title: Effects of celiprolol on plasma renin, aldosterone, norepinephrine and epinephrine in primary hypertension.
abstract: Celiprolol is a newly developed cardioselective beta-blocking agent with mild beta 2-agonist and weak alpha 2-antagonist properties. To evaluate the acute (2.5 hours) and chronic (2 weeks) effects of celiprolol (400 mg once a day) on plasma renin, aldosterone, norepinephrine and epinephrine, 20 patients with mild to moderate primary hypertension were studied in a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial. Two and one-half hours after the first dose of both placebo and celiprolol, supine and standing measurements of blood pressure showed a significant reduction, whereas plasma norepinephrine increases were comparable with baseline values. Placebo and celiprolol produced similar changes on supine blood pressure and plasma norepinephrine. In 9 patients celiprolol decreased plasma renin (from a mean +/- standard deviation of 1.09 +/- 0.35 to 0.77 +/- 0.52 ng/ml/hr, p less than 0.05) and aldosterone (from 9.2 +/- 3.7 to 6.7 +/- 3.9 ng/dl, p less than 0.05) acutely both supine and standing, but placebo did not change these parameters. Celiprolol increased pulse rate supine (but not standing) as compared with baseline values. After 2 weeks of celiprolol therapy, blood pressure was decreased both supine and standing compared with placebo in 18 patients (140 +/- 18/88 +/- 8 vs 149 +/- 18/94 +/- 7, 136 +/- 18/91 +/- 6 vs 142 +/- 20/97 +/- 9 mm Hg, respectively, each p less than 0.05), without a change of pulse rate when supine and with a reduction when standing. There were no significant changes of plasma renin, aldosterone, norepinephrine and epinephrine levels during chronic therapy compared with placebo.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: DeQuattro
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017272:Celiprolol; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood*; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D011412:Propanolamines; D000450:Aldosterone; D017272:Celiprolol; D012083:Renin; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine