Efficacy and safety of DALI-LDL-apheresis in two patients treated with the angiotensin II-receptor 1 antagonist losartan.
Direct adsorption of lipids (DALI) is the first low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-apheresis technique capable of adsorbing LDL and lipoprotein (a) directly from whole blood. The adsorber consists of negatively charged polyacrylate ligands linked to a Eupergit matrix. Negatively charged ligands give rise to activation of bradykinin, which is rapidly degraded by the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE). Thus, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are contraindicated in DALI-LDL-apheresis. This is the first paper to describe the efficacy and safety of DALI-LDL-apheresis in patients treated with 50 mg of the angiotensin II-receptor 1 antagonist (ARA) losartan. Two hypercholesterolemic patients were treated for 79 patient months with weekly or biweekly DALI sessions (N = 221 sessions). Approximately 1.4 patient blood volumes were treated per session. Acute reductions of LDL-cholesterol (63%) and lipoprotein (a) (62%) exceeded 60% and laboratory safety parameters remained in the apheresis typical range. Mean bradykinin plasma levels peaked in the efferent line post-adsorber at 1000 mL of treated blood volume; 467 fmol/mL (N = 6 sessions) in the ARA-treated patients and 671 fmol/mL (N = 9 sessions) in a control group of three DALI patients without ARA medication (P = 0.69, n.s.). Clinically, the DALI sessions for the ARA-treated patients were completely uneventful and blood pressure was not significantly different in the two groups. In summary, according to this retrospective pilot study, DALI-LDL-apheresis was shown for the first time to be safe and effective in patients on ARA medication.
Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern, Munich, Germany. thomas.bosch@med.uni-muenchen.de
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D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000379:methods*; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000628:therapy*; D019808:Losartan / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D019808:Losartan