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Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionPhase 3NCT01112306

ACT-293987 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

A Phase 3 study testing ACT-293987 in people with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, run by Actelion at 157 sites in 38 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Long-term, single-arm, multicenter, open-label extension, Phase 3 study, to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ACT-293987 in patients with PAH who participated in the double-blind study AC-065A302 (GRIPHON) Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
What is being tested?
ACT-293987
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
709 participants
Where
157 sitesin 38 countries
Study dates
7 Jul 2010to 26 Aug 2021
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients who participated to the double-blind study AC-065A302 and either had a morbidity event or had completed the study as scheduled per protocol.
  • Signed informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have started receiving prostacyclin (epoprostenol) or prostacyclin analogs (i.e., treprostinil, iloprost, beraprost) since the last study drug intake in AC-065A302/GRIPHON.
  • Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C).
  • Females who are pregnant or who plan to become pregnant during the study, or are breastfeeding.
  • Any known factor or disease that might interfere with treatment compliance, study conduct or interpretation of the results, such as drug or alcohol dependence, or psychiatric disease.

Trial locations and contacts

157 sites in 38 countries.

157 sites in 38 countries

United States45 sites
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    Ann Arbor, Michigan

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    Atlanta, Georgia

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    Augusta, Georgia

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    Austell, Georgia

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    Baltimore, Maryland

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    Bend, Oregon

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    Boston, Massachusetts

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    Carmel, Indiana

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    Chesterfield, Missouri

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    Cincinnati, Ohio

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    Cleveland, Ohio

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    Columbus, Ohio

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    Dallas, Texas

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    Detroit, Michigan

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    Doylestown, Pennsylvania

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    Durham, North Carolina

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    Houston, Texas

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    Iowa City, Iowa

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    Islandia, New York

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    Kansas City, Kansas

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    La Jolla, California

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    Los Angeles, California

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    Louisville, Kentucky

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    Madison, Wisconsin

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    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Mobile, Alabama

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    Nashville, Tennessee

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    New Orleans, Louisiana

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    New York, New York

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    Newark, Delaware

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    Newark, New Jersey

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    Norfolk, Virginia

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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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    Phoenix, Arizona

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    Portland, Oregon

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    Richmond, Virginia

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    Rochester, Minnesota

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    Sacramento, California

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    St Louis, Missouri

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    The Bronx, New York

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    Torrance, California

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    Troy, Michigan

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    Tucson, Arizona

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    Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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    York, Pennsylvania

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Australia10 sites
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    Adelaide

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    Bedford Park

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    Chermside

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    Concord

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    Darlinghurst

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    Fitzroy

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    Hobart

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    Murdoch

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    New Lambton

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    Parkville

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Germany10 sites
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    Berlin

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    Cologne

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    Dresden

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    Giessen

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    Greifswald

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    Hanover

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    Heidelberg

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    Leipzig

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    Löwenstein

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    Regensburg

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Canada8 sites
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    Edmonton, Alberta

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    Montreal, Quebec

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    Ottawa, Ontario

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    Québec, Quebec

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    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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    Toronto, Ontario

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    Vancouver, British Columbia

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    Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Russia7 sites
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    Barnaul

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    Kemerovo

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    Moscow

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    Novosibirsk

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    Saint Petersburg

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    Tomsk

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    Yekaterinburg

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Israel6 sites
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    Haifa

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    Jerusalem

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    Petah Tikva

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    Rehovot

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    Tel Aviv

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    Tel HaShomer

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France4 sites
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    Bron

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    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre

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    Lille

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    Toulouse

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Hungary4 sites
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    Budapest

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    Debrecen

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    Pécs

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    Szeged

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Poland4 sites
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    Gdansk

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    Krakow

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    Lodz

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    Otwock

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Sweden4 sites
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    Gothenburg

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    Linköping

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    Umeå

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    Uppsala

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Switzerland4 sites
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    Basel

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    Bern

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    Geneva

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    Lausanne

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Ukraine4 sites
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    Dnipro

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    Kharkiv

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    Kyiv

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    Lviv

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Argentina3 sites
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    Buenos Aires

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    Córdoba

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    Corrientes

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China3 sites
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    Beijing

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    Guangzhou

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    Shanghai

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Greece3 sites
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    Alexandroupoli

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    Athens

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    Thessaloniki

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India3 sites
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    Ahmedabad

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    Chennai

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    Hyderabad

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Netherlands3 sites
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    Amsterdam

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    Maastricht

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    Rotterdam

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Turkey (Türkiye)3 sites
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    Adana

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    Istanbul

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    Izmir

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Austria2 sites
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    Graz

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    Vienna

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Belgium2 sites
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    Brussels

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    Leuven

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Denmark2 sites
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    Aarhus

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    Copenhagen

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Romania2 sites
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    Bucharest

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    Iași

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Slovakia2 sites
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    Bratislava

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    Košice

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South Korea2 sites
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    Incheon

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    Seoul

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Spain2 sites
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    Barcelona

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    Madrid

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Taiwan2 sites
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    Kaohsiung City

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    Taipei

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United Kingdom2 sites
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    Glasgow

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    London

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Belarus1 site
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    Minsk

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Chile1 site
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    Santiago

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Colombia1 site
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    Bogotá

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Czechia1 site
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    Prague

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Ireland1 site
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    Dublin

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Malaysia1 site
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    Kuala Lumpur

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Mexico1 site
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    Mexico City

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Peru1 site
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    Lima

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Serbia1 site
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    Belgrade

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Singapore1 site
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    Singapore

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Thailand1 site
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    Khon Kaen

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About this study

Official title: Long-term Single-arm Open-label Study, to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of ACT-293987 in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Long-term, single-arm, multicenter, open-label extension, Phase 3 study, to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ACT-293987 in patients with PAH who participated in the double-blind study AC-065A302 (GRIPHON)

Being tested
ACT-293987
Keywords
Open-label, PAH, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Medical subject headings
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ACT-293987Drug

    Tablets, twice daily

Study groups in NCT01112306
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1ExperimentalACT-293987, twice daily
Receives: Drug: ACT-293987

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) up to 3 Days After Study Intervention Discontinuation

    An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical event that occurs in a participant administered an investigational product, and it does not necessarily indicate only events with clear causal relationship with the relevant investigational product. A TEAE is any AE temporally associated with the use of study drug (from study drug initiation until 3 days after study drug discontinuation), whether or not considered related to the study drug.

    Measured: Up to 3 days after study drug discontinuation (Up to 10.5 years)

  2. Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) up to 3 Days After Study Intervention Discontinuation

    An adverse event is any untoward medical event that occurs in a participant administered an investigational product, and it does not necessarily indicate only events with clear causal relationship with the relevant investigational product. SAE is any AE that results in: death, persistent or significant disability/incapacity, requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, is life-threatening experience, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect and may jeopardize participant and/or may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes listed above. Those SAEs occurring during study drug administration, that is, between study drug initiation and three days after study drug discontinuation, are defined as treatment-emergent SAEs.

    Measured: Up to 3 days after study drug discontinuation (Up to 10.5 years)

  3. Number of Participants With TEAEs Leading to Permanent Discontinuation of Study Intervention

    An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical event that occurs in a participant administered an investigational product, and it does not necessarily indicate only events with clear causal relationship with the relevant investigational product. A TEAE is any AE temporally associated with the use of study drug (from study drug initiation until 3 days after study drug discontinuation), whether or not considered related to the study drug.

    Measured: Up to 10.5 years

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Percentage of Alive Participants

    Percentage of alive participants were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier (KM) estimates.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 1), Months 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, and 120

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Apr 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study start7 Jul 2010
  3. Primary completion26 Aug 2021
  4. Study completion26 Aug 2021

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
709 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01112306
Sponsor's protocol ID
AC-065A303
Other IDs
2009-014992-31, 2009
Status last verified
Mar 2025
First submitted
8 Apr 2010
Last updated
30 Mar 2025
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Galie N, Gaine S, Channick R, Coghlan JG, Hoeper MM, Lang IM, McLaughlin VV, Lassen C, Rubin LJ, Hsu Schmitz SF, Sitbon O, Tapson VF, Chin KM. Long-Term Survival, Safety and Tolerability with Selexipag in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Results from GRIPHON and its Open-Label Extension. Adv Ther. 2022 Jan;39(1):796-810. doi: 10.1007/s12325-021-01898-1. Epub 2021 Oct 30.

    PubMed 34727317

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing ACT-293987 in people with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, run by Actelion at 157 sites in 38 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Mar 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 157 sites in United States, Australia, Germany, Canada, Russia and 33 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 19 Sep 2022). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) up to 3 Days After Study Intervention Discontinuation (time frame: Up to 3 days after study drug discontinuation (Up to 10.5 years)). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01112306, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Mar 2025.

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