Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes by Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Treatment: The FIDELITY Analysis

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  • Rossing, Peter
  • Stefan D. Anker
  • Gerasimos Filippatos
  • Bertram Pitt
  • Luis M. Ruilope
  • Andreas L. Birkenfeld
  • Janet B. McGill
  • Sylvia E. Rosas
  • Amer Joseph
  • Martin Gebel
  • Luke Roberts
  • Markus F. Scheerer
  • George L. Bakris
  • Rajiv Agarwal

OBJECTIVE Finerenone reduced the risk of kidney and cardiovascular events in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes in the FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD phase 3 studies. Effects of finerenone on outcomes in patients taking sodium– glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) were evaluated in a prespecified pooled analysis of these studies. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Patients with type 2 diabetes and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) ‡30 to #5,000 mg/g and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ‡25 mL/min/ 1.73 m2 were randomly assigned to finerenone or placebo; SGLT2is were permit-ted at any time. Outcomes included cardiovascular composite (cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure) and kidney composite (kidney failure, sustained ‡57% eGFR de-cline, or renal death) end points, changes in UACR and eGFR, and safety outcomes. RESULTS Among 13,026 patients, 877 (6.7%) received an SGLT2i at baseline and 1,113 (8.5%) initiated one during the trial. For the cardiovascular composite, the hazard ratios (HRs) were 0.87 (95% CI 0.79–0.96) without SGLT2i and 0.67 (95% CI 0.42–1.07) with SGLT2i. For the kidney composite, the HRs were 0.80 (95% CI 0.69–0.92) without SGLT2i and 0.42 (95% CI 0.16–1.08) with SGLT2i. Baseline SGLT2i use did not affect risk reduction for the cardiovascular or kidney compo-sites with finerenone (Pinteraction = 0.46 and 0.29, respectively); neither did SGLT2i use concomitant with study treatment. CONCLUSIONS Benefits of finerenone compared with placebo on cardiorenal outcomes in patients with CKD and type 2 diabetes were observed irrespective of SGLT2i use.

Original languageEnglish
JournalDiabetes Care
Volume45
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)2991-2998
Number of pages8
ISSN0149-5992
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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