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Cardiac Allograft VasculopathyPhase 4NCT05373108

Endothelin-1 and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (CAV)

A Phase 4 study testing Macitentan in people with Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, run by University of California, Los Angeles at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

Many patients with end-stage heart failure, a condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood to support the body's other organs, are fortunate enough to receive a heart transplant. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
What is being tested?
Macitentan
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
19 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
19 May 2022to 14 Feb 2023
Phase
Phase 4
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

  • 1) New heart transplant recipients already enrolled into a prospective cohort (parent) study
  • 1a) Underwent baseline coronary angiography within the first 4 months of heart transplantation
  • 1b) Have yet to complete 1-year coronary angiogram
  • 2) ≥18 years old
  • 3) Have a serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL (to minimize risk of contrast-induced nephropathy)
  • 4) Able to provide informed written consent.

Who cannot join

  • 1) Multi-organ transplant
  • 2) Transplant-related complications and comorbidities that preclude the ability to safely perform an invasive coronary evaluation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory
  • 3) Pregnant women due to possible fetal harm; all women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 1 week of starting Macitentan, and 30 days after completing the one-week course of Macitentan.
  • 4) Patients who are taking potent CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g. ketoconazole, ritonavir) as these drugs can expose one to higher levels of macitentan
  • 5) Cirrhosis or baseline liver function tests (AST/ALT) > 3x the upper limit of normal

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90095

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About this study

Official title: Impact of Endothelin-1 on the Development of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Heart Transplant Recipients: Endothelin Receptor Antagonism and Vasomotor Function

Many patients with end-stage heart failure, a condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood to support the body's other organs, are fortunate enough to receive a heart transplant. However, despite taking medicines aimed at blunting the immune system's response to the donor heart, some of them will develop transplant-related disease in the coronary arteries supplying their hearts. Fifty years after the first human-to-human heart transplant, this disorder-cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV)-remains a leading cause of long-term death and has been coined the 'Achilles' Heel' of heart transplantation. Indeed, a better understanding of how CAV occurs and improved therapies to prevent and/or slow its development are desperately needed to meaningfully impact patient outcomes.

Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a key molecular regulator of arterial health, and our prior data suggests that it is associated with accelerated CAV. In this particular study of recent heart transplant recipients, we are asking: Does ET-1 contribute to the coronary artery's capacity to dilate/constrict? To answer this question, during the cardiac catheterization at 1 year post-transplant (standard of care), we will measure blood levels of ET-1 and perform an invasive evaluation of coronary vasomotor function inn a consecutive subset of patients who will have received a 1-week course of the oral endothelin receptor antagonist (macitentan) prior this catheterization, which will allow us to test how much ET-1 contributes to coronary responsiveness.

The findings from this study may provide the necessary foundation to study whether endothelin receptor antagonists are able to effectively reduce the rate of accelerated CAV.

Being tested
Macitentan
Keywords
Heart Transplantation, Endothelin-1, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

What participants receive

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

  • MacitentanDrug

    Also called Opsumit

    Macitentan is a nonselective endothelin-receptor antagonist (ERA) that is approved for use in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); the use of Macitentan in post-heart transplant patients is considered investigational.

Study groups in NCT05373108
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention ArmExperimentalA consecutive subset of eligible patients based on inclusion/exclusion criteria will receive a 1-week course of Macitentan (10 mg po daily) prior to their routine 1-year coronary angiogram (7th and final dose of Macitentan will occur on the day of the angiogram).
Receives: Drug: Macitentan

What is being measured

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

  1. Macitentan: Nitroglycerin (NTG) Luminal Dilation Ratio as Proportion of Vasomotor Tone Attributable to Endothelin-1 (ET-1)

    Macitentan: NTG luminal volume dilation ratio on Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS). Vasodilation achieved by Macitentan was compared with that after intracoronary nitroglycerin, a maximal dilator of epicardial arteries, to determine the relative contribution of ET-1 to the overall resting vasomotor tone. The contribution of ET-1 to resting vasomotor tone is expressed as the ratio of dilation to Macitentan over the dilation to nitroglycerin.

    Measured: End of study week 1 (time of 1 year post-transplant coronary angiogram)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 May 2022
  2. Study start19 May 2022
  3. Primary completion14 Feb 2023
  4. Study completion14 Feb 2023

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 4
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
19 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05373108
Sponsor's protocol ID
18-001544
Status last verified
Feb 2024
First submitted
9 May 2022
Last updated
12 Mar 2024
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Cooper DK. Christiaan Barnard and his contributions to heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001 Jun;20(6):599-610. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(00)00245-x.

    PubMed 11404164
  • Lund LH, Edwards LB, Kucheryavaya AY, Benden C, Dipchand AI, Goldfarb S, Levvey BJ, Meiser B, Rossano JW, Yusen RD, Stehlik J. The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-second Official Adult Heart Transplantation Report--2015; Focus Theme: Early Graft Failure. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Oct;34(10):1244-54. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.08.003. Epub 2015 Aug 28. No abstract available.

    PubMed 26454738
  • Chih S, Chong AY, Mielniczuk LM, Bhatt DL, Beanlands RS. Allograft Vasculopathy: The Achilles' Heel of Heart Transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Jul 5;68(1):80-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.04.033.

    PubMed 27364054
  • Mitchell RN, Libby P. Vascular remodeling in transplant vasculopathy. Circ Res. 2007 Apr 13;100(7):967-78. doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000261982.76892.09.

    PubMed 17431198
  • Kobashigawa JA, Tobis JM, Starling RC, Tuzcu EM, Smith AL, Valantine HA, Yeung AC, Mehra MR, Anzai H, Oeser BT, Abeywickrama KH, Murphy J, Cretin N. Multicenter intravascular ultrasound validation study among heart transplant recipients: outcomes after five years. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 May 3;45(9):1532-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.02.035.

    PubMed 15862430
  • Tuzcu EM, Kapadia SR, Sachar R, Ziada KM, Crowe TD, Feng J, Magyar WA, Hobbs RE, Starling RC, Young JB, McCarthy P, Nissen SE. Intravascular ultrasound evidence of angiographically silent progression in coronary atherosclerosis predicts long-term morbidity and mortality after cardiac transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 May 3;45(9):1538-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.12.076.

    PubMed 15862431
  • Bohm F, Pernow J. The importance of endothelin-1 for vascular dysfunction in cardiovascular disease. Cardiovasc Res. 2007 Oct 1;76(1):8-18. doi: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.06.004. Epub 2007 Jun 16.

    PubMed 17617392
  • Davenport AP, Hyndman KA, Dhaun N, Southan C, Kohan DE, Pollock JS, Pollock DM, Webb DJ, Maguire JJ. Endothelin. Pharmacol Rev. 2016 Apr;68(2):357-418. doi: 10.1124/pr.115.011833.

    PubMed 26956245
  • Sidharta PN, van Giersbergen PL, Dingemanse J. Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of macitentan, an endothelin receptor antagonist, in an ascending multiple-dose study in healthy subjects. J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Nov;53(11):1131-8. doi: 10.1002/jcph.152. Epub 2013 Sep 4.

    PubMed 23900878
  • Okada K, Nishida Y, Murakami H, Sugimoto I, Kosaka H, Morita H, Yamashita C, Okada M. Role of endogenous endothelin in the development of graft arteriosclerosis in rat cardiac allografts: antiproliferative effects of bosentan, a nonselective endothelin receptor antagonist. Circulation. 1998 Jun 16;97(23):2346-51. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.97.23.2346.

    PubMed 9639379
  • Simonson MS, Herman WH, Robinson A, Schulak J, Hricik DE. Inhibition of endothelin-converting enzyme attenuates transplant vasculopathy and rejection in rat cardiac allografts. Transplantation. 1999 Jun 27;67(12):1542-7. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199906270-00007.

    PubMed 10401760
  • Simonson MS, Robinson AV, Schulak JA, Hricik DE. Inhibition of endothelin-1 improves survival and vasculopathy in rat cardiac transplants treated with cyclosporine. Transplantation. 2002 Apr 15;73(7):1054-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200204150-00007.

    PubMed 11965031
  • Yamaguchi A, Miniati DN, Hirata Ki, Hoyt EG, Robbins RC. Ex vivo blockade of endothelin-1 inhibits graft coronary artery disease in a rodent cardiac allograft model. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Apr;21(4):417-24. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(01)00397-7.

    PubMed 11927217
  • Ravalli S, Szabolcs M, Albala A, Michler RE, Cannon PJ. Increased immunoreactive endothelin-1 in human transplant coronary artery disease. Circulation. 1996 Nov 1;94(9):2096-102. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.94.9.2096.

    PubMed 8901657
  • Weis M, Wildhirt SM, Schulze C, Rieder G, Wilbert-Lampen U, Wolf WP, Arendt RM, Enders G, Meiser BM, von Scheidt W. Endothelin in coronary endothelial dysfunction early after human heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1999 Nov;18(11):1071-9. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(99)00081-9.

    PubMed 10598730

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Macitentan in people with Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, run by University of California, Los Angeles at 1 site in United States.

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 6 inclusion and 5 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 12 Mar 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

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 12 Mar 2024). 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?

Macitentan: Nitroglycerin (NTG) Luminal Dilation Ratio as Proportion of Vasomotor Tone Attributable to Endothelin-1 (ET-1) (time frame: End of study week 1 (time of 1 year post-transplant coronary angiogram)). 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 NCT05373108, which also lists 20 linked publications.

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 12 Mar 2024.

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