A Phase III Clinical Study of Valsartan Oral Solution for the Treatment of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents

Phase 3

• Conditions: Essential Hypertension
• Interventions: Drug: Valsartan Oral Solution; Drug: Placebo

• Registration Number: NCT06863987
• Lead Sponsor: Shandong New Time Pharmaceutical Co., LTD

Brief Summary

This study was an randomized, double-Blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter Phase II/III study.

Detailed Description

The trial was divided into three parts: a screening period, a treatment period, and an open-label safety observation period, in which the screening period consisted of screening and placebo elution, and the treatment period consisted of the test drug administration period and a randomized placebo withdrawal period.the entire trial process lasts at least 3 months (excluding the screening period).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2025-02-05
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-04
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-07
• Primary Completion: 2027-12
• Study Completion: 2027-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 342

Inclusion Criteria

1. 6 years old ≤ age ≤ 17 years old, male or female;

2. 18kg ≤ weight ≤ 160kg;

3. Initial diagnosis of essential hypertension or previous history of essential hypertension at the V1 visit, mean seated systolic blood pressure (MSSBP) and/or mean seated diastolic blood pressure (MSDBP) before the first administration of medication (at the V2 visit) at least in the 95th percentile for the same age, sex, and height (with reference to the "Chinese Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Hypertension, Revised Edition 2018" for Chinese children aged 3-17 years for each year of age, height corresponding blood pressure standard) and meets the criteria for hypertension medication;

4. Vital organ function meets the following requirements:

   Blood routine: hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L, platelet count ≥ 100 × 109 /L, serum potassium ≤ 5.3 mmol/L; Liver function: ALT and AST ≤ 3 × ULN, total bilirubin level (TBIL) ≤ 2 × ULN; Renal function: glomerular filtration rate ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (see Appendix 1 for calculation formula);

5. The legal guardian and/or the person himself/herself voluntarily signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

1. those with confirmed or previous hypertensive emergencies, hypertensive sub-emergencies;
2. Patients with secondary hypertension;
3. Medication adherence <80% and/or >120% during the placebo washout period at the V2 visit;
4. Patients with diabetes mellitus judged uncontrollable by the investigator;
5. Persons with associated electrolyte disturbances (e.g., severe hyponatremia);
6. those with a prior history of biliary cirrhosis and cholestasis;
7. persons with a prior history of organ transplantation;
8. patients with known active gastritis, duodenal ulcer or gastric ulcer or gastrointestinal/rectal bleeding within 3 months prior to the first dose;
9. Patients with a history of clinically significant drug/food allergy (within 6 months prior to first dose) or history of atopic allergic disease (e.g., asthma, etc.) or known allergy to valsartan and its excipients or other angiotensin II receptor antagonists (ARBs) and/or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs);
10. Persons who are infectious disease screen positive for hepatitis B surface antigen and/or core antibody and test positive for HBV-DNA, hepatitis C virus antibody positive and test positive for RNA, HIV positive, or syphilis spirochete antibody positive;
11. Persons who have been treated with any other clinical trial drug/device within 1 month prior to the first dose or within 5 half-lives of the trial drug, whichever is shorter;
12. Females with a history of menstruation who have had a positive pregnancy test;
13. Those who may not be able to complete the study for other reasons or those who, in the opinion of the investigator, are not suitable for inclusion.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Valsartan Oral Solution	Valsartan Oral Solution	Screening Period: all subjects eligible for enrollment at Visit V1 received a 7-day placebo introductory period; Trial drug administration period: subjects eligible for enrollment received a half-dose of valsartan oral solution for one week after visit V2, after which subjects received a full-dose of valsartan oral solution for five weeks, with subjects required to come in for checkups at visits V3 and V4, and subjects were followed up by telephone for medication at visit V5; Randomized Placebo Withdrawal Period: two weeks of receiving valsartan oral solution after randomization at Visit V6, with telephone follow-up of subjects on medication at Visit V7 and subjects required to come to the hospital for check-ups at Visit V8; Safety observation period: after V8 visit, subjects assessed by the investigator to be able to continue the medication and who volunteered to participate in a follow-up study continued to take valsartan oral solution up to 3 months or withdrew early.
Placebo	Placebo	Screening Period: all subjects eligible for enrollment at Visit V1 received a 7-day placebo introductory period; Trial drug administration period: subjects eligible for enrollment received a half-dose of valsartan oral solution for one week after visit V2, after which subjects received a full-dose of valsartan oral solution for five weeks, with subjects required to come in for checkups at visits V3 and V4, and subjects were followed up by telephone for medication at visit V5; Randomized Placebo Withdrawal Period: two weeks of receiving placebo after randomization at Visit V6, with telephone follow-up of subjects on medication at Visit V7 and subjects required to come to the hospital for check-ups at Visit V8; Safety observation period: after V8 visit, subjects assessed by the investigator to be able to continue the medication and who volunteered to participate in a follow-up study continued to take valsartan oral solution up to 3 months or withdrew early.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in mean seated systolic blood pressure (MSSBP) from the end of week 6 to the end of week 8 in the valsartan oral solution group compared to the placebo group.	2 weeks of randomized placebo withdrawal period

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in mean seated diastolic blood pressure (MSDBP) from the end of week 6 to the end of week 8	2 weeks of randomized placebo withdrawal
Change in MSSBP and MSDBP from baseline to the end of week 6	6 weeks of Trial drug administration period
Change in MSSBP and MSDBP from baseline to the end of week 8	8 weeks of Trial drug administration period and randomized placebo withdrawal period
Blood pressure control rate	8 weeks of Trial drug administration period and randomized placebo withdrawal period
Adverse events (AEs)/serious adverse events (SAEs) were collected by vital signs, physical examination, laboratory tests, and 12-lead electrocardiogram to assess safety	up to 3 months
Palatability evaluation by VAS (visual analog scale)	the first 8 days of treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shandong New Time Pharmaceutical Co.LTD,; 🇨🇳 Linyi, Shandong, China