Will zilebesiran, an RNA interference therapy, be effective, safe, and improve the treatment of hypertension?
The main problem with zilebesiran is that it only has a modest effect on blood pressure, and it is likely to have to be used as add-on therapy, which will probably reduce any benefits on adherence it has. It was also difficult to reliably interpret the results of KARDIA-1 as blood pressure went up significantly in the placebo group. KARDIA-1 did not answer previous concerns about zilebesiran; (i) what happens during volume depletion, sepsis, and pregnancy when angiotensinogen is inhibited long term or (ii) will it be effective in a high sodium diet.
Authors
- Sheila A Doggrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-0795)
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
- Published
- 2024-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14712598.2024.2425343
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54