macitentan and tadalafil
Drug Details
- Generic Name
- macitentan and tadalafil
- Brand Names
- OPSYNVI
- Application Number
- NDA218490
- Sponsor
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
- NDC Codes
- 2
- Dosage Forms
- TABLET, FILM COATED
- Routes
- ORAL
- Active Ingredients
- MACITENTAN, TADALAFIL
Indications and Usage
1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE OPSYNVI is a combination of macitentan, an endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA), and tadalafil, a phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor, indicated for chronic treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group I) in adult patients of WHO functional class (FC) II–III. ( 1.1 ) Individually, macitentan reduces the risk of clinical worsening events and hospitalization, and tadalafil improves exercise ability. ( 1.1 , 14 ) 1.1 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension OPSYNVI is the combination of macitentan and tadalafil indicated for the chronic treatment of adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group I and WHO Functional Class (FC) II–III). Individually, macitentan reduces the risk of clinical worsening events and hospitalization, and tadalafil improves exercise ability [see Clinical Studies (14.1) ] .