Methods for catheter-based renal neuromodulation
First Claim
1. A method for treating hypertension, the method comprising:
- selecting a female human patient having a baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg;
intravascularly delivering an energy delivery element to a renal artery of the selected patient; and
modulating a renal nerve along the renal artery by delivering energy from the energy delivery element to a plurality of treatment locations along a wall of the renal artery,wherein the treatment locations are arranged in a helical pattern along the renal artery, and wherein the helical pattern includes at least one treatment location in each of the inferior, anterior, superior and posterior positions around the wall of the renal artery,wherein the selected patient achieves a decrease in blood pressure of at least 6 mm Hg more than a resistant hypertensive, female control group patient, andwherein the female control group patient having an average baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg, is younger than 68 years of age, takes three or more anti-hypertensive medications at maximally tolerated doses, and underwent a sham procedure instead of the modulation treatment.
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Abstract
Methods for treating preventing or decreasing the likelihood of a human patient developing hypertension and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to methods for therapeutic renal neuromodulation that partially inhibit sympathetic neural activity in renal nerves proximate a renal blood vessel of a human patient. This reduction in sympathetic neural activity is expected to therapeutically treat one or more conditions associated with hypertension or prehypertension of the patient. Renal sympathetic nerve activity can be modulated, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a neuromodulation assembly, e.g., a neuromodulation assembly configured to use electrically-induced, thermally-induced, and/or chemically-induced approaches to modulate the renal nerves.
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1. A method for treating hypertension, the method comprising:
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selecting a female human patient having a baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg; intravascularly delivering an energy delivery element to a renal artery of the selected patient; and modulating a renal nerve along the renal artery by delivering energy from the energy delivery element to a plurality of treatment locations along a wall of the renal artery, wherein the treatment locations are arranged in a helical pattern along the renal artery, and wherein the helical pattern includes at least one treatment location in each of the inferior, anterior, superior and posterior positions around the wall of the renal artery, wherein the selected patient achieves a decrease in blood pressure of at least 6 mm Hg more than a resistant hypertensive, female control group patient, and wherein the female control group patient having an average baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg, is younger than 68 years of age, takes three or more anti-hypertensive medications at maximally tolerated doses, and underwent a sham procedure instead of the modulation treatment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for treating hypertension, the method comprising:
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selecting a human patient having a baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg and on an aldosterone antagonist; intravascularly positioning an energy delivery element within a renal artery of the selected patient; and modulating a renal nerve along the renal artery via energy from the energy delivery element at a plurality of locations along a wall of the renal artery, wherein the selected patient achieves a decrease in blood pressure of at least 7 mm Hg more than a resistant hypertensive control group patient, and wherein the control group patient has an average baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg, is younger than 68 years of age, is on an aldosterone antagonist, and underwent a sham procedure instead of the modulation treatment. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for treating hypertension, the method comprising:
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selecting a human patient under 65 years of age and having a baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg; intravascularly delivering an energy delivery element to a renal artery of the selected patient; and modulating a renal nerve along the renal artery via energy from the energy delivery element at a plurality of treatment locations along a wall of the renal artery, wherein the treatment locations are spaced apart from each other and arranged in a helical pattern about the wall of the renal artery, and wherein the helical pattern includes at least one treatment location in each of an inferior, anterior, superior and posterior position around the wall, wherein the selected patient achieves a decrease in blood pressure of at least 5 mm Hg more than a resistant hypertensive control group patient, and wherein the control group patient is under 65 years of age, has a baseline blood pressure of at least 160 mm Hg, takes one or more anti-hypertensive medication at maximally tolerated doses, and underwent a sham procedure instead of the modulation treatment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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