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Clearance of imidapril, an Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, during hemodialysis in hypertensive renal failure patients: comparison with quinapril and enalapril.

The dialyzability of imidaprilat, an active metabolite of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor imidapril, was determined and compared with those of enalaprilat and quinaprilat in hypertensive patients on chronic hemodialysis. Imidapril (5 mg/d, n = 6), enalapril (2.5 mg/d, n = 6), or quinapril (2.5 mg/d, n = 6) was given for at least 8 weeks prior to the trial. During dialysis, enalaprilat, but not imidaprilat or quinaprilat, concentrations in both sides decreased significantly. Compared to enalaprilat, the dialyzabilities of imidaprilat and quinaprilat were significantly lower (dialyzer clearance [mL/min/m(2)]: enalaprilat, 41.8 +/- 7.4; imidaprilat, 19.0 +/- 7.8; quinaprilat, 8.9 +/- 1.3). The dialyzabilities of the 3 drugs were negatively correlated with their respective protein-binding rates. During hemodialysis, blood pressure did not change significantly in any group. These results suggest that imidapril provides good blood pressure control without a large fluctuation of drug concentration in hypertensive patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis.[1]

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  1. Clearance of imidapril, an Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, during hemodialysis in hypertensive renal failure patients: comparison with quinapril and enalapril. Tsuruoka, S., Kitoh, Y., Kawaguchi, A., Sugimoto, K., Hayasaka, T., Saito, T., Fujimura, A. Journal of clinical pharmacology (2007) [Pubmed]
 
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