Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of benazepril hydrochloride in patients with major proteinuria |
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Authors: | Ch Schweizer G Kaiser W Dieterle J Mann |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departments of Medicine, Universities of Heidelberg and Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany;(2) Pharma Research and Development, Ciba-Geigy Limited, Basle, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Summary We have investigated whether the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the ACE inhibitor benazepril hydrochloride are altered with proteinuria by studying 8 patients with major proteinuria of different causes who were given a single dose of 10 mg p.o.The maximum plasma concentration of benazepril was found between 0.5 and 2 h after dosing (median 1 h). Its elimination was almost complete within 6 h. Peak plasma levels of benazeprilat, the active metabolite of benazepril, were observed between 1 and 6 h (median 2.5 h). The elimination of benazeprilat from plasma was biphasic, with mean initial and terminal half-lives of 3.0 and 17.3 h, respectively. On average, the pharmacokinetic parameters of benazepril and benazeprilat in the patients did not differ from those in a historical control group of healthy volunteers, but intersubject variability in the AUC and half-lives of benazeprilat was greater in the patients.Plasma ACE was completely inhibited from 1.5 to 6 h after dosing, and at 48 h the mean inhibition was still 42 %. Plasma renin showed substantial intersubject variation. Mean supine blood pressure (systolic/diastolic) was reduced from baseline by a maximum of 18/13 mm Hg at 6 h. Proteinuria was diminished after benazepril in 7 patients.In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that proteinuria in the nephrotic range does not require a change in benazepril dosage. |
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Keywords: | Benazepril Proteinuria benazeprilat ACE inhibitor pharmacokinetics |
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