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Registration number
NCT00380068
Ethics application status
Date submitted
21/09/2006
Date registered
25/09/2006
Date last updated
5/04/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Safety and Efficacy Study of Ambrisentan in Subjects With Pulmonary Hypertension
Scientific title
ARIES-3: A Phase 3, Long-Term, Open-Label, Multicenter Safety and Efficacy Study of Ambrisentan in Subjects With Pulmonary Hypertension
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
ARIES-3
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
AMB-323
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Pulmonary Hypertension 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory 0 0 0 0
Other respiratory disorders / diseases
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Hypertension

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Ambrisentan

Experimental: Ambrisentan -


Treatment: Drugs: Ambrisentan
Oral tablets taken once daily.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Change From Baseline to Week 24 in 6 Minute Walk Distance (6MWD)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline to Week 24 in Borg Dyspnea Index
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change From Baseline to Week 48 in Borg Dyspnea Index
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline to Week 24 in B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percent Change From Baseline to Week 48 in BNP
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change From Baseline to Week 24 in WHO Functional Class
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Change From Baseline to Week 48 in WHO Functional Class
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Change From Baseline to Week 24 in SF-36 Health Survey Physical Functioning Scale
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Change From Baseline to Week 48 in SF-36 Health Survey Physical Functioning Scale
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Percent of Participants With no Clinical Worsening of Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) at Week 24
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Percent of Participants With no Clinical Worsening of PH at Week 48
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Failure-free Treatment Status
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Failure-free Treatment Status
Timepoint [12] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Monotherapy Treatment Status
Timepoint [13] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Monotherapy Treatment Status
Timepoint [14] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48
Secondary outcome [15] 0 0
Long-term Survival
Timepoint [15] 0 0
Baseline to Week 24
Secondary outcome [16] 0 0
Long-term Survival
Timepoint [16] 0 0
Baseline to Week 48

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Summarized

1. 18 years of age or older
2. Current diagnosis of PH associated with an acceptable etiology as outlined in the protocol, including: PH due to the following etiologies: 1) PAH including idiopathic and familial PAH and PAH associated with collagen vascular disease, congenital systemic-to-pulmonary shunts (including Eisenmenger's syndrome), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, drugs and toxins, thyroid disorders, glycogen storage disease, Gaucher disease, hemoglobinopathies, and splenectomy (WHO Group 1); 2) PH associated with lung diseases and/or hypoxemia, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease (ILD), sleep-disordered breathing, and alveolar hypoventilation disorders (WHO Group 3); 3) PH due to proximal or distal chronic thromboembolic obstruction (WHO Group 4); and 4) PH due to sarcoidosis (WHO Group 5).
3. Stable regimen (within four weeks) of chronic prostanoid, PDE-5 inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, or 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor therapy
4. Right heart catheterization completed prior to screening must meet pre-specified criteria
5. Female participants 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 participants 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
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key 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. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) lab value that is greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal at the screening visit
4. Pulmonary function tests not meeting the following pre-specified criteria: 1) mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) >= 25 mm Hg; 2) PVR > 3 mm Hg/L/min; 3) pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) or left ventricle end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) < 15 mm Hg; 4) total lung capacity (TLC) >= 70% of predicted normal for participants without ILD or >= 60% of predicted normal in participants with ILD; forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) >= 65% of predicted normal in participants without COPD or >= 50% of predicted normal in participants with COPD
5. Contraindication to treatment with endothelin receptor antagonist (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 participant who is pregnant or breastfeeding

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2006
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/05/2009
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
224
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
St. Vincent's Hospital - Darlinghurst
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Royal Perth Hospital - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2010 - Darlinghurst
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
6000 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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Alabama
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Arizona
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California
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Connecticut
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Florida
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Georgia
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Illinois
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Iowa
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Missouri
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New York
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North Carolina
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Virginia
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Alberta
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Ontario

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Gilead Sciences
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Lewis J Rubin, MD
Address 0 0
University of California, San Diego
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Phone 0 0
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Contact person for scientific queries

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Results publications and other study-related documents

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Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00380068