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Albuminuria-Lowering Effect of Dapagliflozin, Eplerenone, and Their Combination in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial
J Am Soc Nephrol 2022; ahead of print doi:10.1681/ASN.2022020207
This trial demonstrates that the albuminuria-lowering effects of dapagliflozin and eplerenone alone are additive when used in combination. A larger trial in this population is required to confirm long-term efficacy and safety of combined sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) treatment, but this may support the idea that these classes have complementary nephroprotective effects.
Initial Decline (“Dip”) in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Following Initiation of Dapagliflozin in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Insights From DAPA-HF
Circulation 2022; Online ahead of print doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.058910
The results of this subgroup analysis from DAPA-HF show that – although estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline is generally associated with poorer prognosis in most situations – an initial dip with a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) may be associated with slower rate of decline in kidney function.
Dapagliflozin and New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Or Heart Failure: Pooled Analysis of the DAPA-CKD and DAPA-HF Trials
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2022;10:24–34 doi.org/10.1016/
Chronic kidney disease and heart failure are insulin resistant states associated with high incidence rates of diabetes. Rossing et al. carried out a two Phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials assessed the effect of dapagliflozin on new-onset type 2 diabetes, in a pooled analysis of data from 6,608 individuals.
Effects of canagliflozin with placebo on major adverse cardiovascular and kidney events in patient groups with different baseline levels of HbA1c disease duration and treatment intensity: results from the CANVAS program
Diabetologia. 2021;64:2402–14 doi.org/10.1007/s00125-021-05524-1
This study by Young et al. shows canagliflozin to have beneficial CV and kidney outcomes in patients with T2DM across a range of diabetes complexities with an underlying risk of CV disease.
Safety and efficacy of dapagliflozin in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: A prespecified analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021 Nov 25;gfab335. DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab335.
This study by Wheeler et al. found that dapagliflozin numerically, but not significantly, reduced the rate of chronic decline of eGFR compared to placebo among DAPA-CKD participants with FSGS.