BAY63-2521 - Long-term Extension Study in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension - Full Text View

Purpose

Patients who have completed the 16 weeks treatment of the CHEST-1 trial (study number 11348) will be asked to participate in this long term extension study with BAY63-2521. The aim of the long term study is to collect additional information to evaluate the safety and tolerability of BAY63-2521. Patients will be treated with open label medication on their individual optimal dose between 0,5 mg - 2,5 mg tid.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Pulmonary Hypertension	Drug: Riociguat (Adempas, BAY63-2521)	Phase 3


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	Long-term Extension, Multicentre, Multi-international Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Oral BAY63-2521 (1mg, 1.5 mg, 2.0 mg, 2.5 mg Tid) in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH).

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: High Blood Pressure Pulmonary Hypertension

Drug Information available for: Riociguat

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Bayer:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Safety and tolerability (e.g. adverse event collection) [ Time Frame: 5 years 2 months and 14 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Change in 6-Minute Walking Distance (6MWD) from baseline [ Time Frame: 5 years 2 months and 14 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]


Enrollment:	237
Study Start Date:	July 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date:	April 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	March 2019 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Arm 1	Drug: Riociguat (Adempas, BAY63-2521) BAY63-2521 - 1 mg tid - 2,5 mg tid orally until end of study

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 80 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients who have completed 16 weeks of treatment in the double blind trial CHEST 1

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who have an ongoing serious adverse event from CHEST 1 that is assessed as related to BAY63-2521 are not allowed to participate in the extension trial.

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00910429

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Sponsors and Collaborators

Bayer

Investigators


Study Director:	Bayer Study Director	Bayer

More Information

Additional Information:

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Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Ghofrani HA, D'Armini AM, Grimminger F, Hoeper MM, Jansa P, Kim NH, Mayer E, Simonneau G, Wilkins MR, Fritsch A, Neuser D, Weimann G, Wang C; CHEST-1 Study Group. Riociguat for the treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jul 25;369(4):319-29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1209657.


Responsible Party:	Bayer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00910429 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	11349, 2008-003539-19
Study First Received:	May 27, 2009
Last Updated:	February 22, 2015
Health Authority:	Argentina: National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Technology Australia: Department of Health Austria: Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs Belgium: Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and the Environment Brazil: Ministry of Health Canada: Health Protection Branch China: Ministry of Health- State Food and Drug Administration Czech Republic: Ministry of Health Denmark: Danish Medicines Agency France: Ministry of Health Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices Israel: Ministry of Health Italy: Ministry of Health Japan: Ministry of Health and Welfare Korea, Republic of:Korea: Food and Drug Administration Mexico: Ministry of Health Netherlands: Medicines Evaluetion Board Poland: Ministry of Health and Social Security- Drug Institute Portugal: Ministry of Health Russia: Ministry of Health Slovakia: State Institute for Drug Control Spain: Ministry of Health and Consumption Switzerland: Federal Office of Public Health Taiwan: Department of Health Turkey: Ministry of Health United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Bayer:


Chronic thromboembolic Hypertension PH soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator sGC

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Hypertension Hypertension, Pulmonary Cardiovascular Diseases	Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Vascular Diseases

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BAY63-2521 - Long-term Extension Study in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CHEST-2)