Bottinor, Wendy, Manouchehri, Ali, Shuey, Megan M, Farber-Eger, Eric, Salem, Joe-Elie, Moslehi, Javid J, Wang, Thomas J, and Brittain, Evan L
Introduction: Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition (VEGFi) in cancer treatment is associated with hypertension. Imbalance between the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) and VEGF may contribute to VEGFi associated hypertension. We hypothesized that RAAS blockade at the time of VEGFi attenuates increases in blood pressure. Methods: Using de-identified medical records from 1085 outpatients with cancer on VEGFi, we extracted demographic, oncologic, anti-hypertensive medication exposure and comorbidity data between 2003-2017. Baseline blood pressure was estimated as the average of all outpatient blood pressures collected during 12-6 weeks prior to VEGFi. Response blood pressure was estimated as the average blood pressure collected from 0-6 weeks after VEGFi. We used non-parametric methods and adjusted regression models to assess associations in BP change between patients taking or not taking ACEi/ARB. Results: Patients where 48% male, 88% Caucasian, and had mean age of 64+13 years. Patients using ACEi/ARB therapy were older with a lower GFR, lower prevalence of hypertension, and a higher prevalence of diabetes and hyperlipidemia compared with patients not using ACEi/ARB therapy (Table 1). We observed a 2.6 + 16mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure among patients exposed to ACEi/ARB prior to VEGFi compared with 1 + 15mmHg reduction in patients not exposed to an ACEi/ARB. ACEi/ARB exposure was associated with a reduction in BP at 6 weeks even after adjusting for age, gender, BMI, GFR, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes (-3.3mmHg [95% CI -5.5, -1.1]; p =0.005). Conclusions: Our results suggest a protective effect of pre-VEGFi exposure to ACEi/ARB on blood pressure response. Future studies are warranted to determine whether RAAS blockade should be initiated prophylactically in patients receiving VEGFi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]