COMPERA / COMPERA-KIDS

NCT01347216 | Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: COMPERA
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 14,000
• Locations: 4 countries
• Sites: 7

Brief Summary

In view of the manifold options for mono- and combination therapy that have now emerged for patients with pulmonary (arterial) hypertension (PH/PAH), controlled clinical trials can only provide part of the information needed for optimal management. In order to gather adequate data on PAH/PH treatment in routine clinical care, the ongoing COMPERA registry prospectively documents consecutive patients with newly initiated treatment of PAH/PAH since May 2007. The internet-based registry fulfills high quality standards through several measures (planned minimum centre contribution of at least 10 patients per year, automated plausibility checks of data at entry, queries, monitoring with source data verification in \>50% of participating centers). It can be applied, among further purposes, for quality assurance: individual centers can confidentially compare their results with the combined outcome of other centers and the recommendations from guidelines. It is expected that the register contributes to optimization of specific drug therapy for PAH and PH. Since July 2013, also children of any age can be documented (COMPERA-KIDS).

Conditions

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH); Pulmonary Hypertension (PH)

Keywords

Drug treatment; Treatment pathways; Clinical routine; Registry; Treatment outcomes; Endothelin receptor antagonist; Phosphodiesterase-V inhibitor; Prostanoid; Sildenafil; Bosentan; Macitentan; Sitaxentan; Ambrisentan; Imatinib; Epoprostenol; Treprostinil; Iloprost; Infusion pump; Riociguat; soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator; Quality of life; Patient-related outcomes; Economic model; Adverse event; Safety; Combination therapy; Internet; Europe; Eisenmenger; Adults; Children; Selexipag; Baltic states; Risk

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of patients on monotherapy vs combination therapies at baseline and during follow-up (drug utilisation patterns)

  Up to 10 years after inclusion

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Number of patients in the various Dana Point groups (patient characteristics in PAH and non-PAH pulmonary hypertension groups)

  Up to 10 years after inclusion

• Probability of survival in the various Dana Point groups (PAH and non-PAH pulmonary hypertension groups) by Kaplan-Meier estimate

  Up to 10 years after inclusion

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Week+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with any manifestation of pulmonary hypertension

You may qualify if:

• All age groups (amendment dated 1 June 2013)
• Written informed consent
• Pulmonary hypertension (PH) of either
• PAH: idiopathic form (IPAH) or
• PAH associated with connective tissue diseases (PAH-CTD), with congenital heart defects (PAH-CHD), with HIV infection (PAH-HIV), or the portopulmonary form
• Chronic thromboembolic PH (CTEPH)
• PH in left heart diseases (with isolated diastolic dysfunction; with systolic dysfunction, other)
• PH in pulmonary disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; interstitial fibrosis, etc.)
• "Relative PH" in CHD after cavopulmonary anastomosis or Fontan-type surgery, even without the classical pulmonary pressure criteria of PH.
• Newly initiated (i.e. a maximum of 3 months before documentation for the first time) therapy with endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA), phoshodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors, soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulators or prostacyclins in mono- or combination therapy.
• Exceptions: PAH-CHD patients can be included on maintenance or newly initiated PAH therapy (3-month rule dose not apply).

You may not qualify if:

• Patients on maintenance therapy, i.e. previous treatment with any ERA/ PDE-5 inhibitor/prostacyclin/sGC stimulator drug longer than 3 months before documentation for the first time (exception: PAH-CHD patients).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Technische Universität Dresden: lead
• GWT-TUD GmbH: collaborator

Study Sites (7)

Dept. of Pneumology, University

Leuven, Belgium

RECRUITING

DRK-Klinikum Köpenick

Berlin, Germany

RECRUITING

Lung Centre, University of Giessen

Giessen, Germany

RECRUITING

Department of Pulmology; Hannover Medical School

Hanover, Germany

RECRUITING

German Heart Centre

Munich, Germany

RECRUITING

Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, University La Sapienza

Rome, Italy

RECRUITING

Dept. for Rheumatology, University Hospital

Zurich, Switzerland

RECRUITING

Related Publications (19)

• Pausch C, Pittrow D, Hoeper MM, Huscher D. Performance of the ESC/ERS 4-strata risk stratification model for pulmonary arterial hypertension with missing variables. Eur Respir J. 2023 Nov 29;62(5):2301023. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01023-2023. Print 2023 Nov.

  PMID: 37802633 BACKGROUND

• Pittrow D, Ghofrani HA, Opitz CF, Huscher D, Hoeper MM. [International, prospective register for the documentation of first-line and maintenance therapy in patients with pulmonary hypertension (CompERA-XL)]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2009 Aug;134 Suppl 5:S173-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1225318. Epub 2009 Aug 28. German.

  PMID: 19718609 BACKGROUND

• Hoeper MM, Huscher D, Ghofrani HA, Delcroix M, Distler O, Schweiger C, Grunig E, Staehler G, Rosenkranz S, Halank M, Held M, Grohe C, Lange TJ, Behr J, Klose H, Wilkens H, Filusch A, Germann M, Ewert R, Seyfarth HJ, Olsson KM, Opitz CF, Gaine SP, Vizza CD, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Kaemmerer H, Gibbs JS, Pittrow D. Elderly patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from the COMPERA registry. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30;168(2):871-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.10.026. Epub 2012 Nov 17.

  PMID: 23164592 BACKGROUND

• Olsson KM, Delcroix M, Ghofrani HA, Tiede H, Huscher D, Speich R, Grunig E, Staehler G, Rosenkranz S, Halank M, Held M, Lange TJ, Behr J, Klose H, Claussen M, Ewert R, Opitz CF, Vizza CD, Scelsi L, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Kaemmerer H, Gibbs JS, Coghlan G, Pepke-Zaba J, Schulz U, Gorenflo M, Pittrow D, Hoeper MM. Anticoagulation and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from the Comparative, Prospective Registry of Newly Initiated Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension (COMPERA). Circulation. 2014 Jan 7;129(1):57-65. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004526. Epub 2013 Sep 30.

  PMID: 24081973 BACKGROUND

• Kramm T, Wilkens H, Fuge J, Schafers HJ, Guth S, Wiedenroth CB, Weingard B, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Cebotari S, Hoeper MM, Mayer E, Olsson KM. Incidence and characteristics of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Germany. Clin Res Cardiol. 2018 Jul;107(7):548-553. doi: 10.1007/s00392-018-1215-5. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

  PMID: 29450722 BACKGROUND

• Hoeper MM, Kramer T, Pan Z, Eichstaedt CA, Spiesshoefer J, Benjamin N, Olsson KM, Meyer K, Vizza CD, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Distler O, Opitz C, Gibbs JSR, Delcroix M, Ghofrani HA, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Rosenkranz S, Grunig E. Mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension: prediction by the 2015 European pulmonary hypertension guidelines risk stratification model. Eur Respir J. 2017 Aug 3;50(2):1700740. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00740-2017. Print 2017 Aug.

  PMID: 28775047 BACKGROUND

• Hoeper MM, Pittrow D, Opitz C, Gibbs JSR, Rosenkranz S, Grunig E, Olsson KM, Huscher D. Risk assessment in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2018 Mar 29;51(3):1702606. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02606-2017. Print 2018 Mar. No abstract available.

  PMID: 29599117 BACKGROUND

• Zelniker TA, Huscher D, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Ewert R, Lange TJ, Klose H, Dumitrescu D, Halank M, Held M, Gall H, Pittrow D, Hoeper MM, Frankenstein L. The 6MWT as a prognostic tool in pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from the COMPERA registry. Clin Res Cardiol. 2018 Jun;107(6):460-470. doi: 10.1007/s00392-018-1207-5. Epub 2018 Jan 24.

  PMID: 29368137 BACKGROUND

• Delcroix M, Staehler G, Gall H, Grunig E, Held M, Halank M, Klose H, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Rosenkranz S, Pepke-Zaba J, Opitz CF, Gibbs JSR, Lange TJ, Tsangaris I, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Olsson KM, Hoeper MM. Risk assessment in medically treated chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients. Eur Respir J. 2018 Nov 8;52(5):1800248. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00248-2018. Print 2018 Nov.

  PMID: 30337446 BACKGROUND

• Kaemmerer H, Gorenflo M, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Apitz C, Baumgartner H, Berger F, Bruch L, Brunnemer E, Budts W, Claussen M, Coghlan G, Dahnert I, D'Alto M, Delcroix M, Distler O, Dittrich S, Dumitrescu D, Ewert R, Faehling M, Germund I, Ghofrani HA, Grohe C, Grossekreymborg K, Halank M, Hansmann G, Harzheim D, Nemes A, Havasi K, Held M, Hoeper MM, Hofbeck M, Hohenfrost-Schmidt W, Jureviciene E, Gumbiene L, Kabitz HJ, Klose H, Kohler T, Konstantinides S, Koestenberger M, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Kramer HH, Kropf-Sanchen C, Lammers A, Lange T, Meyn P, Miera O, Milger-Kneidinger K, Neidenbach R, Neurohr C, Opitz C, Perings C, Remppis BA, Riemekasten G, Scelsi L, Scholtz W, Simkova I, Skowasch D, Skride A, Stahler G, Stiller B, Tsangaris I, Vizza CD, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Wilkens H, Wirtz H, Diller GP, Grunig E, Rosenkranz S. Pulmonary Hypertension in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Real-World Data from the International COMPERA-CHD Registry. J Clin Med. 2020 May 13;9(5):1456. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051456.

  PMID: 32414075 BACKGROUND

• Vizza CD, Hoeper MM, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Benjamin N, Olsson KM, Ghofrani HA, Held M, Klose H, Lange T, Rosenkranz S, Dumitrescu D, Badagliacca R, Claussen M, Halank M, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Skowasch D, Ewert R, Gibbs JSR, Delcroix M, Skride A, Coghlan G, Ulrich S, Opitz C, Kaemmerer H, Distler O, Grunig E. Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With COPD: Results From the Comparative, Prospective Registry of Newly Initiated Therapies for Pulmonary Hypertension (COMPERA). Chest. 2021 Aug;160(2):678-689. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.012. Epub 2021 Feb 11.

  PMID: 33581097 BACKGROUND

• Rosenkranz S, Pausch C, Coghlan JG, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Grunig E, Staehler G, Vizza CD, Gall H, Distler O, Delcroix M, Ghofrani HA, Ewert R, Kabitz HJ, Skowasch D, Behr J, Milger K, Halank M, Wilkens H, Seyfarth HJ, Held M, Scelsi L, Neurohr C, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Ulrich S, Klose H, Claussen M, Eisenmann S, Schmidt KH, Remppis BA, Skride A, Jureviciene E, Gumbiene L, Miliauskas S, Loffler-Ragg J, Lange TJ, Olsson KM, Hoeper MM, Opitz C. Risk stratification and response to therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and comorbidities: A COMPERA analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jan;42(1):102-114. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.10.003. Epub 2022 Oct 13.

  PMID: 36333206 BACKGROUND

• Hoeper MM, Dwivedi K, Pausch C, Lewis RA, Olsson KM, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Grunig E, Staehler G, Vizza CD, Gall H, Distler O, Opitz C, Gibbs JSR, Delcroix M, Park DH, Ghofrani HA, Ewert R, Kaemmerer H, Kabitz HJ, Skowasch D, Behr J, Milger K, Lange TJ, Wilkens H, Seyfarth HJ, Held M, Dumitrescu D, Tsangaris I, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Ulrich S, Klose H, Claussen M, Eisenmann S, Schmidt KH, Swift AJ, Thompson AAR, Elliot CA, Rosenkranz S, Condliffe R, Kiely DG, Halank M. Phenotyping of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: a registry analysis. Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Oct;10(10):937-948. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00097-2. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

  PMID: 35777416 BACKGROUND

• Hoeper MM, Pausch C, Olsson KM, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Grunig E, Staehler G, Vizza CD, Gall H, Distler O, Opitz C, Gibbs JSR, Delcroix M, Ghofrani HA, Park DH, Ewert R, Kaemmerer H, Kabitz HJ, Skowasch D, Behr J, Milger K, Halank M, Wilkens H, Seyfarth HJ, Held M, Dumitrescu D, Tsangaris I, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Ulrich S, Klose H, Claussen M, Lange TJ, Rosenkranz S. COMPERA 2.0: a refined four-stratum risk assessment model for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2022 Jul 7;60(1):2102311. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02311-2021. Print 2022 Jul.

  PMID: 34737226 BACKGROUND

• Distler O, Ofner C, Huscher D, Jordan S, Ulrich S, Stahler G, Grunig E, Held M, Ghofrani HA, Claussen M, Lange TJ, Klose H, Rosenkranz S, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Vizza CD, Delcroix M, Opitz C, Pausch C, Scelsi L, Neurohr C, Olsson KM, Coghlan JG, Halank M, Skowasch D, Behr J, Milger K, Remppis BA, Skride A, Jureviciene E, Gumbiene L, Miliauskas S, Loffler-Ragg J, Wilkens H, Pittrow D, Hoeper MM, Ewert R. Treatment strategies and survival of patients with connective tissue disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension: a COMPERA analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Apr 2;63(4):1139-1146. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead360.

  PMID: 37462520 BACKGROUND

• Schmidt KH, Milger K, Pausch C, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Grunig E, Staehler G, Gall H, Distler O, Skowasch D, Halank M, Wilkens H, Held M, Klose H, Hoeper MM. Trends in COVID-19-associated mortality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a COMPERA analysis. Eur Respir J. 2023 Apr 27;61(4):2202440. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02440-2022. Print 2023 Apr.

  PMID: 37105586 BACKGROUND

• Kaemmerer AS, Gorenflo M, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Ewert P, Pausch C, Delcroix M, Ghofrani HA, Hoeper MM, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Skride A, Stahler G, Vizza CD, Jureviciene E, Jancauskaite D, Gumbiene L, Ewert R, Dahnert I, Held M, Halank M, Skowasch D, Klose H, Wilkens H, Milger K, Jux C, Koestenberger M, Scelsi L, Brunnemer E, Hofbeck M, Ulrich S, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Lange TJ, Bruch L, Konstantinides S, Claussen M, Loffler-Ragg J, Wirtz H, Apitz C, Neidenbach R, Freilinger S, Nemes A, Opitz C, Grunig E, Rosenkranz S. Medical treatment of pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: updated and extended results from the International COMPERA-CHD Registry. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2021 Dec;11(6):1255-1268. doi: 10.21037/cdt-21-351.

  PMID: 35070795 DERIVED

• Hoeper MM, Behr J, Held M, Grunig E, Vizza CD, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Lange TJ, Claussen M, Grohe C, Klose H, Olsson KM, Zelniker T, Neurohr C, Distler O, Wirtz H, Opitz C, Huscher D, Pittrow D, Gibbs JS. Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Fibrosing Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0141911. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141911. eCollection 2015.

  PMID: 26630396 DERIVED

• Kaemmerer H, Gorenflo M, Hoeper M, Huscher D, Ewert P, Pittrow D. [Pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with congenital heart disease: current issues and health care situation]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2013 Jun;138(23):1247-52. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1343189. Epub 2013 May 29. German.

  PMID: 23720182 DERIVED

Related Links

• COMPERA website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Eisenmenger Complex

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Hypertension; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Defects, Congenital; Cardiovascular Abnormalities; Heart Diseases; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Study Officials

• Marius M Hoeper, MD, PhD

  Department of Pulmonology, Medical School Hannover, Germany

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ardeschir H. Ghofrani, MD, PhD

  Lung Centre, Giessen, Germany

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Marion Delcroix, MD, PhD

  Dept of Pneumology, University Leuven, Belgium

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Dario Vizza, MD, PhD

  Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• David Pittrow, MD, PhD

  Institute for Clinical Pharmacoloy, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Germany

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Christian Opitz, MD, PhD

  Department of Cardiology, DRK-Kliniken Berlin, Germany

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Oliver Distler, MD, PhD

  Department for Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Harald Kaemmerer, MD, PhD

  German Heart Centre, Munich, Germany

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Stephan Rosenkranz, MD, PhD

  Heart Centre, Cologne

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Ekkehard Grünig, MD, PhD

  Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension at Thoraxclinic Heidelberg, Germany

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Matthias Gorenflo, MD, PhD

  Dept. Paed. Cardiol./Congenital Cardiology, Heidelberg University Medical Centre, Germany

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Karen Olsson, MD, PhD

  Department of Pulmonology, Medical School Hannove

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

David Pittrow, MD, PhD

CONTACT

+498152; david.pittrow@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Marius M. Hoeper, MD, PhD

CONTACT

+49511532; Hoeper.Marius@mh-hannover.de

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2011
• First Posted: May 4, 2011
• Study Start: July 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: August 24, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (4); BE (1); IT (1); CH (1)