Recruiting
Phase 3

Fontan Udenafil

Sponsor:

Mezzion Pharma Co. Ltd

Code:

NCT05918211

Conditions

Single Ventricle Heart Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Udenafil

Placebo

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of udenafil, an orally administered, potent and selective inhibitor of PDE5, versus placebo for the treatment of adolescent who have had the Fontan procedure.

Conditions

Single Ventricle Heart Disease

Study ID

NCT05918211

Start date

Oct 30, 2023

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Oct 28, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 28, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Males and females with Fontan physiology who are 12 to less than 19 years of age at enrollment.
2. Participant consent or parental/guardian consent and participant assent.
3. Participant fluency in primary language of country in which study is being conducted.
4. Current antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Height < 132 cm.
2. Weight < 40 kg.
3. Hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure within the last 12 months.
4. Current intravenous inotropic drugs.
5. Undergoing evaluation for heart transplantation or listed for transplantation.
6. Diagnosis of active protein losing enteropathy or plastic bronchitis within the last 3 years, or a history of liver cirrhosis.
7. Known Fontan baffle obstruction, branch pulmonary artery stenosis, or pulmonary vein stenosis resulting in a mean gradient of > 4 mmHg between the regions proximal and distal to the obstruction as measured by either catheterization or echocardiography, obtained prior to screening for the trial.
8. Single lung physiology with greater than 80% flow to one lung.
9. Failure to achieve maximal exertion (defined as RER < 1.10) on screening/baseline exercise test.
10. Peak minute oxygen consumption (VO2) less than 45% or ≥ 80% of predicated for age and gender at enrollment.
11. Severe ventricular dysfunction assessed qualitatively by clinical echocardiography within 6 months prior to enrollment.
12. Severe valvar regurgitation, ventricular outflow obstruction, or severe aortic arch obstruction assessed by clinical echocardiography within six months prior to enrollment.
13. History of significant renal (serum creatinine > 2.0), hepatic (serum AST and/or ALT > 3 times upper limit of normal), gastrointestinal or biliary disorders that could impair absorption, metabolism or excretion of orally administered medications.
14. Inability to complete exercise testing at baseline screening.
15. Subjects with a pacemaker whose heart rate at peak exercise is controlled by the extrinsic pacemaker as opposed to a native atrial rhythm.
16. History of PDE-5 inhibitor use within 12 months prior to enrollment. (Treatment is defined as chronic therapy as opposed to a single dose.)
17. History of any other medication for treatment of pulmonary hypertension within 3 months before study onset.
18. Known intolerance to oral udenafil.
19. Frequent use of medications or other substances that inhibit or induce CYP3A4.
20. Current use of alpha-blockers or nitrates.
21. Ongoing or planned participation in another research protocol that would either prevent successful completion of planned study testing or invalidate its results.
22. Noncardiac medical, psychiatric, and/or social disorder that would prevent successful completion of planned study testing or would invalidate its results.
23. Cardiac care, ongoing or planned, at a non-study center that would impede study completion.
24. For females: Pregnancy at the time of screening, pregnancy planned before study completion, or refusal to use an acceptable method of contraception for study duration if sexually active.
25. Unable to abstain or limit intake of grapefruit juice and grapefruit containing drinks during the duration of the trial.
26. Refusal to provide written informed consent/assent.
27. In the opinion of the investigator, the subject is likely to be non-compliant with the study protocol.
28. History of clinically significant thromboembolic event, in the option of the site Principal Investigator, that may put the subject at increased risk of a subsequent event while participating in the study.
29. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination or symptoms of COVID-19 infection within 7 days of Visit 1.
30. Not taking antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy.

Study Design

Enrollment

436 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Drug

Approximately 218 subjects dosed with udenafil will be enrolled at approximately 30 sites.

experimental: Placebo

Approximately 218 subjects dosed with matching placebo will be enrolled at approximately 30 sites.

Interventions

Udenafil

Active drug

Placebo

Matching Placebo

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Exercise Capacity [ Time Frame: Baseline to 26 Weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Arash Sabati, MD

Arkansas Children's

Recruiting

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Dala Zakaria, MD

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jon Detterich, MD

Rady Children's Hospital

Recruiting

San Diego, California, United States, 92123

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jessica Haley, MD

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Doaa Aly, MD

Children's Hospital of Colorado

Recruiting

Denver, Colorado, United States, 80045

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Roni Jacobsen

Yale School of Medicine

Recruiting

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Meredith Leslie, MD

Nemours Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19803

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mark Cartoski, MD

Childrens National Medical Center

Recruiting

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Sairah Khan, MD

UF Health Shands Hospital

Recruiting

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Dipankar Gupta, MD

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Hollywood, Florida, United States, 33021

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Melissa Diamond, MD

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

Recruiting

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jamie Decker, MD

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Recruiting

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30329

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Michael Lopez, MD

Children's Hospital of Georgia

Recruiting

Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mark Vranicar, MD

Lurie Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kendra Ward, MD

University of Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Michael Earing, MD

Boston Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Rahul Rathod, MD

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kurt Schumacher, MD

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Recruiting

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jonathan B Wagner, MD

Washington University

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63130

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

William Orr, MD

University of Nebraska Children's Hospital and Medical Center

Recruiting

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68114

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Angela Yetman, MD

New York-Presbyterian Children's Hospital

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10032

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Christopher Petit, MD

Duke University Medical Center

Recruiting

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Gregory Fleming, MD

Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center

Recruiting

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45206

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Sasha Opotowsky, MD

Cleveland Clinic

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Shahnawaz Amdani, MD

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43215

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Omar Khalid, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jon Edelson, MD

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Recruiting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Lauren Carlozzi, MD

MUSC Pediatric Research Group

Recruiting

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Contacts

Susannah C Wakefield

843-792-8317wakefies@musc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Atz, MD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Recruiting

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Benjamin Frischhertz, MD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Matt Lemler, MD

Texas Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Daniel Penny, MD

Primary Children's Medical Center

Recruiting

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Richard Williams, MD

Seattle Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Matthew Files, MD

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Recruiting

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Stephanie Handler, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Mezzion Pharma Co. Ltd

Last update posted

Oct 28, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Keywords

  • Fontan
  • Maximal Oxygen Consumption
  • Work Rate
  • VO2 at VAT
  • Ventilatory Efficiency

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Mezzion Pharma Co. Ltd on 2025-10-28.