Triple threat: new combo therapy aims to tackle rare lung disease

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18- 70 years * Treatment-naïve patients diagnosed within 12 weeks prior to screening with I/H/D-PAH or PAH associated with corrected congenital heart disease (disease (≥12 months after correction). Patients who have received treatment with PDE5is and/or ERAs for up to 6 weeks after diagnosis are eligible provided that state-of-the-art right heart catheterization has been performed at PAH diagnosis. * PVR \>5 WU, mPAP ≥35 mmHg and PAWP or LVEDP ≤15 mmHg at PAH diagnosis. * Signed written informed consent * Normal blood counts for platelets and erythrocytes * Women of childbearing potential must be willing to remain abstinent or use adequate and reliable contraception throughout the study and for at least 4 months after the last dose of study medication has been received. * WOCBP must use one of the following highly effective methods of birth control that result in a low failure rate of less than 1% per year when used consistently and correctly - according to recommendations by the European Heads of Medicines Agencies - from at least 14 days before the first administration of study medication until 4 month after the last administration of study medication: * combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hor-monal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: * oral * intravaginal * transdermal * progestogen-only hormonal contraception associatedwith inhibition of ovulation: * oral * injectable * implantable * intrauterine device (IUD) * intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS) * bilateral tubal occlusion * vasectomized partner * sexual abstinence * Male participants with female partner(s) of childbearing potential are eligible to participate in the study if they agree to the following during treatment and until 304 daysmonths after the last administration of study medication: * Inform any and all partner(s) of their participation in a clinical drug study and the need to comply with contraception instructions as directed by the investigator. * Male participants are required to use a condom during treatment and until 30 days4 months after the last administration of study medication. * Female partners of male participants who have not undergone a vasectomy with the absence of sperm confirmed or a bilateral orchiectomy should consider use of effective methods of contraception during treatment and until 30 days4 months after the last administration of study medication. * Sperm donation is not allowed during treatment and until 4 months after the last administration of study medication. Exclusion Criteria: * Other Forms of PH or PAH * Use of PAH medications for more than 6 weeks prior to screening * Symptoms or signs of clinically relevant lung disease, including TLC \< 70%, FEV1/FVC \<60%, and DLCO \<45%, respectively * Signs of left heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction, including LVEF \<50%, LAVI \>34 ml/m2, E/é ≥15, or permanent atrial fibrillation, respectively. * History of severe bleeding/haemorrhage * Therapy with prostacyclin and/or antithrombotic agents * eGFR \<30 ml/min/m2. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients