A Non-randomized Two Part Multi-center, Open-label, Single Dose Trial With an Escalation Part in Untreated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Patients (Part A), Followed by a Parallel-group Part in Untreated and Pre-treated Patients With PAH and CTEPH (Part B) to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacodynamics of Inhaled BAY1237592
A Non-randomized Two Part Multi-center, Open-label, Single Dose Trial With an Escalation Part in Untreated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Patients (Part A), Followed by a Parallel-group Part in Untreated and Pre-treated Patients With PAH and CTEPH (Part B) to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacodynamics of Inhaled BAY1237592
In this trial the effects of the inhaled drug BAY1237592 will be studied in patients with high blood pressure in the pulmonary blood vessels due to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) and due to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH). Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by the elevation of pressure in the pulmonary arteries (PAP) and of the pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) leading to increased workload of the right chamber of the heart to eject blood against this elevated resistance. The goal of this study is to measure the safety and tolerability of the drug as well as the reduction of the PVR at different doses
In Part A patients without specific treatment for PH (untreated patients) will be tested. In Part B also patients stably pre-treated with specific PH drugs will be studied in combination with the new inhaled drug
Main Inclusion Criteria:
Part A:
- Untreated patients: Therapy-naïve patients (defined as off treatment with PDE-5 inhibitors, endothelin receptor antagonists, prostanoids, or other sGC stimulators/activators) with PAH or CTEPH or patients pre-treated with these medications who have to undergo a drug specific wash-out period at the discretion of the investigator for least 24 h prior to Day -1 if medically safe
Part B:
Untreated patients with PAH or CTEPH:
-- Group 1 (total will be summed up with corresponding dosage group from Part A)
Pre-treated patients with PAH or CTEPH:
Main Exclusion Criteria:
- Medical history indicating a different cause for PH than PAH or CTEPH according to the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), such as significant left heart disease, valvular disease, or structural heart defects, as assessed by the investigator, significant pulmonary disease or clinical suspicion of pulmonary venoocclusive disease