Prevention of Alport Syndrome
There is currently no specific therapy for Alport Syndrome.  Treatment of the kidney disease consists of controlling high blood pressure and restricting dietary phosphorus.  Men with Alport Syndrome eventually require replacement of kidney function with dialysis or kidney transplantation.

Kidney specialists currently are evaluating new approaches designed to preserve kidney function in people with chronic kidney disease.  Methods such as dietary protein restriction and the use of a specific blood pressure medication called angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) may eventually prove useful in delaying, if not preventing, the development of kidney failure in people with Alport Syndrome.