MR Antagonist and LSD1
Hypertension, Mineralocorticoid Excess
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hypertension
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- untreated as well as currently treated hypertensives
- rs587168 allele carriers
- not on more than two anti-hypertensives
- normal renal, metabolic, electrolyte, and CBC laboratory tests
- self-identified Black race
- age >17 yrs.
Exclusion Criteria:
- known cardiac disease other than HTN
- renal, circulatory or neurologic diseases
- diabetes
- smoking
- secondary HTN as indicated by history, physical examination or screening blood and urine tests
- smoking
- any drug therapy, except for anti-hypertensives and stable thyroid medication replacement
Sites / Locations
- Brigham and Women'sRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Eplerenone Arm
Amlodipine Arm
We posit that individuals who carry the LSD1 risk allele have increased mineralocorticoid receptor activity, which results in hypertension. Thus, our mechanistic clinical study will assess whether hypertensive LSD1 risk allele carriers will show significantly greater reductions in blood pressure with a specific aldosterone mediated treatment approach (mineralocorticoid receptor blockade) than with a non-specific approach (amlodipine). To test this hypothesis, we will perform a randomized, double-blind, active controlled study in hypertensive carriers of the LSD1 risk allele using a novel two-limb, proof-of-principle study. Our primary outcome will be a liberal salt diet systolic blood pressure. Therefore, this mechanistic trial will provide support for using a genetic marker that identifies individuals who are uniquely responsive to mineralocorticoid receptor blockade--personalized, precision medicine.
We posit that individuals who carry the LSD1 risk allele have increased mineralocorticoid receptor activity, which results in hypertension. Thus, our mechanistic clinical study will assess whether hypertensive LSD1 risk allele carriers will show significantly greater reductions in blood pressure with a specific aldosterone mediated treatment approach (mineralocorticoid receptor blockade) than with a non-specific approach (amlodipine). To test this hypothesis, we will perform a randomized, double-blind, active controlled study in hypertensive carriers of the LSD1 risk allele using a novel two-limb, proof-of-principle study. Our primary outcome will be a liberal salt diet systolic blood pressure. Therefore, this mechanistic trial will provide support for using a genetic marker that identifies individuals who are uniquely responsive to mineralocorticoid receptor blockade--personalized, precision medicine.