Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Inhibition in Advanced
CKD
RAS Inhibitors in Mild to Moderate CKD
1. Reduce blood pressure
2. Slow decline in eGFR
3. Decrease proteinuria
4. Delay progression to advanced CKD (Stage 4 or 5)
5. Associated with improved quality of life and reduced risks
Lewis EJ, et al. 2001; Lewis EJ, et al. 1993; Brenner BM, et al. 2001; Remuzzi G, et al, 2004; Hou FF, et al. 2006.
• Lewis EJ, Hunsicker LG, Clarke WR, et al. Renoprotective effect of the angiotensin-receptor antagonist irbesartan in patients with nephropathy due to type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med 2001;345:851-60.
• Lewis EJ, Hunsicker LG, Bain RP, Rohde RD. The effect of angiotensinconverting–enzyme inhibition on diabetic nephropathy. N Engl J Med 1993;329: 1456-62.
• Brenner BM, Cooper ME, de Zeeuw D, et al. Effects of losartan on renal and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy. N Engl J Med 2001;345:861-9.
• Remuzzi G, Chiurchiu C, Ruggenenti P. Proteinuria predicting outcome in renal disease: nondiabetic nephropathies (REIN). Kidney Int Suppl 2004;66:Suppl 92:S90- S96.
• Hou FF, Zhang X, Zhang GH, et al. Efficacy and safety of benazepril for advanced chronic renal insufficiency. N Engl J Med 2006;354:131-40.
Increased risks: cardiovascular
Advanced Impaired quality of
events, renal-replacement therapy,
CKD life
death
Neovius M, et al, 2014. CKD Prognosis Consortium, 2010; Gansevoort RT, et al. 2011; Landray MJ, et al. 2010; Quinn MP, et al. 2011.
Little evidence
Quinn MP, et al. 2011.
• Neovius M, Jacobson SH, Eriksson JK, Elinder C-G, Hylander B. Mortality in chronic kidney disease and renal replacement therapy: a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open 2014;4(2):e004251.
• Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium. Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis. Lancet 2010; 375:2073-81.
• Gansevoort RT, Matsushita K, van der Velde M, et al. Lower estimated GFR and higher albuminuria are associated with adverse kidney outcomes: a collaborative meta-analysis of general and high-risk population cohorts. Kidney Int 2011;80: 93-104.
• Landray MJ, Emberson JR, Blackwell L, et al. Prediction of ESRD and death among people with CKD: the Chronic Renal Impairment in Birmingham (CRIB) prospective cohort study. Am J Kidney Dis 2010;56:1082-94.
• Quinn MP, Cardwell CR, Kee F, et al. The finding of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate is associated with increased mortality in a large UK population. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2011;26: 875-80.
This STOP-ACEi Trial
01 multicenter, randomized, open-label
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Chronic kidney disease: early identification and management of chronic kidney disease in adults in primary and secondary care. Clinical guideline CG73. September 2008 (https:// www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg73).
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Hypertension in adults: diagnosis and management. NICE guideline NG136. August 2019 (https://www .nice.org.uk/guidance/ng136).
OUTCOMES
Primary Outcome: Secondary Outcome:
• Ahmed AK, Kamath NS, El Kossi M, El Nahas AM. The impact of stopping inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010;25:3977-3982.
• Fu EL, Evans M, Clase CM, et al. Stopping renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in patients with advanced CKD and risk of adverse outcomes: a nationwide study. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021;32:424-35.
rate of decline in
good predictor of the development of ESKD
the eGFR
Levey AS, et al, 2020.
3 years delay
preservation of the eGFR slope >0.75 ml/min/1.73 m2 year
progression
Inker LA,et al,2019.
This Trial:
these drugs may not be as helpful in patients with advanced and progressive CKD
• Levey AS, Gansevoort RT, Coresh J, et al. Change in albuminuria and GFR as end points for clinical trials in early stages of CKD: a scientific workshop sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation in collaboration with the US Food and
Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency. Am J Kidney Dis 2020;75: 84-104.
• Inker LA, Heerspink HJL, Tighiouart H, et al. GFR slope as a surrogate end point for kidney disease progression in clinical trials: a meta-analysis of treatment effects of randomised controlled trials. J Am Soc Nephrol 2019;30:1735-45.
• Maschio G, Alberti D, Janin G, et al. Effect of the angiotensin-convertingenzyme inhibitor benazepril on the progression of chronic renal insufficiency. N Engl J Med 1996;334:939-45.
discontinuing RAS Increased major cardiovascular events and death
inhibitors
Fu et al.,2021
This Trial:
Need conduct a larger randomized trial to investigate cardiovascular safety.
● Fu EL, Evans M, Clase CM, et al. Stopping renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in patients with advanced CKD and risk of adverse outcomes: a nationwide study. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021;32:424-35.
● Qiao Y, Shin J-I, Chen TK, et al. Association between renin-angiotensin system blockade discontinuation and all-cause mortality among persons with low estimated glomerular filtration rate. JAMA
Intern Med 2020;180:718-26.
LIMITATION
Limits generalizability to other racial or ethnic groups.
Open-label nature