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Sotagliflozin in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease

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Bhatt, Deepak L., Szarek, Michael, Pitt, Bertram, Cannon, Christopher P., Leiter, Lawrence A., McGuire, Darren K., Lewis, Julia B., Riddle, Matthew C. +12 more·2021·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The efficacy and safety of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors such as sotagliflozin in preventing cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes with chronic kidney disease with or without albuminuria have not been well studied. METHODS: of body-surface area), and risks for cardiovascular disease were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive sotagliflozin or placebo. The primary end point was changed during the trial to the composite of the total number of deaths from cardiovascular causes, hospitalizations for heart failure, and urgent visits for heart failure. The trial ended early owing to loss of funding. RESULTS: Of 19,188 patients screened, 10,584 were enrolled, with 5292 assigned to the sotagliflozin group and 5292 assigned to the placebo group, and followed for a median of 16 months. The rate of primary end-point events was 5.6 events per 100 patient-years in the sotagliflozin group and 7.5 events per 100 patient-years in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.63 to 0.88; P<0.001). The rate of deaths from cardiovascular causes per 100 patient-years was 2.2 with sotagliflozin and 2.4 with placebo (hazard ratio, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.73 to 1.12; P = 0.35). For the original coprimary end point of the first occurrence of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke, the hazard ratio was 0.84 (95% CI, 0.72 to 0.99); for the original coprimary end point of the first occurrence of death from cardiovascular causes or hospitalization for heart failure, the hazard ratio was 0.77 (95% CI, 0.66 to 0.91). Diarrhea, genital mycotic infections, volume depletion, and diabetic ketoacidosis were more common with sotagliflozin than with placebo. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, with or without albuminuria, sotagliflozin resulted in a lower risk of the composite of deaths from cardiovascular causes, hospitalizations for heart failure, and urgent visits for heart failure than placebo but was associated with adverse events. (Funded by Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals; SCORED ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03315143.).

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  • SGLT2i cardiovascular outcome trials reported DKA rates of 0.1-0.6% compared with rates of <0.1-0.3% with placebo.

    “The SGLT2i cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs) have reported DKA rates of 0.1 -0.6% compared with rates of &lt; 0.1 -0.3% with placebo (143 -147), with very low rates in the HF (148 -151) and CKD (152,153) outcome studies.”

    From Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2022. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (2022) · cites this paper as [147]

    The Adverse Events section (p. 9) reports diabetic ketoacidosis in 0.6% of sotagliflozin recipients versus 0.3% of placebo recipients, matching the upper ends of the quoted ranges. This single trial in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease does not establish the lower ends or the range across SGLT2-inhibitor cardiovascular outcome trials. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Direct evidence for safety and benefit of SGLT2i in eGFR 20-29 is provided by the DAPA-CKD, SCORED, EMPEROR-Reduced, and EMPEROR-Preserved trials, which enrolled such participants by design.

    “Direct evidence is provided by the DAPA-CKD, SCORED, EMPEROR-Reduced, and EMPEROR-Preserved trials, which enrolled such participants by design.”

    From KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease (2022) · cites this paper as [96]

    The Patients section (p. 4) confirms that SCORED enrolled participants with eGFR 25–60 by design, covering 25–29 but not 20–24. The Discussion (p. 9) reports benefit and adverse events for the trial population overall, not evidence specific to eGFR 20–29. This paper does not establish the enrollment criteria or findings of the other three named trials. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The studies that led to the approved indication for heart failure (HF) excluded individuals with type 1 diabetes or a history of DKA.

    “The studies that led to the approved indication for heart failure (HF) excluded individuals with type 1 diabetes or a history of DKA (82,83).”

    From 9. Pharmacologic Approaches to Glycemic Treatment: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025 (2025) · cites this paper as [83]

    The Patients section (p. 4) says this trial enrolled people with type 2 diabetes, supporting the claim that it did not include people with type 1 diabetes. It does not state that a history of DKA was an exclusion criterion; the Adverse Events section (p. 9) reports DKA occurring during the trial, not participants' prior history. The copy also does not establish which studies led to an approved heart-failure indication. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The DAPA-CKD and SCORED trials enrolled CKD patients with an eGFR down to as low as 25 ml/min per 1.73 m2.

    “The DAPA-CKD 94 and SCORED 96 trials enrolled CKD patients with an eGFR down to as low as 25 ml/min per 1.73 m 2 .”
  • In SCORED, sotagliflozin reduced the original coprimary endpoint of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalizations by 23% (HR 0.77; 95% CI 0.66-0.91).

    “sotagli fl ozin also reduced the original coprimary endpoint of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalizations by 23% (HR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.66 -0.91).”

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Bhatt, D. L., Szarek, M., Pitt, B., Cannon, C. P., Leiter, L. A., McGuire, D. K., Lewis, J. B., Riddle, M. C., Inzucchi, S. E., Kosiborod, M. N., Cherney, D. Z. I., Dwyer, J. P., Scirica, B. M., Bailey, C. J., Díaz, R., Ray, K. K., Udell, J. A., Lopes, R. D., Lapuerta, P., & Steg, P. G.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • From Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston (D.L.B., C.P.C., B.M.S.); Colorado Prevention Center Clinical Research and Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (M.S.); the State University of New York Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn (M.S.); the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.P.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the Division of Endocrinology and...
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2021-01-14
Volume
384
Issue
2
Pages
129-139
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W3101044784
Cited by
1,205
References
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2026: 121 · 2025: 155 · 2024: 220 · 2023: 242 · 2022: 232 · 2021: 222 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 1
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132.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
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  • Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Sanofi
  • Lexicon
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Nephrology › Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
Keywords
sotagliflozin, SGLT2 inhibitors, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, albuminuria, cardiovascular events, heart failure hospitalization, cardiovascular mortality, drug safety, diarrhea, genital mycotic infections, diabetic ketoacidosis, hypovolemia, early trial termination, cardiovascular risk reduction, drug-drug interactions
MeSH terms
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diarrhea, Double-Blind Method, Female, Glycosides, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mycoses, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Sodium-Glucose Transporter 1, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

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