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NCT05825417Active, not recruitingPhase 4

Pulmonary Hypertension: Intensification and Personalisation of Combination Rx

A Multicentre Randomised Cross-over Trial of Disease Specific Therapy in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Implanted With Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring Devices (CardioMEMS/ConfirmRx)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the capacity of implantable/remote technology for early evaluation of drug therapies in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The main question it aims to answer is whether structured changes in clinical therapy will be detectable using implanted regulatory approved devices. Participants will will be implanted with approved medical devices and will enter into a study of approved drugs to assess physiology, activity and patient reported quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes. Researchers will compare two therapeutic strategies in each individual patient to see if the study design provides enough evidence to personalise drug treatment plans.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
70 (estimated)
First submitted
24 Mar 2023
Start date
14 Jun 2023
Primary completion date
Jan 2028
Lead sponsor
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NCT number
NCT05825417

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
  • Planned participants: 70
  • From 14 Jun 2023 to the primary completion date, Jan 2028
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Unable to tolerate aspirin or P2Y12 inhibitor
  • Unable to tolerate aspirin or P2Y12 inhibitor
  • Currently enrolled in or have completed any other investigational product study within 30 days for small-molecule drugs or within 5 half-lives for biologics prior to the date of signed informed consent

Other illness

  • Acute infection at time of screening (rescreening is permitted)
  • PAH due to human immunodeficiency virus, portal hypertension, schistosomiasis, congenital heart disease
  • Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart, lung, thromboembolic or unclear/multifactorial disease (Group II-V)
  • Hypersensitivity to selexipag or riociguat
  • Left-sided heart disease and/or clinically significant cardiac disease, including but not limited to any of the following: aortic or mitral valve disease greater than mild aortic insufficiency; mild aortic stenosis; mild mitral stenosis; or moderate mitral regurgitation
    • Part 2:
  • Acute infection at time of screening (rescreening is permitted)
  • PAH due to human immunodeficiency virus, portal hypertension, schistosomiasis, congenital heart disease
  • Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart, lung, thromboembolic or unclear/multifactorial disease (Group II-V)
  • Known allergic reaction to sotatercept (ACE-011) or luspatercept (ACE-536)
  • Left-sided heart disease and/or clinically significant cardiac disease, including but not limited to any of the following: aortic or mitral valve disease greater than mild aortic insufficiency; mild aortic stenosis; mild mitral stenosis; or moderate mitral regurgitation

Lab values

  • Clinically-significant renal disease (eGFR≤30 ml/min/1.73m2)
  • Anaemia (haemoglobin \<10 g/dl)
  • Any of the following clinical laboratory defined values at the screening visit.
    • Platelet count \<50 x 109/L
    • Haemoglobin above gender-specific upper limit of normal as per local laboratory test
    • eGFr \<30mL/min/m2 (as defined by MDRD equation)
    • serum ALT or AST \>3x upper limit of normal
    • total bilirubin \>1.5x upper limit of normal

Other

  • Unable to provide informed consent
  • Pregnancy
  • Unprovoked pulmonary embolism (at any time)
  • Unable to provide informed consent
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding
  • Unprovoked pulmonary embolism (at any time)

Who the study is looking for

  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Age 18-80 years
  • PAH which is idiopathic, heritable or associated with drugs, toxins or connective tissue disease
  • Stable PAH therapeutic regime comprising any combination of ERA and PDE5i for at least 1 month prior to screening (unless unable to tolerate therapy)
  • WHO functional class III
  • Resting mPAP ≥20 mmHg, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ≤15 mmHg, pulmonary vascular resistance ≥2 Wood Units measured by right heart catheterisation at time of diagnosis
  • 6MWT \>50m at entry
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)\>30 ml/min/1.73 m² at entry (Appendix C)
  • Inadequate treatment response (clinically determined)
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Age 18-80 years
  • PAH which is idiopathic, heritable or associated with drugs, toxins or connective tissue disease
  • Stable PAH doses of background PAH therapy for at least 30 days prior to screening with inadequate treatment response (clinically determined)
  • WHO FC II or III despite treatment with diuretics
  • Field Walk Distance thresholds: 6MWT \>50m at entry or ISWT \>180m or equivalent ESWD
  • Patients of childbearing potential must:
    • Have 2 negative urine or serum pregnancy tests as verified by the investigator prior to starting the study.
    • Agree to ongoing pregnancy testing during the course of the study and until 8 weeks after the last dose of sotatercept
    • If sexually active, have used and agree to use, highly effective contraception without interruption for at least 28 days prior to starting sotatercept, during the study and for 16 weeks (112 days) after discontinuation
  • Patients of non-childbearing potential must:
    • Agree to use a condom, defined as a male latex condom or non-latex condom NOT made from natural (animal) membrane (e.g. polyurethane), during sexual contact with a pregnant person of childbearing potential while participating in the study, during dose interruptions and for at least 16 weeks (112 days) following discontinuation of sotatercept
    • Refrain from donating blood or sperm for the duration of the study and for 112 days after the last dose of sotatercept
  • Ability to adhere to study visit schedule and comply with all protocol requirements for sotatercept monitoring

Criteria the registry did not label

  • Part 1:

Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
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SheffieldUnited KingdomUnknown status

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