In pigs with renal artery stenosis, elamipretide normalized renal blood flow in the stenotic kidney.
In plain wordsIn pigs with narrowed kidney arteries, elamipretide restored blood flow in the affected kidney.
- Peptide
- Elamipretide (SS-31)
- Outcome
- IncreaseStenotic kidney renal blood flow
- Study
pign = 6
Unilateral atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS)- Comparator
- Untreated ARAS
- Outcome group
- Kidney function · Kidney and urinary
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneous · 4 weeksAs given in this study (pig).
Source sentences
Elamipretide normalized STK-RBF and GFR
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Domestic pigs were randomized to control and unilateral ARAS untreated or treated with subcutaneous elamipretide (5d/wk) for 4 weeks starting after 6 weeks of ARAS or sham (n=6 each).