SIRIUS - Initial Combination Therapy With an Endothelin Receptor Antagonist, a Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor and Sotatercept in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorPhilipps University Marburg

About this trial

The study aims to see how 24 weeks of triple therapy-an endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA), a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5i), and sotatercept-affects pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). SIRIUS is a 24-week, single-arm, open-label study with up to 42 days of screening and a 28-day safety follow-up. It will enroll 25 patients and will be conducted only in countries where all treatments are available and covered. After 24 weeks, PAH treatment is decided by the doctor.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 18- 70 years

Treatment-naïve patients diagnosed within 12 weeks prior to screening with I/H/D-PAH or PAH associated with corrected congenital heart disease (disease (≥12 months after correction). Patients who have received treatment with PDE5is and/or ERAs for up to 6 weeks after diagnosis are eligible provided that state-of-the-art right heart catheterization has been performed at PAH diagnosis.

PVR >5 WU, mPAP ≥35 mmHg and PAWP or LVEDP ≤15 mmHg at PAH diagnosis.

Signed written informed consent

Disqualifiers

Other Forms of PH or PAH

Use of PAH medications for more than 6 weeks prior to screening

Symptoms or signs of clinically relevant lung disease, including TLC < 70%, FEV1/FVC <60%, and DLCO <45%, respectively

Signs of left heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction, including LVEF <50%, LAVI >34 ml/m2, E/é ≥15, or permanent atrial fibrillation, respectively.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sotatercept 0.3 mg/kg escalating to 0.7 mg/kg

    Drug

    subcutaneously administration in 3-weekly intervals

  • Sotatercept

    Drug

    Patients are traitment-naiive before start of study. Therapy will be a triple combination therapy with an endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA), a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5i), and Sotatercept

Treatment groups

25 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Single armExperimental treatment 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Assessment of the effect on pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)

Change in PVR from screening at week 24 after 6-months of treatment with triple combination therapy in PAH patients

Time frame
24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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Philipps University Marburg

Lead sponsor

MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Germany

Collaborator

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