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 volunteersQualifiers
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
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Sotatercept 0.3 mg/kg escalating to 0.7 mg/kg
Drugsubcutaneously administration in 3-weekly intervals
Sotatercept
DrugPatients 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
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
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
Locations
Sponsors and contacts
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Philipps University Marburg
Lead sponsor
MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Germany
Collaborator
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