Tadalafil for Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Recruiting now · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pulmonary Hypertension, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

In brief

ERASE PH-COPD is a randomized double-blind study, with 2 parallel groups. Patients with severe pulmonary hypertension due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, will be randomly assigned to receive Tadalafil orally or placebo.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05844462

Run by

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

People needed

200

Starts

2024-02-01

Expected to finish

2027-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients ≥ 18 and <85 years at inclusion,
• Dyspnea WHO functional class II to IV,
• Severe precapillary pulmonary hypertension defined by :
• a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) >20
• associated with normal pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PawP ≤15 mmHg)
• and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) >5 WU
• COPD diagnosed according to current international recommendation with persistent airflow limitation defined by post-bronchodilatator Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) / forced vital capacity (FVC): FEV1/FVC < 0.70,
• Naive patients from PDE5i (sildenafil, tadalafil) PH treatments and who did not receive other specific PH treatment in the last 3 months (bosentan, ambrisentan, macitentan, riociguat, epoprostenol, treprostinil, iloprost),
• Treatments for COPD need to be stable for at least 1 month before screening visit,
• Patients who fulfill criteria for a supplemental long-term oxygen therapy need to be supplied sufficiently before study entry. The amount of supplemental oxygen and the delivery method need to be stable for at least 1 month before screening visit,
• Patients who are able to understand and follow instructions and who are able to participate in the study for the entire period,
• Patients must have given their written informed consent to participate in the study after having received adequate previous information and prior to any study-specific procedures,
• Affiliation to a social security regime,

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with a medical disorder, condition, or history of such that would impair the patient's ability to participate or complete this study in the opinion of the investigator,
• Patients with underlying medical disorders and anticipated life expectancy below 12 months (eg active cancer disease with localized and/or metastasized tumor mass),
• PH not due to chronic respiratory diseases (group 1, 2, 4 or 5 of the clinical classification of PH),
• Other respiratory diseases: interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, histiocytosis, or untreated severe sleep apnea disorders,
• 6-minutes walk distance < 50 m or patients unable to perform the 6-minutes walk test,
• Exacerbation of the COPD requiring hospitalization in the last 8 weeks before screening,
• COPD with mild (> 80% predicted value) or severe (FEV1 <30% predicted value) airflow limitation,
• Patients listed for lung transplantation at the time of inclusion,
• Systolic left ventricular dysfunction with left ventricular ejection fraction <40% on echocardiography,
• Patient on AME (state medical aid),
• Participation in another clinical trial during the preceding 3 months and during the study,
• Pregnant women, or breast-feeding women, or women with childbearing potential not using a combination of condoms and a safe and highly effective contraception method (hormonal contraception with implants or oral contraceptives, or intrauterine devices) and one month after the end of the study, WOCBP include any woman who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone successful surgical sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or is not postmenopausal [defined as amenorrhea ≥ 12 consecutive months; or women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with documented serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level > 35 mIU/mL],
• Patient under guardianship or curatorship
• Non-inclusion criteria related to treatment by tadalafil:
• Contraindication to tadalafil:
• Severe renal failure (creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min/1,73 m2)
• Severe liver cirrhosis Child-Plugh C
• Severe systemic hypotension <90/50
• Recent myocardial infarction <90 days
• Medical history of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
• Hypersensitivity to tadalafil or any of the excipients
• Concomitant use of potent CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers, soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator (riociguat), other PDE5 inhibitors or nitrates or doxazosin
• Cardiovascular diseases:
• Clinically significant aortic and mitral valve disease
• Pericardial constriction

Where it is running

• Kremlin Bicêtre — Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, France (enrolling)

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