title: Effects of etoricoxib and comparator nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on urinary sodium excretion, blood pressure, and other renal function indicators in elderly subjects consuming a controlled sodium diet.
abstract: This multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study assessed renal function during dosing with etoricoxib 90 mg daily, celecoxib 200 mg twice daily, and naproxen 500 mg twice daily. Male and female subjects 60 to 81 years old (n = 85), in sodium balance on a controlled, normal sodium diet, were treated for 15 days. There were no clinically meaningful between-treatment differences in urinary sodium excretion, creatinine clearance, body weight, or serum electrolytes during the 2 weeks of treatment. Etoricoxib and celecoxib had no effect on the urinary thromboxane metabolite, 11-dehydrothromboxane B(2), while significantly decreasing the urinary prostacyclin metabolite, 2,3-dinor-6-keto PGF(1alpha). Decreases were greater for both metabolites following naproxen. Ambulatory systolic blood pressures were significantly higher than placebo for all treatments, with moderately greater increases for etoricoxib relative to other active treatments on day 14. Ambulatory diastolic blood pressures were significantly higher than placebo for etoricoxib and naproxen but not for celecoxib.
authors.affiliation: Merck Research Laboratories, 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, PO Box 2000, RY34-A552, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA. jules_schwartz@merck.com
authors.forename: Jules I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Chau
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thach
authors.forename: Kenneth C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lasseter
authors.forename: Jutta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hreniuk
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hilliard
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Barry J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Gertz
authors.forename: Keith M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gottesdiener
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000652:urine; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D000068579:Celecoxib; D003248:Constipation / Q000139:chemically induced; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood; D000077613:Etoricoxib; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009288:Naproxen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000652:urine; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000652:urine; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000652:urine*; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D013450:Sulfones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004573:Electrolytes; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011720:Pyrazoles; D011725:Pyridines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013450:Sulfones; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D009288:Naproxen; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; C028290:2,3-dinor-6-ketoprostaglandin F1alpha; C049235:11-dehydro-thromboxane B2; D012964:Sodium; D003404:Creatinine; D000068579:Celecoxib; D011188:Potassium; D000077613:Etoricoxib