An Open-label, Randomized, Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Sotatercept Add-on Therapy Compared to Standard PAH Therapy With Pulmonary Vasodilators for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With Pulmonary Vasodilator-resistant, Unrepaired Congenital Shunts (ASD, VSD, PDA) Including Eisenmenger Syndrome:SuMILE Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 4
SUMMARY

What is this study about? This study will test whether adding sotatercept to usual medicines for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can help adults who have PAH due to unrepaired congenital heart defects (atrial or ventricular septal defect, or patent ductus arteriosus), including Eisenmenger syndrome. These conditions often cause long-standing changes in the lung blood vessels and low oxygen levels. Who can join? About 36 adults (age ≥18 years) in Japan whose PAH has not improved enough with pulmonary vasodilators may join. People with very severe symptoms (WHO class IV) or other serious illnesses will not be enrolled. What will happen if I join? Participants will be randomly assigned (like a coin flip, in a 2:1 ratio) to: Sotatercept + vasodilator-based PAH care, or vasodilator-based PAH care alone. The study lasts 24 weeks. Those who receive sotatercept will have injections every 3 weeks. All participants will have clinic visits and tests at the start, week 12, and week 24, including a 6-minute walk test (how far you can walk in 6 minutes), blood tests, questionnaires, and other heart-lung assessments used in routine PAH care. What are the possible benefits? Sotatercept improved exercise capacity and heart-lung measures in other PAH studies, but people with unrepaired heart defects were not included. This study may or may not help you directly, but it may help doctors learn how to use sotatercept safely in this group. What are the possible risks? Side effects seen with sotatercept include increase in haemoglobin, low platelets, nosebleeds, telangiectasia (small dilated blood vessels), bleeding, and blood clots. People with Eisenmenger syndrome can have both bleeding (for example, haemoptysis) and clotting risks. The study will check complete blood counts (CBC) regularly and adjust or pause dosing using label-based rules. Other risks are those of standard PAH care and blood tests. Time and location The study is conducted at multiple hospitals in Japan. Study participation lasts about 6 months. Costs and payments The study drug and study-specific tests will be provided at no cost. Usual medical care not required by the study will follow each hospital's standard billing. There is no required payment to join. Any travel reimbursement or stipends will follow site policy. Privacy Your information will be kept confidential. Results will be shared in journals and at meetings without using your name. Who to contact If you are interested or have questions, please contact the study team at the participating hospital.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• adults (≥18 years)

• unrepaired ASD, VSD or PDA

• ≥90 days of pulmonary vasodilator therapy; and either (i) pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) ≥5 Wood units and mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) \> 20 mm Hg on right heart catheterization within 180 days, or (ii) echocardiographic tricuspid regurgitation velocity \>3.4 m/s with right-to-left/bidirectional shunt plus resting SpO₂ ≤92% consistent with cyanosis

• baseline 6MWD ≥100 m

• ability to complete questionnaires

Locations
Other Locations
Japan
Kyushu University Hospital
RECRUITING
Fukuoka
The Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
RECRUITING
Fukuoka
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe University Hospital
RECRUITING
Kobe
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
RECRUITING
Kyoto
Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Hospital
RECRUITING
Nagoya
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
RECRUITING
Okayama
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
RECRUITING
Sendai
Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine
RECRUITING
Tokyo
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
RECRUITING
Tokyo
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Graduate School of Medicine
RECRUITING
Tokyo
Contact Information
Primary
Kazuya Hosokawa, MD, PhD
hosokawa.kazuya.712@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
+81-92-642-5360
Backup
Keimei Yoshida, MD, PhD
yoshida.keimei.713@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-10-07
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-04-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 36
Treatments
Experimental: Sotatercept add-on + vasodilator-based PAH therapy
Active_comparator: vasodilator-based PAH therapy alone
Sponsors
Leads: Kazuya Hosokawa

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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