ACR Meeting Abstracts

ACR Meeting Abstracts

  • Meetings
    • ACR Convergence 2024
    • ACR Convergence 2023
    • 2023 ACR/ARP PRSYM
    • ACR Convergence 2022
    • ACR Convergence 2021
    • ACR Convergence 2020
    • 2020 ACR/ARP PRSYM
    • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
    • 2018-2009 Meetings
    • Download Abstracts
  • Keyword Index
  • Advanced Search
  • Your Favorites
    • Favorites
    • Login
    • View and print all favorites
    • Clear all your favorites
  • ACR Meetings

Abstract Number: 1381

Real-World Mono-, Double and Triple Combination Treatment Patterns with Macitentan in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Connective Tissue Disease (PAH-CTD): Evidence from the Combined OPUS/OrPHeUS Dataset

Matthew Lammi1, Kelly Chin2, Nick H. Kim3, Vallerie McLaughlin4, Roham Zamanian5, Megan Flynn6, Sandrine Leroy7, Rose Ong7, Graham Wetherill7 and Richard Channick8, 1Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 2UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 3University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 4University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 5Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 6Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, 7Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland, 8University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles

Meeting: ACR Convergence 2020

Keywords: pulmonary, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Systemic sclerosis

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
Session Information

Date: Sunday, November 8, 2020

Title: Systemic Sclerosis & Related Disorders – Clinical Poster III

Session Type: Poster Session C

Session Time: 9:00AM-11:00AM

Background/Purpose: Patients with PAH-CTD have a worse prognosis than patients with most other PAH etiologies. The OPsumit® USers (OPUS) Registry and OPsumit® Historical USers (OrPHeUS) study provide real-world evidence on the management of PAH-CTD patients newly treated with macitentan.

Methods: OPUS is a prospective, US, multicenter, drug registry ongoing since April 2014 (NCT02126943). OrPHeUS was a retrospective, US, multicenter chart review (NCT03197688); data collected October 2013–March 2017. Patient characteristics, safety and clinical outcomes are described by treatment pattern (mono-/double/triple therapy) at macitentan initiation (baseline) for PAH-CTD (WHO Clinical Classifications of PH Group 1) patients in the combined OPUS/OrPHeUS population. PAH etiology was investigator-assessed and not adjudicated.

Results: As of August 2019, the follow-up OPUS/OrPHeUS PAH population (N=4387) included 1130 PAH-CTD patients: 433 (38.3%) received macitentan monotherapy, 536 (47.4%) received double and 161 (14.2%) received triple combination therapy at baseline. Median (Q1, Q3) age was 63 (53, 70) years in mono-, 61 (50, 70) in double and 61 (51, 69) in triple therapy patients; most patients were female. In the monotherapy group, more patients were newly-diagnosed; median (Q1, Q3) time from diagnosis was 2.2 (0.6, 18.0) months in mono-, 8.7 (1.8, 37.1) in double and 34.8 (12.5, 80.4) in triple therapy patients. Of patients with WHO functional class (FC) recorded at baseline (49.2–57.3% of patients), 63.4% of mono-, 72.6% of double, and 68.2% of triple therapy patients were FC III/IV. Median (Q1, Q3) baseline 6‑minute walk distance (reported in 32.1-40.7% of patients) was 274 (161, 366), 270 (194, 347), and 305 (226, 362) m in mono-, double and triple therapy patients. Treatment patterns at month 6 are shown in the Figure. Patients with ≥1 hepatic adverse event included 28 (6.5%), 36 (6.7%) and 21 (13.0%) on mono-, double and triple therapy. Macitentan was discontinued in 146/433 (33.7%) mono-, 188/536 (35.1%) double and 80/161 (49.7%) triple therapy patients: 59 (13.6%), 80 (14.9%) and 39 (24.2%) due to an adverse event. Kaplan-Meier (KM) estimates (95% CI) for mono-, double and triple therapy patients at macitentan initiation showed that 69% (64, 74), 62% (57, 66) and 61% (52, 69) of patients were free from hospitalization at 12 months; 12-month KM survival estimates (95% CI) were 94% (90, 96), 90% (87, 93) and 88% (81, 92).

Conclusion: Despite the recommendation for combination therapy, a large proportion of patients received monotherapy at macitentan initiation and 6 months after initiation. For the vast majority of patients, combination treatment strategy did not change between baseline and 6 months.

Figure: Treatment patterns at month 6


Disclosure: M. Lammi, None; K. Chin, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 2, 5, 8, United Therapeutics, 2, 5, 8, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, 2, Bayer Healthcare (through UCSD), 5, Gossamer Bio, 8, American Heart Association, 6; N. Kim, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 2, 5, 8, Bellerophen, 2, Eiger, 2, SoniVie, 2, Gilead, 2, Lung Biotechnology, 2, Gossamer, 2, Bayer Healthcare, 5, 8, Arena Pharmaceuticals, 5, 8, Merck, 5, United Therapeutics, 5; V. McLaughlin, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 2, 5, 8, Acceleron, 2, 5, Bayer Healthcare, 2, 5, United Therapeutics, 2, 5, Reata Pharmaceutics, 2, SoniVie, 2, Arena Pharmaceuticals, 5, Caremark, 5, CiVi Biopharma, 5; R. Zamanian, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 2, United Therapeutics, 2, Vivus, 5, Pfizer, 5, Selten, 5, Genentech, 1, 4, Morphogenic-IX, 8, FK-506 in PAH, 9; M. Flynn, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 1, 3, 4; S. Leroy, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 1, 3, 4; R. Ong, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 3; G. Wetherill, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 3; R. Channick, Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd,, 2, 5, 8, United Therapeutics, 2, Bayer Healthcare, 5, 8, Arena Pharmaceuticals, 5.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Lammi M, Chin K, Kim N, McLaughlin V, Zamanian R, Flynn M, Leroy S, Ong R, Wetherill G, Channick R. Real-World Mono-, Double and Triple Combination Treatment Patterns with Macitentan in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Connective Tissue Disease (PAH-CTD): Evidence from the Combined OPUS/OrPHeUS Dataset [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020; 72 (suppl 10). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/real-world-mono-double-and-triple-combination-treatment-patterns-with-macitentan-in-patients-with-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-associated-with-connective-tissue-disease-pah-ctd-evidence-from-t/. Accessed .
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print

« Back to ACR Convergence 2020

ACR Meeting Abstracts - https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/real-world-mono-double-and-triple-combination-treatment-patterns-with-macitentan-in-patients-with-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-associated-with-connective-tissue-disease-pah-ctd-evidence-from-t/

Advanced Search

Your Favorites

You can save and print a list of your favorite abstracts during your browser session by clicking the “Favorite” button at the bottom of any abstract. View your favorites »

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM ET on November 14, 2024. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].

Wiley

  • Online Journal
  • Privacy Policy
  • Permissions Policies
  • Cookie Preferences

© Copyright 2025 American College of Rheumatology