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Safety and Efficacy Study of Ambrisentan in Subjects With Pulmonary Hypertension
This study has been completed.

First Received on September 21, 2006.   Last Updated on December 8, 2010   History of Changes
Sponsor: Gilead Sciences
Information provided by: Gilead Sciences
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00380068
  Purpose

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ambrisentan in a broad population of subjects with pulmonary hypertension. Secondary objectives of this study are to evaluate the effects of ambrisentan on other clinical measures of PAH, long-term treatment success, and survival.


Condition Intervention Phase
Pulmonary Hypertension
Drug: Ambrisentan
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: ARIES-3: A Phase 3, Long-Term, Open-Label, Multicenter Safety and Efficacy Study of Ambrisentan in Subjects With Pulmonary Hypertension

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Further study details as provided by Gilead Sciences:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Change From Baseline to Week 24 in 6 Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Percent of Participants With no Clinical Worsening of Pulmonary Hypertension at Week 24. [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Clinical worsening: occurrence of death, lung transplantation, hospitalization for PH, atrial septostomy, a change to chronic prostanoid or sildenafil treatment due to protocol-defined worsening criteria, or study withdrawal due to the addition of other clinically approved PH therapeutic agents

  • Change From Baseline to Week 24 in WHO Functional Class [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Change from baseline in WHO functional class (WHO) at Week 24 is expressed as the incidence of patients that improved, had no change or worsened. WHO categories range from 1 to 4 with the worse category at 4. Improvement = a category change from baseline of at least -1: change of -3 (e.g.: WHO from 4 to 1), change of -2 (e.g.: WHO from 3 to 1), change of -1 (e.g.: WHO from 2 to 1). Inversely, patients worsening are those with a category change from baseline of at least +1. No change in WHO functional class represents the pecentage of patients with a change in category from baseline of 0.

  • Percent Change From Baseline to Week 24 in B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Long-term Survival [ Time Frame: Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Defined as not dying during study participation

  • Change From Baseline to Week 24 in Borg Dyspnea Index [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Change from Baseline to Week 24 in Borg Dyspnea Index. The Borg Dyspnea Index of Perceived Exertion Scores range from 0 to 10. Best and Worst values are: 0 (Best) to 10 (Worst). Scales are described as rating of breathlessness and its description: 0= none; 0.5= very,very slight (just noticeable); 1= very slight; 2=slight; 3= moderate; 4= somewhat severe; 5= severe; 7= very severe; 9= very, very severe; and 10= maximum.

  • Change From Baseline to Week 24 in SF-36 Health Survey Physical Functioning Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Change from baseline to Week 24 in the SF-36 health survey physical functioning scale. 10 activities are rated by health limitations using 3 categories (1= Yes, limited a lot; 2= Yes, limited a little; and 3= No, not limited at all). The best score is 3 and the worst score is 1. Scores are transformed by substracting the unit by the lowest raw score and dividing by the raw score range. The scores are then standardized with the 1998 General US population mean and standard deviation. Finally, the scores are transformed to the norm-based scoring with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10.

  • Monotherapy Treatment Status [ Time Frame: Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Defined by: no addition of sildenafil, iloprost, treprostinil, or epoprostenol to ongoing ambrisentan treatment

  • Failure-free Treatment Status [ Time Frame: Week 24 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Defined by: occurrence of death, lung transplantation, or study withdrawal due to the addition of other clinically approved PAH therapeutic agents


Enrollment: 224
Study Start Date: August 2006
Study Completion Date: May 2009
Primary Completion Date: July 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Ambrisentan Drug: Ambrisentan
Oral tablets taken once daily.
Other Names:
  • Letairis
  • Volibris

Detailed Description:

This study will enroll up to 200 subjects with PAH and in PH subgroups including PH associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD); PH due to chronic thromboembolic disease or sickle cell disease; PH associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); PAH associated with congenital heart defects; and PAH associated with HIV. Subjects may be receiving prostacyclin or sildenafil therapy at baseline, and subjects who previously discontinued either bosentan, sitaxsentan, or both, due to liver function test abnormalities are eligible.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Summarized Inclusion Criteria:

  1. 18 years of age or older
  2. Current diagnosis of PH associated with an acceptable etiology as outlined in the protocol, including: IPAH, FPAH, PH associated with ILD, PH due to chronic thromboembolic disease or sickle cell disease, PH associated with COPD, and APAH secondary to the scleroderma spectrum of disease, systemic lupus, erythematosus, anorexigen use, congenital heart defects, or HIV infection
  3. Stable regimen (within four weeks) of chronic prostanoid, PDE-5 inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor therapy
  4. Right heart catheterization completed prior to screening must meet pre-specified criteria
  5. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and must agree to use a reliable double method of contraception until study completion and for at least four weeks following their final study visit.
  6. Male subjects must be informed of the potential risks of testicular tubular atrophy and infertility associated with taking ambrisentan and queried regarding his understanding of the potential risks as described in the Informed Consent Form.

Summarized Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Participation in a previous clinical study with ambrisentan
  2. Bosentan or sitaxsentan use within four weeks prior to the screening visit
  3. AST or ALT lab value that is greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal at the screening visit
  4. Pulmonary function tests not meeting pre-specified criteria
  5. Contraindication to treatment with ERA
  6. History of malignancies other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix within the past five years
  7. Female subject who is pregnant or breastfeeding
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00380068

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Gilead Sciences
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Lewis J Rubin, MD University of California, San Diego
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

Responsible Party: Martine Allard, PhD, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00380068     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: AMB-323, ARIES-3
Study First Received: September 21, 2006
Results First Received: July 10, 2009
Last Updated: December 8, 2010
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypertension
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on February 12, 2012