The Therapeutic Effect of Bromocriptin in Patients With Primary Aldosteronism

Sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT00451672
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

we propose that bromocriptine may be an alternative treatment of primary aldosteronism, both APA and BAH.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
Phase 4

Detailed Description

Primary aldosteronism (PA), a common curable disease of hypertension, is characterized by inappropriate production of aldosterone, which is at least partially autonomous of the renin-angiotensin system. A recent clinical study reported that patients with PA experience a higher sate of a higher rate of cardiovascular events than those with essential hypertension(Corry and Tuck 2003; Milliez, Girerd et al. 2005). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was higher in primary aldosteronism than in essential hypertension was also reported (Fallo, Veglio et al. 2006). The wide applying of the plasma aldosterone/plasma rennin activity (ARR) as a screening test among hypertensive patients have reported a much higher prevalence of this disease, up to 12% of hypertensive patients. In the past decade, an increase in diagnosis rate of PA has been observed in National Taiwan University Hospital, with an average of 15-20 newly diagnosis cases every year.

Idiopathic bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BAH) and aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) are the leading causes of primary aldosteronism. Unilateral adrenalectomy is the reasonable therapeutic option of APA and aldosterone antagonists usually brings about well blood pressure (BP) control in BAH. Not every APA patient would accept operation because of other medical conditions, or the cure rate of hypertension in APA after adrenalectomy is 50-70% in most studies. For patients with BAH, aldosterone antagonists are the first choice of treatment, however, intolerance to high dose of these medications is not uncommon. To our best knowledge, there is no alternative treatment for these patients.

Dopaminergic regulation of aldosterone secretion has been well demonstrated in normal subjects as well as patients with PA. We have shown that D2 receptor can down-regulate the transcription of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) via a specific PKC isoform and probably intracellular calcium level. Furthermore, there is a reciprocal change of the mRNA of D2 receptor and CYP11B2 in APA. D2 receptor has also been demonstrated in other neuroendocrine tumors, eg., pheochromocytoma, prolactinoma, GH-secreting adenoma ect. [Camacho & Mazzone 1999] Administration of D2 agonist, bromocriptin (BMC), is a standard treatment of prolactinoma, either for pre-operative reduction of the tumors or for non-surgical patients [Chattopadhyay et al., 2005]. Reduction or shrinkage of prolactinoma has been observed in patients treated with BMC [Biswas et al., 2005]. Anti-proliferative effect and apoptosis of BMC have been demonstrated in several cell lines [Wasko et al., 2004]. Recently, we also demonstrated that BMC, in addition to decrease aldosterone secretion and expression of CYP11B2, could inhibit cell proliferation of H295 cells, an adrenocortical carcinoma cell line, with a down-regulation of ERK. In this context, we propose that BMC may be an alternative treatment of PA, both APA and BAH.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Allocation:
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2007
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2007

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. tumor size, blood pressure []

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. serum potassium, aldosterone, renine []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
20 Years to 60 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • 20-60y/o hyperaldosteronsim patients
Exclusion Criteria:
  • Malignancy

  • Bed-ridden

  • Psychological disease

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 National Taiwan Univserty Hospital Taipei Taiwan

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Kwan-Dun Wu, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine, Natinal Taiwan University Hospital
  • Study Director: Vin-Cent Wu, MD, Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

Responsible Party:
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00451672
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 950912
First Posted:
Mar 23, 2007
Last Update Posted:
Mar 23, 2007
Last Verified:
Dec 1, 2006
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 23, 2007