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Dapagliflozin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

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Wiviott, Stephen D., Raz, Itamar, Bonaca, Marc P., Mosenzon, Ofri, Kato, Eri T., Cahn, Avivit, Silverman, Michael G., Zelniker, Thomas A. +12 more·2019·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The cardiovascular safety profile of dapagliflozin, a selective inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 that promotes glucosuria in patients with type 2 diabetes, is undefined. METHODS: of body-surface area, new end-stage renal disease, or death from renal or cardiovascular causes) and death from any cause. RESULTS: We evaluated 17,160 patients, including 10,186 without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, who were followed for a median of 4.2 years. In the primary safety outcome analysis, dapagliflozin met the prespecified criterion for noninferiority to placebo with respect to MACE (upper boundary of the 95% confidence interval [CI], <1.3; P<0.001 for noninferiority). In the two primary efficacy analyses, dapagliflozin did not result in a lower rate of MACE (8.8% in the dapagliflozin group and 9.4% in the placebo group; hazard ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.84 to 1.03; P=0.17) but did result in a lower rate of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure (4.9% vs. 5.8%; hazard ratio, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.73 to 0.95; P=0.005), which reflected a lower rate of hospitalization for heart failure (hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.61 to 0.88); there was no between-group difference in cardiovascular death (hazard ratio, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.82 to 1.17). A renal event occurred in 4.3% in the dapagliflozin group and in 5.6% in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.67 to 0.87), and death from any cause occurred in 6.2% and 6.6%, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.82 to 1.04). Diabetic ketoacidosis was more common with dapagliflozin than with placebo (0.3% vs. 0.1%, P=0.02), as was the rate of genital infections that led to discontinuation of the regimen or that were considered to be serious adverse events (0.9% vs. 0.1%, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with type 2 diabetes who had or were at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, treatment with dapagliflozin did not result in a higher or lower rate of MACE than placebo but did result in a lower rate of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure, a finding that reflects a lower rate of hospitalization for heart failure. (Funded by AstraZeneca; DECLARE-TIMI 58 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01730534 .).

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  • Trials of heart failure outcomes with dapagliflozin and empagliflozin, enrolling up to 50% of participants with type 2 diabetes, report reduction in cardiovascular death and improvement of heart failure among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, respectively, independent of diabetes status, compared with placebo.

    “Trials of HF outcomes with dapagliflozin and empagliflozin, enrolling up to 50% of participants with type 2 diabetes, report reduction in cardiovascular death and improvement of HF among patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction, respectively, independent of diabetes status, compared with placebo.66–69,88”

    From Diagnosis and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults (2025) · cites this paper as [88]

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  • Gallbladder disease is not an issue with SGLT-2 inhibitors, which have similar weight loss.

    “as gallbladder disease is not an issue with sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors (with similar weight loss)”

    From Safety of Semaglutide (2021) · cites this paper as [89]

    The Effect on Cardiovascular Risk Factors section reports greater weight reduction with dapagliflozin than with placebo (a between-group difference of 1.8 kg). The paper does not address gallbladder disease or establish that its weight loss is similar to that of the treatment implied by the comparison; a search for gallbladder disease, cholelithiasis, and cholecystitis found no relevant passage. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • There have now been 4 RCTs and a meta-analysis of 4 of these trials that have confirmed significant benefits of SGLT2i on clinically meaningful kidney outcomes beyond just proteinuria as a surrogate marker.

    “As discussed, there have now been 4 RCTs 87,89,90,93 and a meta-analysis of 4 of these trials 97 that have con fi rmed the signi fi cant bene fi ts of SGLT2i on clinically meaningful kidney outcomes beyond just proteinuria as a surrogate marker.”

    From KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease (2022) · cites this paper as [89]

    The Outcomes and Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes sections report a randomized trial with a lower rate of a clinical renal composite—not merely proteinuria—with dapagliflozin than with placebo (4.3% vs. 5.6%; hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.67–0.87). The paper calls analyses of additional outcomes, including this secondary renal outcome, hypothesis-generating, so it does not present that benefit as definitively confirmed. This trial also does not itself establish the cited count of four trials or report the separately cited meta-analysis. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The recommendation is strong due to the known kidney and/or cardiovascular protective effects in patients with T2D and CKD as shown in high-quality trials, such as EMPA-REG, CANVAS, DECLARE-TIMI 58, CREDENCE, DAPA-CKD, SCORED, DAPA-HF, SOLOIST, EMPEROR-Reduced and EMPEROR-Preserved.

    “The recommendation is strong due to the known kidney and/or cardiovascular protective effects in patients with T2D and CKD as shown in high-quality trials, such as EMPA-REG, CANVAS, DECLARE-TIMI 58, CREDENCE, DAPA-CKD, SCORED, DAPA-HF, SOLOIST, EMPEROR-Reduced and EMPEROR-Preserved.”

    From KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease (2022) · cites this paper as [89]

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  • The clinical trials that may have impacted our results were CANVAS, EMPA-REG OUTCOME, SUSTAIN-6, and LEADER, all of which demonstrated significant cardiovascular and kidney benefits of SGLT-2i and GLP-1RA.

    “The clinical trials that may have impacted our results were the CANVAS (canagliflozin, published 2017), EMPA-REG OUTCOME (empagliflozin, 2015), the Trial to Evaluate Cardiovascular and Other Long-term Outcomes with Semaglutide in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes (SUSTAIN-6) trial (semaglutide, 2016), and the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes: Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcome Results (LEAD”

    From Disparities in SGLT2 Inhibitor or Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist Initiation Among Medicare-Insured Adults With CKD in the United States (2023) · cites this paper as [5]

    The Trial Design and Oversight section says EMPA-REG OUTCOME findings prompted a change to this paper’s trial protocol. The Discussion describes cardiovascular and renal benefits in prior SGLT2-inhibitor trials, including trials with empagliflozin and canagliflozin. Our copy does not establish the claimed benefits for SUSTAIN-6 or LEADER, or say that all four trials affected the citing authors’ results. Page numbers were not available in the indexed passages. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Wiviott, S. D., Raz, I., Bonaca, M. P., Mosenzon, O., Kato, E. T., Cahn, A., Silverman, M. G., Zelniker, T. A., Kuder, J. F., Murphy, S. A., Bhatt, D. L., Leiter, L. A., McGuire, D. K., Wilding, J. P. H., Ruff, C. T., Gause-Nilsson, I. A. M., Fredriksson, M., Johansson, P. A., Langkilde, A.-M., & Sabatine, M. S.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • From the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (S.D.W., M.P.B., T.A.Z., J.F.K., S.A.M., D.L.B., C.T.R., M.S.S.), and the Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital (M.G.S.) — both in Boston; the Diabetes Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem (I.R., O.M., A.C.); the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (E.T.K.); Li Ka Shing...
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2019-01-24
Volume
380
Issue
4
Pages
347-357
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2900413769
Cited by
6,382
References
41
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FWCI
531.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
Funders
AstraZeneca
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Nephrology › Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
Keywords
dapagliflozin, SGLT2 inhibitors, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular outcomes, major adverse cardiovascular events, heart failure hospitalization, cardiovascular mortality, renal outcomes, end-stage renal disease, diabetic ketoacidosis, cardiovascular safety, glycosuria, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, renal function decline
MeSH terms
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, Aged, Benzhydryl Compounds, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Glucosides, Heart Failure, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Middle Aged

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