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NCT Number: NCT04388124

Endothelin-1 Receptor Blockade in Resistant Hypertension

The management of patients with resistant arterial hypertension, who are characterized by a very high cardiovascular risk, remains a major therapeutic issue. The use of endothelin-1 (ET-1) receptor antagonists, in addition to lowering blood pressure, may also improve endothelial function in these patients. The objective of this study is to assess the vascular impact of an ET-1 receptor antagonist on vascular function and systemic and central hemodynamics in patients with resistant arterial hypertension and ensure their good renal tolerance.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Chu Rouen

Rouen, 76031, France

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Ludivine Lebourg, Dr

CONTACT

[email protected]

02 32 88 90 02

Ludivine Lebourg, Dr

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • age between 30 and 80 years old
  • Patients with resistant hypertension defined according to the criteria recognized by the French Society of Hypertension (SFHTA): arterial pressure greater than or equal to 140 and / 90 mm Hg under triple antihypertensive therapy at optimal dose comprising at least one diuretic pendant at less than 4 weeks.
  • Patients with resistant hypertension confirmed by self-measurement (≥135 / 85 mmHg on average) or by ambulatory blood pressure measurement (mean of 24h ≥130 / 80 mmHg).
  • Hemoglobin level ≥ 12 g / dL
  • For women of childbearing potential, reliable methods of contraception (as defined by the WHO-Pearl Index) should be used (hormonal contraception should not be the only contraceptive method used during bosentan treatment).
  • For postmenopausal women: confirmatory diagnosis (non-medically induced amenorrhea for at least 12 months and age greater than 45, before the inclusion visit)
  • Patient who read and understood the newsletter and signed the consent form
  • Patient affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with hypertension
  • Patients with secondary arterial hypertension other than sleep apnea syndrome or chronic renal failure stage 2 or 3.
  • Patients with hypertension greater than or equal to 180 and / or 110mmHg
  • Chronic renal failure stage 4 and 5 (defined by DFG CKD-EPI <30 ml / min / 1,73m²)
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  • Orthostatic hypotension (decreased SBP> 20mmHg and / or DBP> 10mmHg occurring within 3 minutes of standing).
  • Contra-indication to NATISPRAY 0.30 mg / dose, oral spray solution (including nitrate hypersensitivity) in accordance with the NATISPRAY

SPC:

  • shock, severe hypotension,
  • in combination with sildenafil
  • obstructive cardiomyopathy,
  • inferior court inferior myocardial infarction with right ventricular extension, except in case of evidence of left ventricular failure,
  • intracranial hypertension,
  • Contra-indication to BOSENTAN MYLAN 62.5 mg and 125 mg filmcoated tablets:
  • Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients listed in the SPC Moderate to severe hepatic insufficiency corresponding to class B or C of the Child-Pugh classification
  • Serum levels of liver aminotransferases, ASAT and / or ALAT> 3 times the upper limit of normal at start of treatment (results less than 3 months old).
  • Association with ciclosporin A
  • Known allergy to cellulose
  • Patients treated with: tacrolimus or sirolimus, fluconazole or other CYP2C9 or CYP3A4 inhibitors, glibenclamide, rifampicin, antiretroviral drugs including lopinavir + ritonavir, warfarin, simvastatin, ketoconazole, epoprostenol, sildenafil and digoxin
  • Pregnant, breastfeeding woman, or woman of childbearing potential not using reliable methods of contraception (hormonal contraception should not be the only contraceptive method used during bosentan treatment) or no proven reliable effective contraception;
  • Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person placed under the protection of justice, under tutorship or curatorship
  • Patient participating or having participated in the 4 weeks prior to inclusion in a clinical trial

Treatment and study plan

Bosentan

Drug

vascular assesment Clinical exam urinary analysis blood results natriuresis and measured glomerular filtration rate

Placebo

Drug

Placebo

Primary outcomes

  1. assess the effect of ET-1 receptor antagonist administration during 8 weeks on endothelial function in patients with resistant hypertension.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 22 months

    8-week change in amplitude of endothelium-dependent radial artery dilatation with sustained increase in blood flow

Secondary outcomes

  1. assess the effect of the administration of an ET-1 receptor antagonist during 8 weeks on systemic and central hemodynamics

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 22 months

    8 week change in peripheral and central arterial pressures and arterial stiffness

  2. assess the effect of the administration of an ET-1 receptor antagonist during 8 weeks on local concentrations of endothelial factors during a sustained increase of the blood flow

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 22 months

    8-week change in local concentrations of NO, EETs and ET-1 with sustained increase in blood flow

  3. assess the effect of the administration of an ET-1 receptor antagonist during 8 weeks on the renal function of patients with resistant hypertension.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 22 months

    Variation in 8 weeks of natriuresis and measured glomerular filtration rate (DTPA labeled by the technetium 99m)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Rouen

Other

Registry information

Official study title

VASCULAR AND RENAL IMPACT OF ENDOTHELIN-1 RECEPTOR BLOCKADE IN PATIENTS WITH RESISTANT ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

Acronym: ENDOTHELIN-2

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
May 14, 2020
Registry last updated
Feb 17, 2026

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