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Registration number
NCT00879229
Ethics application status
Date submitted
8/04/2009
Date registered
9/04/2009
Date last updated
15/05/2014

Titles & IDs
Public title
ARTEMIS-PH - Study of Ambrisentan in Subjects With Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Scientific title
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ambrisentan in Subjects With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Pulmonary Hypertension
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
GS-US-300-0128
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ARTEMIS-PH
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 0 0
Pulmonary Hypertension 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory 0 0 0 0
Other respiratory disorders / diseases
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Hypertension
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Connective tissue diseases
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Other inflammatory or immune system disorders

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

Experimental: Ambrisentan - Participants were randomized to receive ambrisentan treatment at an initial dose of 5 mg for 4 weeks, followed by ambrisentan at the target dose of 10 mg for an additional 52 weeks

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Participants were randomized to receive placebo to match ambrisentan for 48 weeks, then transition to ambrisentan treatment at the initial dose of 5 mg for 4 weeks, followed by ambrisentan at the target dose of 10 mg for an additional 4 weeks.


Treatment: Drugs: Ambrisentan
Ambrisentan (5 mg or 10 mg tablet) administered orally once daily.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo to match ambrisentan administered orally once daily.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Six-minute Walk Distance (6MWD).
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Long-term Survival
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 48
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Change From Baseline in WHO Functional Class
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) Percent Predicted
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change From Baseline in N-terminal Pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP)
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Borg Dyspnea Index (BORG) Immediately Following Exercise
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Hemoglobin-corrected Diffusing Capacity for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO) Percent Predicted
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Change in Quality of Life (QOL) Score as Assessed by the Short-Form 36® (SF-36)
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Change in QOL Score as Assessed by the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SRGQ)
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline to Week 16

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Selected

- Weight = 40 kg at screening

- Diagnosis of IPF based on modified American Thoracic Society-European Respiratory
Society guidelines

- Diagnosis of PH based on the following hemodynamic requirements: mean pulmonary artery
pressure (mPAP = 25 mm Hg; pulmonary vascular resistance > 240 dyne.sec/cm^5;
pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or left ventricular end-diastolic pressure = 15 mm
Hg

- Forced vital capacity (FVC) = 40%

- Able to walk at least 50 meters during two 6-minute walk tests

- If receiving calcium channel blockers, low-dose oral corticosteroids,
immunosuppressive, cytoxic, or antifibrotic drugs dose must have been stable.

Selected
Minimum age
35 Years
Maximum age
80 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of PH primarily due to an etiology other than IPF

- Surgical lung biopsy diagnosis other than Usual Interstitial Pneumonia

- Other known cause of interstitial lung disease

- Evidence of significant obstructive lung disease

- Recent hospitalization for an acute exacerbation of IPF

- Recent active pulmonary or upper respiratory tract infection

- Left ventricular ejection fraction < 40%

- Serum creatinine = 2.5 mg/dL

- Required hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or hemofiltration

- Female subject who was pregnant or breastfeeding

- Recent treatment for PH with an endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA),
phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, or prostacyclin derivative

- Recent treatment with high dose oral corticosteroids

- Recent treatment (within 4 weeks prior to screening) with imatinib mesylate (Gleevec)

- Alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase lab value that was greater than
1.5 x the upper limit of the normal range

- Discontinued other ERA treatment for any adverse reaction other than those associated
with liver function test abnormalities

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled 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
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Terminated
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/07/2009
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2011
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
40
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
St. Vincents Hospital - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
The Prince Charles Hospital - Chermside
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Royal Perth Hospital - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2010 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
4032 - Chermside
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
6000 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Gilead Sciences
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Ambrisentan is an endothelin receptor antagonist used for the treatment of pulmonary
hypertension (PH). Based on research suggesting a role for endothelin-1 in the pathogenesis
of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and the poor prognosis for patients with IPF who are
also diagnosed with PH, this study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of
ambrisentan in that patient population.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00879229
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Hunter Gillies, M.D.
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Gilead Sciences
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Summary Results

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