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Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionPhase 3BEAT OLENCT03657095

A Study With BPS-314d-MR-PAH-303 in Participants With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

A Phase 3 study testing Esuberaprost in people with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, run by Lung Biotechnology PBC at 45 sites in 2 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

This is a multi-center, open-label study for eligible participants who were actively participating in the BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 double-blind study (NCT01908699) at the time the study was concluded. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 85 years
Conditions the study is for
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
What is being tested?
Esuberaprost
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
112 participants
Where
45 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
10 Dec 2018to 20 Jul 2019
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 to 85 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participant must have been actively participating in the double-blind study, BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 (NCT01908699), when the Sponsor concluded that study.
  • In the Investigator's opinion, participant must be competent to understand the information given in the Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) approved informed consent form (ICF) and must sign the form prior to the initiation of any study procedures.
  • Women of child-bearing potential (defined as less than 1 year post-menopausal and not surgically sterile) must be practicing abstinence or using 2 highly-effective methods of contraception (defined as a method of birth control that results in a low failure rate [that is, less than 1% per year, such as approved hormonal contraceptives, barrier methods (such as a condom or diaphragm) used with a spermicide or an intrauterine device]). Participant must have a negative pregnancy test at the BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 EOS Visit / BPS-314d-MR-PAH-303 Enrollment Visit.
  • Participant must be willing and able to comply with study requirements and restrictions.

Who cannot join

  • Participant is pregnant or lactating.
  • Participant is scheduled to receive another investigational drug, device, or therapy during the course of the study.
  • Participant is taking or intends to take any prostacyclin / prostacyclin (IP) analog or IP receptor agonist (except for treprostinil, inhaled [Tyvaso®]).
  • Participant has any other clinically significant illness or other reason that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might put the participant at risk of harm during the study or might adversely affect the interpretation of the study data.

Trial locations and contacts

45 sites in 2 countries.

45 sites in 2 countries

United States43 sites
  • Albany Medical Center

    Albany, New York, 12208

  • Anderson Pharmaceutical Research, LLC

    Anderson, South Carolina, 29621

  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

  • Pulmonary & Critical Care of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342

  • University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045

  • Georgia Clinical Research

    Austell, Georgia, 30106

  • University of Maryland Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Beverly Hills, California, 90211

  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Bay Area Cardiology Research

    Brandon, Florida, 33511

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599

  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43221

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390

  • Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates

    Denver, Colorado, 80128

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710

  • University of Florida Clinical Research Center

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610

  • Indiana University Health North Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

    Iowa City, Iowa, 54224

  • University of California San Diego Medical Center

    La Jolla, California, 92093

  • South Denver Cardiology Associates

    Littleton, Colorado, 80120

  • University of California Los Angeles UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90024

  • West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90073

  • University of Louisville Research Foundation

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202

  • Ochsner Clinic Foundation

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121

  • The Mount Sinai Hospital

    New York, New York, 10029

  • Sentara Cardiovascular Research Institute

    Norfolk, Virginia, 23507

  • Florida Hospital

    Orlando, Florida, 32803

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, Oregon, 97239

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903

  • Santa Barbara Pulmonary Associates

    Santa Barbara, California, 93102

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98195

  • South Miami Heart Specialists

    South Miami, Florida, 33143

  • Stanford Hospital and Clinics

    Stanford, California, 94305

  • Scott & White Memorial Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508

  • The University of Toledo

    Toledo, Ohio, 43614

  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

    Torrance, California, 90502

  • Beaumont Health

    Troy, Michigan, 48085

  • Allianz Research Institute

    Westminster, California, 92683

  • Cleveland Clinic Florida

    Weston, Florida, 33331

Other trials in United States

Israel2 sites
  • Rabin Medical Center

    Petah Tikva, 49100

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center

    Tel HaShomer, 52621

Other trials in Israel

About this study

Official title: An Open-label Extension of BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients

This is a multi-center, open-label study for eligible participants who were actively participating in the BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 double-blind study (NCT01908699) at the time the study was concluded. This open-label extension (OLE) study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of long-term treatment with esuberaprost sodium tablets (Beraprost Sodium 314d Modified Release tablets).

Read the detailed description

Participants will sign an informed consent to continue treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with esuberaprost sodium tablets in this OLE study. At the Enrollment Visit for this OLE study, participants will begin a blinded transition from the BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 double-blind study to this study over 4 weeks. The first dose for all participants in this OLE study will be 2 tablets. During this blinded transition, those participants on active study drug in the BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 study will continue with blinded active study drug 4-times daily (QID); those participants who were on placebo study drug will receive 1 active tablet and 1 placebo tablet QID (blinded) during the first 2 weeks and increase to 2 active tablets QID (blinded) thereafter. After the first dose, the Investigator may adjust the dose as medically warranted. The maximum dose for this study is 30 microgram (μg) QID with a minimum accepted dose as 15 μg QID. For the first 4 weeks, contact with the participant should occur weekly to ensure up-titration to the fixed dose is tolerated and assess adverse events (AEs).

Participants will return to the clinic at Week 4 to be supplied open-label esuberaprost sodium tablets and complete protocol specified procedures. At the Week 4 Visit, participants will be dosed with two 15 μg tablets (30 μg total), administered orally QID (provided the target dose is tolerated), or follow the Investigator's (or designee's) directions if adjustment is needed. Following the Week 4 Visit, each participant will return to the clinic at Months 3, 6, 9, and 12, and quarterly thereafter for assessments.

This study is expected to continue until the first of any of the following are reached: the study drug is commercially available, the Sponsor discontinues the study, or the Sponsor offers enrollment in another study (estimated to be up to 2 years). At the conclusion of the study or if a participant discontinues the study prematurely, participants will return to the clinic for an End-of-Study (EOS) Visit. Participants will be provided instructions about down titration off esuberaprost sodium tablets by the Investigator.

Being tested
Esuberaprost, Placebo
Keywords
Hypertension, Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Lung Diseases, Vascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Prostacyclin, Beraprost, Epoprostenol, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Vasodilator Agents, Antihypertensive Agents
Medical subject headings
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Hypertension, Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Lung Diseases, Vascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Tract Diseases

What participants receive

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

  • EsuberaprostDrug

    Also called Beraprost Sodium 314d Modified Release tablets

    Sodium tablets

  • PlaceboDrug

    Placebo tablets, which are identical in size and appearance to those containing Esuberaprost.

Study groups in NCT03657095
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
EsuberaprostExperimentalParticipants who received esuberaprost during the BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 double-blind study will receive 2 tablets of 15 μg esuberaprost sodium tablets for oral administration QID for up to 7 months (which will include the 4 weeks of blinded transition).
Receives: Drug: Esuberaprost
Placebo/EsuberaprostPlacebo comparatorParticipants who received placebo during the BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 double-blind study will receive 1 esuberaprost tablet and 1 placebo tablet QID during the first 2 weeks of the blinded transition and then receive 2 esuberaprost tablets QID for the rest of the study, for up to 7 months (which will include the other 2 weeks of the total 4-week blinded transition).
Receives: Drug: Esuberaprost; Drug: Placebo

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)

    A TEAE is any untoward medical occurrence or undesirable event(s) experienced in a participant that begins or worsens following administration of study drug, whether or not considered related to study drug by Investigator. A serious adverse event (SAE) is an adverse event (AE) resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason, death, initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization, life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying), or persistent or significant disability/incapacity. AEs included both SAEs and non-serious AEs. AEs were coded using Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) Version 20.1. A summary of serious and all other non-serious adverse events, regardless of causality, is located in the Reported Adverse Events module.

    Measured: Baseline up to Month 7

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Area Walked for the 6 Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) Test

    Area used for the Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) were to be pre-measured at 30 meters in length. Rest periods were to be allowed if participant could no longer continue. If participant needed to rest, he/she could have stood or sit and then begin again when rested but the clock would continue to run. At the end of 6 minutes, the tester was to call "stop" while stopping the watch and then measure the distance walked. Distance <500 meters would have suggested considerable exercise limitation; distance 500-800 meters would have suggested moderate limitation; and distance >800 meters (with no rests) would have suggested mild or no limitation. This extension study was terminated early due to the pivotal double-blind study failed to demonstrate efficacy. Therefore, efficacy data was not collected or analyzed.

    Measured: Week 4 and then every 3 months until study termination (Month 7)

  2. Borg Dyspnea Score

    The modified 0-10 category-ratio Borg scale is one in which the participants were to rate the maximum level of dyspnea they experienced during the 6MWT. Scores would have ranged from 0 (for the best condition) and 10 (for the worst condition). This extension study was terminated early due to the pivotal double-blind study failed to demonstrate efficacy. Therefore, efficacy data was not collected or analyzed. Note, a summary of serious and all other non-serious adverse events, regardless of causality, is located in the Reported Adverse Events module.

    Measured: Week 4 and then every 3 months until study termination (Month 7)

  3. Number of Participants in Each Category of the World Health Organization (WHO) Functional Class (FC)

    The WHO Functional Class of pulmonary hypertension is a physical activity rating scale as follows: Class I: No limitation of physical activity. Class II: Slight limitation of physical activity. Class III: Marked limitation of physical activity. Class IV: Inability to carry out any physical activity without symptoms. This extension study was terminated early due to the pivotal double-blind study failed to demonstrate efficacy. Therefore, efficacy data was not collected or analyzed.

    Measured: Week 4 and then every 3 months until study termination (Month 7)

  4. Number of Participants With a TEAE of N-terminal Pro-brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-pro-BNP) Increased

    A summary of serious and all other non-serious adverse events, regardless of causality, is located in the Reported Adverse Events module.

    Measured: Baseline up to Month 7

Timeline

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

  1. First posted4 Sep 2018
  2. Study start10 Dec 2018
  3. Primary completion20 Jul 2019
  4. Study completion20 Jul 2019

Why it stopped: The pivotal study, BPS-314d-MR-PAH-302 (NCT01908699), failed to demonstrate efficacy.

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
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
112 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03657095
Sponsor's protocol ID
BPS-314d-MR-PAH-303
Acronym
BEAT OLE
Status last verified
Sep 2020
First submitted
18 May 2018
Last updated
7 Sep 2020
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Esuberaprost in people with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, run by Lung Biotechnology PBC at 45 sites in 2 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 4 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Sep 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 45 sites in United States, Israel. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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 7 Sep 2020). 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) (time frame: Baseline up to Month 7). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 7 Sep 2020.

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