Effect of vitamin K supplementation on serum calcification propensity and arterial stiffness in vitamin K-deficient kidney transplant recipients : A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

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Vitamin K deficiency is common among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and likely contributes to progressive vascular calcification and stiffness. In this single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we aimed to investigate the effects of vitamin K supplementation on the primary end point, serum calcification propensity (calciprotein particle maturation time, T50), and secondary end points arterial stiffness (pulse wave velocity [PWV]) and vitamin K status in 40 vitamin K-deficient KTRs (plasma dephosphorylated uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein [dp-ucMGP] ≥500 pmol/L). Participants (35% female; age, 57 ± 13 years) were randomized 1:1 to vitamin K2 (menaquinone-7, 360 μg/day) or placebo for 12 weeks. Vitamin K supplementation had no effect on calcification propensity (change in T50 vs baseline +2.3 ± 27.4 minutes) compared with placebo (+0.8 ± 34.4 minutes; Pbetween group = .88) but prevented progression of PWV (change vs baseline -0.06 ± 0.26 m/s) compared with placebo (+0.27 ± 0.43 m/s; Pbetween group = .010). Vitamin K supplementation strongly improved vitamin K status (change in dp-ucMGP vs baseline -385 [-631 to -269] pmol/L) compared with placebo (+39 [-188 to +183] pmol/L; Pbetween group < .001), although most patients remained vitamin K-deficient. In conclusion, vitamin K supplementation did not alter serum calcification propensity but prevented progression of arterial stiffness, suggesting that vitamin K has vascular effects independent of calciprotein particles. These results set the stage for longer-term intervention studies with vitamin K supplementation in KTRs. TRIAL REGISTRY: EU Clinical Trials Register (EudraCT Number: 2019-004906-88) and the Dutch Trial Register (NTR number: NL7687).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 23(2023), 4 vom: 24. Apr., Seite 520-530

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Eelderink, Coby [VerfasserIn]
Kremer, Daan [VerfasserIn]
Riphagen, Ineke J [VerfasserIn]
Knobbe, Tim J [VerfasserIn]
Schurgers, Leon J [VerfasserIn]
Pasch, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Mulder, D J [VerfasserIn]
Corpeleijn, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Navis, Gerjan [VerfasserIn]
Bakker, Stephan J L [VerfasserIn]
de Borst, Martin H [VerfasserIn]
Te Velde-Keyzer, Charlotte A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11032-49-8
12001-79-5
Arterial stiffness
Calcification propensity
Cardiovascular disease
Clinical research/practice
Journal Article
Kidney transplantation/nephrology
Nutrition
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vascular biology
Vascular health
Vitamin K
Vitamin K 2

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Date Completed 10.04.2023

Date Revised 17.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

EudraCT: 2019-004906-88

NTR: NL7687

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ajt.2022.12.015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35206255X