Hans-Joachim Anders

@hjanders.bsky.social

Physician scientist from LMU Munich trying to understand how to maximise kidney lifespan for patients with kidney diseases

In older patients with frailty who were receiving antihypertensive drugs and had a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg, reducing antihypertensive drugs did not lead to lower all-cause mortality over 4 years than usual care. Full RETREAT-FRAIL trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/45NUK9v

The New England Journal of Medicine                   
Reduction of Antihypertensive Treatment in Nursing Home Residents 
A Research Summary based on Benetos A et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2508157 | Published on August 29, 2025 

Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned.    

Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.