NCT07612657Not yet recruitingPhase 3
A Phase 3 Study of Extended-release Tacrolimus in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Functional Limitations
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Safety and Efficacy Study of VI-0106 (Extended-release Tacrolimus) in Subjects With PAH and Functional Limitations Despite Optimized Treatment With Available PAH Medications
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study evaluates the effects of VI-0106 (an extended-release formulation of tacrolimus) in participants with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who continue to have functional limitations despite being on optimized background PAH therapy. Participants will be randomly assigned with equal chance to receive either VI-0106 or placebo in a double-blind fashion to assess whether VI-0106 improves outcomes in this population.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 300 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 May 2026
- Start date
- 29 May 2026
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2028
- Lead sponsor
- VIVUS LLC
- NCT number
- NCT07612657
- EU CT number
- 2025-524596-24-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 300
- From 29 May 2026 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2028
- 25 sites in 7 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
- Current systemic treatment with cyclosporine;
Other illness
- PAH due to pulmonary veno-occlusive disease or pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis
- Chronic thromboembolic or portopulmonary hypertension
- Evidence of left-sided heart disease;
- Active infection requiring antibiotic, antifungal, or antiviral therapies;
- Known allergy or hypersensitivity to tacrolimus;
- Significant psychiatric, addictive, or other disorder that compromises the subject's ability to provide informed consent, follow study protocol, or adhere to study treatment
Lab values
- eGFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI equation);
- Serum potassium \>5.1 mEq/L;
Other
- Total Lung Capacity (TLC) \<60% predicted;
- FEV1/FVC \<70% predicted or FEV1 \<60% predicted;
- Inability to safely attempt completion of the 6MWD;
- Life expectancy \<6 months;
- Moderate to severe hepatic dysfunction (Child-Pugh score \>10);
- Use of experimental PAH treatments within the past 3 months;
Who the study is looking for
- WHO Group 1 PH: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension;
- WHO functional class II - IV despite optimized treatment with one or more modalities. Treatments for PAH must be stable for at least 3 months at the time of screening;
- Right heart catheterization (RHC) at screening (or within 3 months prior to screening);
- Screening 6MWD \>75 meters to ≤450 meters.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (25)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Olomouc | Czechia | Not yet recruiting |
| Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Praha 4 | Czechia | Not yet recruiting |
| Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin Krankenhausbetriebs gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Not yet recruiting |
| Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Heidelberg | Germany | Not yet recruiting |
| Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mainz | Germany | Not yet recruiting |
| LMU Klinikum Muenchen AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Munich | Germany | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lugo | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Costa del Sol Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marbella | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Universitario de Toledo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toledo | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vigo | Spain | Not yet recruiting |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Le Kremlin-Bicetre | France | Not yet recruiting |
| Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Strasbourg Cedex | France | Not yet recruiting |
| Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pavia | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant Andre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Not yet recruiting |
| Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riga | Latvia | Not yet recruiting |
| Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im. Sw. Jana Pawla II Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny nr 4 w Lublinie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny Im. Stefana Kardynala Wyszynskiego Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej W Lublinie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Specjalistyczny Szpital Im. Dra Alfreda Sokolowskiego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Walbrzych | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Narodowy Instytut Kardiologii Stefana Kardynala Wyszynskiego Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego Szpital Kliniczny Dzieciątka Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warszawa | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
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