carolina University
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GreenvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Riley Hospital for Children
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IndianapolisUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Heart Center
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Las VegasUnited StatesUnknown status
UCLA Children's Heart Center
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin
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MilwaukeeUnited StatesUnknown status
Columbia University Medical Center - PIN
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Phoenix Childrens Hospital
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic - PPDS
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RochesterUnited StatesUnknown status
Primary Children's Medical Center
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUnknown status
UCSF Medical Center
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status
Montefiore Medical Center
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The BronxUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's National Medical Center
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status
Hanoi Heart Hospital
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HanoiVietnamUnknown status
Hanoi Medical University Hospital
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HanoiVietnamUnknown status
Tam Duc Hospital
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Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamUnknown status
Children's Hospital 1
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Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamUnknown status
University of the Free State
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BloemfonteinSouth AfricaUnknown status
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
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DurbanSouth AfricaUnknown status

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