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Published ahead of print on October 11, 2006
J Am Soc Nephrol 17: 3257-3262, 2006
© 2006 American Society of Nephrology
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2006050543
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Clinical Transplantation

No Improvement of Patient or Graft Survival in Transplant Recipients Treated with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report

Gerhard Opelz*, Martin Zeier{dagger}, Gunter Laux*, Christian Morath{dagger} and Bernd Döhler*

Departments of * Transplantation Immunology and {dagger} Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Address correspondence to: Prof. Gerhard Opelz, Department of Transplantation Immunology, Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Phone: +49-6221-56-4013; Fax: +49-6221-56-4200; gerhard.opelz{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de

Received for publication May 31, 2006. Accepted for publication August 27, 2006.

It was reported recently that treatment of kidney transplant recipients with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB) is associated with strikingly improved long-term graft and patient survival. This finding has important implications for future posttransplantation therapy recommendations. In an analysis of 17,209 kidney and 1744 heart transplant recipients, an association of treatment with ACEI/ARB with improved transplant outcome could not be confirmed. It is concluded that recommendations for a widespread use of ACEI/ARB treatment in transplant recipients are unwarranted.




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