Efficacy of low dose spironolactone in chronic kidney disease with resistant hypertension

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2011 Jan;22(1):75-8.

Abstract

To determine the antihypertensive benefit of adding low dose sprinolactone to multi-drug regimens that included a diuretic, a calcium channel blocker and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker in patients with moderately severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) [glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 25-50 mL/min] and resistant hyper-tension, we studied 41 patients randomly divided into two groups: group 1: patients who received placebo as spironolactone and group 2: patients who received spironolactone 25-50 mg/day. The patients were evaluated during follow-up at the 6th and 12th weeks. The mean decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after 6 weeks of spironolactone was 33 ± 8 and 13 ± 2 mmHg, respectively, and it was maintained after 12 weeks of spironolactone wherein the values were 36 ± 10 and 12 ± 2 mmHg, respectively, while there was no change in the blood pressure in the control group. Hyperkalemia (serum potassium >5.5 meq/L) occurred in one subject in the spironolactone group. We conclude that low-dose spironolactone may provide a significant additive blood pressure reduction in CKD patients (stage 2 and 3) with resistant hypertension.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antihypertensive Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antihypertensive Agents / adverse effects
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Chronic Disease
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Drug Resistance*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Humans
  • Hyperkalemia / chemically induced
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / drug therapy*
  • Iran
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists / administration & dosage*
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists / adverse effects
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Spironolactone / administration & dosage*
  • Spironolactone / adverse effects
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
  • Spironolactone