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. 2019 Jan 31;2019(1):CD012621. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012621.pub2

NCT 02951429.

Trial name or title Efficacy, safety, and tolerability study of pirfenidone in combination with sildenafil in participants with advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and risk of Group 3 pulmonary hypertension
Methods Phase IIb, randomised parallel‐group controlled trial
Participants Participants with advanced IPF and risk of Group 3 pulmonary hypertension (PH)
Interventions Pirfenidone plus sildenafil versus pirfenidone plus placebo
Outcomes
  • Percentage of participants with disease progression, as determined by relevant decline in 6MWD of at least ≥ 15 percent from baseline, respiratory‐related non‐elective hospitalisation, or death from any cause

  • Progression‐free survival

  • 6MWD

  • Time to all‐cause non‐elective hospitalisation

  • Time to death from any cause

  • Time to respiratory‐related death

  • Percentage of participants with lung transplantation

  • Peak tricuspid regurgitation velocity

  • PAP

  • FVC

  • FEV1

  • FEV1/FVC ratio

  • CO diffusing capacity/pulmonary diffusing capacity (DCLO)

  • Change from baseline to weeks 6, 12, 26, 39, and 52 in SpO2 at rest and during the 6MWD

  • Perceived exertion, as assessed by BORG rating of perceived exertion scale

  • Percentage of participants by WHO functional class

  • Change from baseline to weeks 12, 26, 39, and 52 in dyspnoea, as assessed by the University of California San Diego shortness of breath questionnaire (UCDS SOBQ)

  • Change from baseline to weeks 12, 26, 39, and 52 in health‐related quality of life (hrqol), as assessed by the SGRQ

  • Change from baseline to weeks 12, 26, and 52 in NT‐proBNP level at baseline, weeks 12, 26, and 52

  • Adverse events and serious adverse events


Measured at 52 weeks
Starting date Currently recruiting
Contact information global‐roche‐genentech‐trials@gene.com
Notes ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02951429
Currently recruiting