Nesiritide in Resistant Hypertension
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Purpose
The aim of this study is two fold: First the investigators want to determine the safe and most effective dose of subcutaneous (SQ) BNP in subjects with resistant hypertension. Second, the investigators want to demonstrate efficacy of chronically (one week) administered SQ BNP in resistant hypertension in reducing blood pressure.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Hypertension |
Drug: Nesiritide Drug: Placebo |
Phase 1 Phase 2 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Natriuretic Peptides and Their Chimerics in Hypertension (Aims 1 and 2) |
- Changes in blood pressure (BP) with treatment over 7 days [ Time Frame: baseline and at 7 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The primary endpoint of the study is the change in BP with treatment over 7 days. This will be assessed by the 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) recordings performed at baseline (day 0) and at day 6 (post-treatment). Group comparisons will be based on the overall (24-hour) mean, the daytime mean, and the night-time mean.
- Renal function [ Time Frame: Baseline and after 7 days treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The secondary endpoints will include renal function as assessed by calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and cystatin-C, effects of SQ BNP on 24-hour sodium excretion.
- Hormonal changes [ Time Frame: Baseline and after 7 days treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The effects upon the endogenous NPs system determined by changes in ANP, NT-ANP, proBNP1-108, NT-proBNP, cyclic guanylate monophosphate (cGMP), and suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) will also be assessed.
| Estimated Enrollment: | 75 |
| Study Start Date: | April 2012 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | January 2016 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | January 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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BNP doses
Patients will receive low, medium and high dose of subcutaneous (SQ) BNP to determine the feasibility, safety, and blood pressure lowering effect of BNP so as to identify the optimal dose.
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Drug: Nesiritide
This arm is designed to determine the optimal dose rage of nesiritide (BNP) to be used in the double blind trial (second arm of the study).
Other Name: Natrecor
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Active Comparator: SQ BNP
Patients will receive SQ BNP bid at the optimal dose, as assessed in the dose finding arm, for seven consecutive days.
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Drug: Nesiritide
The optimal dose rage of nesiritide (BNP) to be used in the double blind trial will be determined in the first dose finding arm.
Other Name: Natrecor
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Patients will receive SQ placebo bid for seven consecutive days.
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Drug: Placebo
Placebo will be administered subcutaneously instead of active drug (nesiritide) in a blind fashion in the second arm of the study.
Other Name: saline solution
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Detailed Description:
Hypertension remains a global burden in cardiovascular disease leading to stroke, myocardial infarction, and heart failure. Its myocardial complications result from increased mechanical load on the heart. Under physiological conditions of increased myocardial load and resulting myocardial stretch, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) synthesis and secretion occur contributing to maintenance of optimal cardiorenal and blood pressure homeostasis. However, studies indicate that in subjects with cardiovascular diseases the biological structure of these hormones may be altered, thus reducing their favorable protective activities. New studies indicate that early and moderate hypertension is associated with a derangement of the natriuretic peptide system which is characterized by the lack of activation of biologically active ANP and BNP, while severe hypertension is characterized by cardiac release of altered molecular forms of ANP and BNP that have reduced biological properties and/or enhanced degradation.
The broad objective of proposal is to advance the biology and therapeutics of the natriuretic peptides (NPs) with a special focus on the cardiac peptide BNP in human hypertension. Our proposal is based upon the biological properties of BNP (i.e., natriuretic, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone suppressing, vasodilating, anti-fibrotic, anti-hypertrophic and positive lusitropic), its mechanistic role in human hypertension, and thus its potential as an innovative chronic protein therapeutic to enhance the treatment of patients with uncontrolled and or resistant hypertension. Importantly, BNP is an endocrine hormone normally produced by the human heart, and its use as therapeutic agent has been approved in USA for more than a decade and has been proven to be safe.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
Subjects with resistant hypertension as defined by the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) guidelines, systolic blood pressure and/or diastolic blood pressure > 140/90 mm Hg. For patients with hypertension and diabetes or renal disease, blood pressure > 130/80 mm Hg despite treatment with diuretic, sympathetic depressant and vasodilators.
Medications may include a three drug regimen including:
- diuretic at therapeutic dose
- a second line agent such as sympatholytic (e.g. beta-blockade, central agent such as clonidine) or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) / angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) or calcium channel blocker (CCB).
- third line agent including one of the above and/or direct vasodilator, such as hydralazine or minoxidil.
Exclusion criteria:
- Congestive Heart Failure (any NYHA class)
- Ejection Fraction < 50%
- Known renal artery stenosis
- Myocardial infarction within 3 months of screening
- Unstable angina within 14 days of screening, or any evidence of myocardial ischemia
- Moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension
- Valvular stenosis, hypertrophic, restrictive or obstructive cardiomyopathy, constrictive pericarditis, primary pulmonary hypertension, or biopsy proven active myocarditis
- Sustained ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation within 14 days of screening
- Sustained Atrial Fibrillation
- Second or third degree AV block without a permanent cardiac pacemaker
- Cerebral vascular accident within 3 months of screening, or other evidence of significantly compromised central nervous system perfusion
- Total bilirubin of > 1.5 mg/dL or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 1.5 times the upper limit of normal range
- Renal insufficiency assessed by calculated GFR < 30 ml/min (Cockroft-Gault equation)
- Serum sodium of < 125 mEq/dL or > 160 mEq/dL
- Serum potassium of < 3.0 mEq/dL or > 5.5 mEq/dL
- Women taking hormonal contraceptives
- Pregnancy
- Body mass index (BMI) > 35
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Jacque Wanek, RN | 507-266-5640 | wanek.jacqueline@mayo.edu |
| Contact: Alessandro Cataliotti, M.D., Ph.D. | 507-284-4838 |
| United States, Minnesota | |
| Mayo Clinic in Rochester | Recruiting |
| Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Alessandro Cataliotti, MD, PhD | Mayo Clinic |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Alessandro Cataliotti, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01514357 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 11-001372 |
| Study First Received: | January 12, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | November 12, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Hypertension Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Natriuretic Peptide, Brain Natriuretic Agents |
Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions Cardiovascular Agents Therapeutic Uses |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013