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A Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Frespaciguat (MK-5475) in Participants With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (INSIGNIA-PAH: Phase 2/3 Study of an Inhaled sGC Stimulator in PAH) (MK-5475-007)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04732221

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Official title

A Phase 2/3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Adaptive Design Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MK-5475 in Adults With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Brief summary

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This is a two-part (Phase 2/Phase 3) study of frespaciguat, an inhaled soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, in participants with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The first part (Phase 2) will assess three different doses of frespaciguat compared to placebo in a base period of 12 weeks, followed by comparison of three different doses of frespaciguat during an optional 40 month extension period. The treatment dose with the best efficacy and safety profile in the phase 2 cohort base period will be selected for use in the second part (Phase 3) of the study. The primary hypothesis of Phase 2 is that at least one frespaciguat dose is superior to placebo in reducing pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) from baseline at week 12. The purpose of the second part (Phase 3) of the study is to confirm the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of frespaciguat at the selected dose compared to placebo during a 12 week base period followed by an extension period of up to 5 years. The primary hypothesis of Phase 3 is that frespaciguat is superior to placebo in increasing 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) from baseline at week 12. Due to sponsor's decision this phase/part was not conducted.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04732221
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2, Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
168 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
May 18, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 3, 2024
Completion
Jul 1, 2024
Last update posted
May 24, 2025

2021 – 2024

United States locations

U.S. sites
26
U.S. states
18
U.S. cities
25
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of California San Diego Health-Pulmonary Critical Care ( Site 0061) La Jolla California 92037-7381 —
University of California Davis Health-Internal Medicine: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Sacramento California 95817 —
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights ( Site 0063) San Francisco California 94143 —
University of Colorado - Denver ( Site 0003) Aurora Colorado 80045 —
Cardiovascular Institute of North Colorado - Banner Health ( Site 0013) Greeley Colorado 80631 —
Georgetown University Hospital ( Site 0025) Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20007 —
University of Miami Hospital-Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care ( Site 0053) Miami Florida 33136 —
AdventHealth Orlando ( Site 0040) Orlando Florida 32803 —
Tampa General Hospital ( Site 0058) Tampa Florida 33606 —
Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital ( Site 0045) Indianapolis Indiana 46202-1239 —
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics ( Site 0009) Iowa City Iowa 52242 —
University of Kansas Medical Center ( Site 0038) Kansas City Kansas 66160 —
University of Kentucky ( Site 0006) Lexington Kentucky 40536 —
Norton Pulmonary Specialists ( Site 0048) Louisville Kentucky 40202 —
University of Maryland ( Site 0032) Baltimore Maryland 21201 —
Washington University School of Medicine ( Site 0066) St Louis Missouri 63110 —
University of Nebraska Medical Center ( Site 0041) Omaha Nebraska 68198 —
University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center ( Site 0028) Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 —
Clinical Trials Unit at Eastowne Medical Office Building ( Site 0019) Chapel Hill North Carolina 27514 —
AnMed Health ( Site 0033) Anderson South Carolina 29621 —
Statcare Pulmonary Consultants ( Site 0067) Knoxville Tennessee 37934 —
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ( Site 0012) Dallas Texas 75390 —
Houston Methodist Research Institute ( Site 0036) Houston Texas 77030 —
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ( Site 0054) Houston Texas 77030 —
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital ( Site 0014) Norfolk Virginia 23507 —
West Virginia University-WVU Heart and Vascular Institute ( Site 0051) Morgantown West Virginia 26506 —

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Non-U.S. locations

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