Prescribed water intake in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Gopala K. Rangan, Annette T. Y. Wong, Alexandra Munt, Jennifer Q. J. Zhang, Sayanthooran Saravanabavan, Sandra Louw, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Sunil V. Badve, Neil Boudville, Jessie Chan, Helen Coolican, Susan Coulshed, Marie E. Edwards, Bradley J. Erickson, Mangalee Fernando, Sheryl Foster, Adriana V. Gregory, Imad Haloob, Carmel M. Hawley, Jane HoltKirsten Howard, Martin Howell, David W. Johnson, Timothy L. Kline, Karthik Kumar, Vincent W. Lee, Maureen Lonergan, Jun Mai, Philip McCloud, Elaine Pascoe, Anthony Peduto, Anna Rangan, Simon D. Roger, Julie Sherfan, Kamal Sud, Vicente E. Torres, Eswari Vilayur, David C. H. Harris

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Arginine vasopressin promotes kidney cyst growth in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Increased water intake reduces arginine vasopressin and urine osmolality and may slow kidney cyst growth. METHODS: In this randomized controlled 3-year clinical trial, we randomly assigned adults with ADPKD who had a height-corrected total kidney volume in Mayo imaging subclass categories 1B to 1E and an estimated glomerular filtration rate of 30 ml/min/1.73 m2 or greater to (1) water intake prescribed to reduce 24-hour urine osmolality to 270 mOsmol/kg or less or (2) ad libitum water intake irrespective of 24-hour urine osmolality. The primary end point was the percentage annualized rate of change in height-corrected total kidney volume. RESULTS: A total of 184 patients participated in either the ad libitum water intake group (n=92) or the prescribed water intake group (n=92). Over 3 years, there was no difference in the annualized rate of change in height-corrected total kidney volume between the ad libitum (7.8% per year; 95% confidence interval [CI], 6.6 to 9.0) and prescribed (6.8% per year; 95% CI, 5.8 to 7.7) water intake groups (mean difference, −0.97% per year; 95% CI, −2.37 to 0.44; P=0.18). The difference in mean 24-hour urine osmolality between the ad libitum and prescribed water intake groups was −91 mOsmol/kg (95% CI, −127 to −54 mOsmol/kg), with 52.3% of patients achieving adherence to the target 24-hour urine osmolality and no reduction in serum copeptin over 3 years. The frequency of adverse events was similar between groups. CONCLUSIONS: For patients with ADPKD, prescribed water intake was not associated with excess adverse events and achieved the target 24-hour urine osmolality for half of the patients but did not reduce copeptin or slow the growth of total kidney volume over 3 years compared with ad libitum water intake. (Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [grant GNT1138533], Danone Research, PKD Australia, the University of Sydney, and the Westmead Medical Research Foundation; Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12614001216606).
Original languageEnglish
Article numberEVIDoa2100021
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
JournalNEJM evidence
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes

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