Influence of Fluvastatin on Inflammation Factors and Therapeutic Effect in Patients with Early Diabetic Nephropathy / 中国药师

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the effects of fluvastatin on high-sensitivity c-reactive protein( hs-CRP) , tumor necrosis fac-tor-α(TNF-α), urine albumer excretion rate (UAER)and serum creatinine (Cr) in the patients with early diabetic nephropathy. Methods:Totally 69 patients with early diabetic nephropathy were randomly divided into the observation group with 34 cases and the control group with 35 cases. The observation group was treated by low-protein diet plus fluvastatin, and the control group was treated by low-protein diet only. The course of treatment was 8 weeks. Totally 65 nondiabetic persons were selected as the normal group, and the levels of TNF-α, hs-CRP, UAER, ALT and Cr were detected before and after the treatment. Results:The levels of TNF-α, hs-CRP and UAER in the observation group and the control group were significantly higher than those in the normal group(P0. 05). Compared with that before the treatment, the level of UAER was de-creased significantly in the control group after the treatment (P0. 05). In the observation group, the levels of TNF-α, hs-CRP and UAER were all decreased sig-nificantly after the treatment (P<0. 05). Conclusion:UAER, hs-CRP and TNF-α are closely connected with diabetic nephropathy. Fluvastatin can decrease the levels of TNF-α, hs-CRP and UAER. Low-protein diet plus fluvastatin is effective and safe in the treat-ment of early diabetic nephropathy, and the efficacy is superior to that of low-protein diet only.