Impact of Relacorilant on Blood Pressure and Antihypertensive Medication Burden in Patients With Hypercortisolism and Hypertension: Results From the GRACE Study
Summary
- In GRACE, rapid and sustained improvements in blood pressure were observed with relacorilant treatment during the open-label phase in participants with endogenous hypercortisolism and hypertension
- Blood pressure improvements were maintained with relacorilant during the randomized-withdrawal phase, whereas blood pressure deteriorations occurred in the placebo arm
- Relacorilant treatment also resulted in decreases/discontinuations in antihypertensive medication
- Due to relacorilant’s specificity for the glucocorticoid receptor and its mechanism of action, the observed efficacy was seen:
- Without cases of relacorilant-induced irregular vaginal bleeding with endometrial hypertrophy
- Without increases in cortisol concentrations and relacorilant-induced hypokalemia
- Without reported cases of adrenal insufficiency
- Without independently-confirmed QT prolongation
