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Current Vascular Pharmacology

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ISSN (Print): 1570-1611
ISSN (Online): 1875-6212

Clinical Trial

Tadalafil Improves Haemodynamics and Arterial Stiffness but Not Flow- Mediated Dilation in Grade 1 Obesity. A Single-dose, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial

Author(s): Mariana Larios-Cárdenas, Oscar I. González-Radillo, Jhonatan Trujillo-Quirós, David Cardona-Müller, Marycruz Barocio-Pantoja, Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz and Fernando Grover-Páez*

Volume 20, Issue 6, 2022

Published on: 04 October, 2022

Page: [527 - 533] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/1570161120666220827154417

Price: $65

Abstract

Objective: Obesity, a major health issue worldwide, is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, endothelial dysfunction, and arterial stiffness. Tadalafil has been demonstrated to improve vascular parameters.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of a single 20 mg dose of tadalafil on flow-mediated dilation and hemodynamic and arterial stiffness markers.

Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted on 80 participants (41 assigned to placebo and 39 to tadalafil) with grade 1 obesity, to evaluate the acute effect of a single dose of 20 mg of tadalafil on flow-mediated dilation and hemodynamic and arterial stiffness markers.

Results: Tadalafil did not modify flow-mediated dilation. However, it significantly lowered systolic blood pressure (SBP) (130.6±17.1 vs. 125.0±12.7 mmHg, p=0.011), diastolic blood pressure (82.7±18.2 vs. 76.5±11.8 mmHg, p≤0.001), central systolic blood pressure (116.33±19.16 vs. 109.90±15.05 mmHg, p=0.001), the augmentation index (69.1±17.1 vs. 65.7±14.4, p=0.012), and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (1229.7±218.4 vs. 1164.0±181.7, p=0.001).

Conclusion: A single dose of tadalafil did not modify flow-mediated dilation in patients with grade 1 obesity but improved blood pressure and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity.

Keywords: Tadalafil, PDE5i, flow-mediated dilation, arterial stiffness, nitric oxide, endothelium, obesity.

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