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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00091598




Registration number
NCT00091598
Ethics application status
Date submitted
10/09/2004
Date registered
14/09/2004
Date last updated
8/03/2010

Titles & IDs
Public title
ARIES - Ambrisentan in Patients With Moderate to Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Scientific title
ARIES 1 and ARIES 2: Ambrisentan in PAH - A Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Efficacy Study of Ambrisentan in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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ARIES
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
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Other respiratory disorders / diseases
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Hypertension

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional(has expanded access)
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
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Outcomes
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Change from baseline at Week 12 of six minute walk distance
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Borg Dsypnea Index
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WHO Functional Classification
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SF-36
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Time to Clinical Worsening
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Diagnosis of idiopathic PAH (formally known as PPH), or PAH associated with collagen vascular disease, anorexigen use, or HIV infection;
* Historical cardiac catheterization with the following hemodynamic criteria:

Mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than or equal to 25 mmHg; Pulmonary vascular resistance greater than 3 mmHg/L/min; Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or left ventricular end diastolic pressure less than 15 mmHg;

* 6-minute walk distance of at least 150 meters, but no more than 450 meters;
* Total lung capacity greater than or equal to 70% and FEV1 greater than or equal to 65% of predicted normal;
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Portopulmonary hypertension;
* Subjects with PAH due to or associated with coronary artery disease, left heart disease, interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, veno-occlusive disease, chronic thromboembolic disease, or sleep apnea;
* Bosentan (Tracleer®), sildenafil (Viagra®), or chronic prostanoid therapy within 4 weeks of screening;
* Serum ALT or AST lab value that is greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal;
* Contraindication to treatment with an endothelin receptor antagonist;
* Subject with cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, hematologic, gastrointestinal, immunologic, endocrine, metabolic, or central nervous system disease that may adversely affect the safety of the subject;
* Participation in a clinical study involving another investigational drug within 4 weeks of screening.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Randomised controlled trial
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Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
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
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Actual
1/01/2004
Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2006
Sample size
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
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St. Vincent's Hospital - Sydney
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2010 - Sydney
Recruitment outside Australia
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Canada
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Gilead Sciences
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Ethics approval
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Summary
Brief summary
The primary objective is to determine the effect of ambrisentan on exercise capacity in subjects with PAH.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00091598
Trial related presentations / publications
Galie N, Olschewski H, Oudiz RJ, Torres F, Frost A, Ghofrani HA, Badesch DB, McGoon MD, McLaughlin VV, Roecker EB, Gerber MJ, Dufton C, Wiens BL, Rubin LJ; Ambrisentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Efficacy Studies (ARIES) Group. Ambrisentan for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: results of the ambrisentan in pulmonary arterial hypertension, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, efficacy (ARIES) study 1 and 2. Circulation. 2008 Jun 10;117(23):3010-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.742510. Epub 2008 May 27.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Lewis J. Rubin, MD
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University of California San Diego, San Diego School of Medicine
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00091598