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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2023

Effects of sotatercept on haemodynamics and right heart function: analysis of the STELLAR trial.

Rogerio Souza, David B Badesch, H Ardeschir Ghofrani, J Simon R Gibbs, Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Vallerie V McLaughlin, Ioana R Preston, Aaron B Waxman, Ekkehard Grünig, Grzegorz Kopeć and 8 more

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract read
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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
21.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06658522 phase4recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

RECOMPENSE: Right vEntricular COMPENsation With SotatercEpt: a Prospective Single Arm Open Label Phase 4 Study to Evaluate the Effects of Sotatercept on Right Ventricular Function in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

TypeinterventionalSponsorAmsterdam UMC, location VUmcRan2025 to 2026Enrolled20ConditionsPulmonary Arterial Hypertension PAH, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension WHO Group I, Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionArmsSotatercept
NCT07700303 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Withdrawal of Background Prostacyclin Pathway Therapy in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Sotatercept: an Open Label Non-inferiority Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of AlbertaRan2026 to 2030Enrolled78ConditionsPulmonary Arterial HypertensionArmsDiscontinuation of parenteral prostacyclins analogues or selexipag
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 15 institutions in 6 countries.

Rogerio SouzaInstituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2789-9143
David B BadeschUniversity of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
H Ardeschir GhofraniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2029-4419
J Simon R GibbsNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Mardi Gomberg-MaitlandGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Vallerie V McLaughlinUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Ioana R PrestonTufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Aaron B WaxmanBrigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7797-0361
Ekkehard GrünigThoraxklinik-Heidelberg and the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany.
Grzegorz KopećThe Pulmonary Circulation Center, Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital in Krakow, Krakow, Poland.
Gisela MeyerIrmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Karen M OlssonHannover Medical School and the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany.
Stephan RosenkranzDepartment of Cardiology, and Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center (CCRC), Heart Center, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Jianxin LinMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Amy O Johnson-LevonasMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Janethe de Oliveira PenaMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Marc HumbertUniversité Paris-Saclay, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 999, Hôpital Bicêtre (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0703-2892
Marius M HoeperHannover Medical School and the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany hoeper.marius@mh-hannover.de.ORCID 0000-0001-9086-2293
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEGeorge Washington University · USGerman Center for Lung Research · DEHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRImperial College London · GBInserm · FRIrmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo · BRJagiellonian University · PLJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DETufts Medical Center · USUniversity Hospital Cologne · DEUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Michigan · USWoman's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn the phase 3 STELLAR trial, sotatercept, an investigational first-in-class activin signalling inhibitor, demonstrated beneficial effects on 6-min walk distance and additional efficacy endpoints in pre-treated participants with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

methodsThis

resultsRelative to placebo, treatment with sotatercept led to significant (all p<0.0001 except where noted) improvements from baseline in mean pulmonary artery (PA) pressure (-13.9 mmHg), pulmonary vascular resistance (-254.8 dyn·s·cm

conclusionIn pre-treated patients with PAH, sotatercept demonstrated substantial improvements in PA pressures, PA compliance, PA-RV coupling and right heart function.

Indexed as

HeartHemodynamicsCardiac CatheterizationFamilial Primary Pulmonary HypertensionHumansRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRecombinant Fusion Proteinssotatercept

Identifiers

PMID37696565
PMCPMC10512088
OpenAlexW4386602680

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Registered trials

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