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McDonagh TA, Metra M, Adamo M, Gardner RS, Baumbach A, Böhm M, Burri H, Butler J, Čelutkienė J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Francesco Piepoli M, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Kathrine Skibelund A. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:3599-3726. [PMID: 34447992 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4846] [Impact Index Per Article: 1615.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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McDonagh TA, Metra M, Adamo M, Gardner RS, Baumbach A, Böhm M, Burri H, Butler J, Čelutkienė J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Francesco Piepoli M, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Kathrine Skibelund A, de Boer RA, Christian Schulze P, Abdelhamid M, Aboyans V, Adamopoulos S, Anker SD, Arbelo E, Asteggiano R, Bauersachs J, Bayes-Genis A, Borger MA, Budts W, Cikes M, Damman K, Delgado V, Dendale P, Dilaveris P, Drexel H, Ezekowitz J, Falk V, Fauchier L, Filippatos G, Fraser A, Frey N, Gale CP, Gustafsson F, Harris J, Iung B, Janssens S, Jessup M, Konradi A, Kotecha D, Lambrinou E, Lancellotti P, Landmesser U, Leclercq C, Lewis BS, Leyva F, Linhart A, Løchen ML, Lund LH, Mancini D, Masip J, Milicic D, Mueller C, Nef H, Nielsen JC, Neubeck L, Noutsias M, Petersen SE, Sonia Petronio A, Ponikowski P, Prescott E, Rakisheva A, Richter DJ, Schlyakhto E, Seferovic P, Senni M, Sitges M, Sousa-Uva M, Tocchetti CG, Touyz RM, Tschoepe C, Waltenberger J, Adamo M, Baumbach A, Böhm M, Burri H, Čelutkienė J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gardner RS, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Piepoli MF, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Skibelund AK. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab368 order by 1-- -] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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McDonagh TA, Metra M, Adamo M, Gardner RS, Baumbach A, Böhm M, Burri H, Butler J, Čelutkienė J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Francesco Piepoli M, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Kathrine Skibelund A, de Boer RA, Christian Schulze P, Abdelhamid M, Aboyans V, Adamopoulos S, Anker SD, Arbelo E, Asteggiano R, Bauersachs J, Bayes-Genis A, Borger MA, Budts W, Cikes M, Damman K, Delgado V, Dendale P, Dilaveris P, Drexel H, Ezekowitz J, Falk V, Fauchier L, Filippatos G, Fraser A, Frey N, Gale CP, Gustafsson F, Harris J, Iung B, Janssens S, Jessup M, Konradi A, Kotecha D, Lambrinou E, Lancellotti P, Landmesser U, Leclercq C, Lewis BS, Leyva F, Linhart A, Løchen ML, Lund LH, Mancini D, Masip J, Milicic D, Mueller C, Nef H, Nielsen JC, Neubeck L, Noutsias M, Petersen SE, Sonia Petronio A, Ponikowski P, Prescott E, Rakisheva A, Richter DJ, Schlyakhto E, Seferovic P, Senni M, Sitges M, Sousa-Uva M, Tocchetti CG, Touyz RM, Tschoepe C, Waltenberger J, Adamo M, Baumbach A, Böhm M, Burri H, Čelutkienė J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gardner RS, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Piepoli MF, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Skibelund AK. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab368 and 1880=1880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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McDonagh TA, Metra M, Adamo M, Gardner RS, Baumbach A, Böhm M, Burri H, Butler J, Čelutkienė J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Francesco Piepoli M, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Kathrine Skibelund A, de Boer RA, Christian Schulze P, Abdelhamid M, Aboyans V, Adamopoulos S, Anker SD, Arbelo E, Asteggiano R, Bauersachs J, Bayes-Genis A, Borger MA, Budts W, Cikes M, Damman K, Delgado V, Dendale P, Dilaveris P, Drexel H, Ezekowitz J, Falk V, Fauchier L, Filippatos G, Fraser A, Frey N, Gale CP, Gustafsson F, Harris J, Iung B, Janssens S, Jessup M, Konradi A, Kotecha D, Lambrinou E, Lancellotti P, Landmesser U, Leclercq C, Lewis BS, Leyva F, Linhart A, Løchen ML, Lund LH, Mancini D, Masip J, Milicic D, Mueller C, Nef H, Nielsen JC, Neubeck L, Noutsias M, Petersen SE, Sonia Petronio A, Ponikowski P, Prescott E, Rakisheva A, Richter DJ, Schlyakhto E, Seferovic P, Senni M, Sitges M, Sousa-Uva M, Tocchetti CG, Touyz RM, Tschoepe C, Waltenberger J, Adamo M, Baumbach A, Böhm M, Burri H, Čelutkienė J, Chioncel O, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Crespo-Leiro MG, Farmakis D, Gardner RS, Gilard M, Heymans S, Hoes AW, Jaarsma T, Jankowska EA, Lainscak M, Lam CSP, Lyon AR, McMurray JJV, Mebazaa A, Mindham R, Muneretto C, Piepoli MF, Price S, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Skibelund AK. 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab368 order by 8029-- awyx] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors beyond Glycemic Control-Focus on Myocardial SGLT1. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22189852. [PMID: 34576016 PMCID: PMC8468664 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22189852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Selective sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduced the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients with or without type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in large-scale clinical trials. The exact mechanism of action is currently unclear. The dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor sotagliflozin not only reduced hospitalization for HF in patients with T2DM, but also lowered the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke, suggesting a possible additional benefit related to SGLT1 inhibition. In fact, several preclinical studies suggest that SGLT1 plays an important role in cardiac pathophysiological processes. In this review, our aim is to establish the clinical significance of myocardial SGLT1 inhibition through reviewing basic research studies in the context of SGLT2 inhibitor trials.
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Pandey AK, Okaj I, Kaur H, Belley-Cote EP, Wang J, Oraii A, Benz AP, Johnson LSB, Young J, Wong JA, Verma S, Conen D, Gerstein H, Healey JS, McIntyre WF. Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter Inhibitors and Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e022222. [PMID: 34459238 PMCID: PMC8649253 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Background Sodium‐glucose co‐transporter (SGLT) inhibitors reduce cardiovascular outcomes including mortality in several populations; however, their effect on atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) remains unclear. Our objective was to determine whether SGLT inhibitors reduce AF and whether a history of AF modifies the effect of SGLT inhibitors on the composite of heart failure hospitalization or cardiovascular death. Methods and Results We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and CENTRAL to March 2021. Pairs of reviewers identified randomized controlled trials that compared an SGLT inhibitor with placebo or no therapy. We pooled data using RevMan 5.4.1, assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane tool, and determined the overall quality of evidence using Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation. Thirty‐one eligible trials reported on AF events (75 279 participants, mean age 62 years, 35.0% women). Moderate quality evidence supported a lower risk of serious AF events with SGLT inhibitors (1.1% versus 1.5%; risk ratio 0.75 [95% CI, 0.66–0.86]; I2=0%). A similar reduction in total AF events was also noted with SGLT inhibitors. Three trials reported on heart failure hospitalization/cardiovascular death stratified by a baseline history of AF (18 832 participants, mean age 66 years, 38.1% women); in patients with a history of AF, SGLT inhibitors resulted in a lower risk in the composite of heart failure hospitalization or cardiovascular death (hazard ratio, 0.70 [95% CI, 0.57–0.85]; I2=0%)—similar to the effect estimate for patients without AF, P value for interaction: 1.00. Conclusions SGLT inhibitors may reduce AF events and likely reduce heart failure hospitalization/cardiovascular death to a similar extent in patients with and without AF.
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- Arjun K Pandey
- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Population Health Research Institute Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Tehran Heart CenterTehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
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- Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery St Michael's Hospital University of Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Population Health Research Institute Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Population Health Research Institute Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Population Health Research Institute Hamilton Ontario Canada.,Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada
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Latosinska A, Siwy J, Cherney DZ, Perkins BA, Mischak H, Beige J. SGLT2-Inhibition reverts urinary peptide changes associated with severe COVID-19: An in-silico proof-of-principle of proteomics-based drug repurposing. Proteomics 2021; 21:e2100160. [PMID: 34477316 PMCID: PMC8646299 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202100160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Severe COVID‐19 is reflected by significant changes in urine peptides. Based on this observation, a clinical test predicting COVID‐19 severity, CoV50, was developed and registered as in vitro diagnostic in Germany. We have hypothesized that molecular changes displayed by CoV50, likely reflective of endothelial damage, may be reversed by specific drugs. Such an impact by a drug could indicate potential benefits in the context of COVID‐19. To test this hypothesis, urinary peptide data from patients without COVID‐19 prior to and after drug treatment were collected from the human urinary proteome database. The drugs chosen were selected based on availability of sufficient number of participants in the dataset (n > 20) and potential value of drug therapies in the treatment of COVID‐19 based on reports in the literature. In these participants without COVID‐19, spironolactone did not demonstrate a significant impact on CoV50 scoring. Empagliflozin treatment resulted in a significant change in CoV50 scoring, indicative of a potential therapeutic benefit. The study serves as a proof‐of‐principle for a drug repurposing approach based on human urinary peptide signatures. The results support the initiation of a randomized control trial testing a potential positive effect of empagliflozin for severe COVID‐19, possibly via endothelial protective mechanisms.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Nephrology and Kuratorium for Dialysis and Transplantation (KfH) Renal Unit, Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine 2 (Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology), Martin-Luther-University Halle/Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Effect of canagliflozin on N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic heart failure according to baseline use of glucose-lowering agents. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2021; 20:175. [PMID: 34479543 PMCID: PMC8417990 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-021-01369-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of a deterioration in heart failure (HF) and mortality in patients with a broad range of cardiovascular risks. Recent guidelines recommend considering the use of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and HF, irrespective of their glycemic control status and background use of other glucose-lowering agents including metformin. However, only a small number of studies have investigated whether the effects of SGLT2 inhibitor in these patients differ by the concomitant use of other glucose-lowering agents. METHODS This was a post-hoc analysis of the CANDLE trial (UMIN000017669), an investigator-initiated, multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled trial. The primary aim of the analysis was to assess the effect of 24 weeks of treatment with canagliflozin, relative to glimepiride, on N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration in patients with T2D and clinically stable chronic HF. In the present analysis, the effect of canagliflozin on NT-proBNP concentration was assessed in the patients according to their baseline use of other glucose-lowering agents. RESULTS Almost all patients in the CANDLE trial presented as clinically stable (New York Heart Association class I to II), with about 70% of participants having HF with a preserved ejection fraction phenotype (defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 50%) at baseline. Of the 233 patients randomized to either canagliflozin (100 mg daily) or glimepiride (starting dose 0.5 mg daily), 85 (36.5%) had not been taking any glucose-lowering agents at baseline (naïve). Of the 148 patients who had been taking at least one glucose-lowering agent at baseline (non-naïve), 44 (29.7%) and 127 (85.8%) had received metformin or a dipeptidyl dipeptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, respectively. The group ratio (canagliflozin vs. glimepiride) of proportional changes in the geometric means of NT-proBNP concentration was 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.76 to 1.18, p = 0.618) for the naïve subgroup, 0.92 (95% CI 0.79 to1.07, p = 0.288) for the non-naïve subgroup, 0.90 (95% CI 0.68 to 1.20, p = 0.473) for the metformin-user subgroup, and 0.91 (95% CI 0.77 to 1.08, p = 0.271) for the DPP-4 inhibitor-user subgroup. No heterogeneity in the effect of canagliflozin, relative to glimepiride, on NT-proBNP concentration was observed in the non-naïve subgroups compared to that in the naïve subgroup. CONCLUSION The impact of canagliflozin treatment on NT-proBNP concentration appears to be independent of the background use of diabetes therapy in the patient population examined. Trial registration University Medical Information Network Clinical Trial Registry, number 000017669. Registered on May 25, 2015.
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Permission to prescribe: do cardiologists need permission to prescribe diabetes medications that afford cardiovascular benefit? Curr Opin Cardiol 2021; 36:672-681. [PMID: 34173772 DOI: 10.1097/hco.0000000000000892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Antihyperglycemic therapies including sodium glucose contransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) have been demonstrated to confer significant cardiovascular benefit and reduce future events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, despite positive data from cardiovascular outcome trials, these therapies remain underutilized in a large proportion of patients who have clinical indications and meet coverage guidelines for their initiation. One of the causes of the observed gap between scientific evidence and clinical cardiology practice is therapeutic hesitancy (otherwise known as therapeutic inertia). The purpose of this review is to discuss the contributors to therapeutic hesitancy in the implementation of these evidence-based therapies and, more importantly, provide pragmatic solutions to address these barriers. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have demonstrated that clinicians may not initiate cardiovascular protective therapies due to a reluctance to overstep perceived interdisciplinary boundaries, concerns about causing harm due to medication side effects, and a sense of unfamiliarity with the optimal choice of therapy amidst a rapidly evolving landscape of T2DM therapies. SUMMARY Herein, we describe a multifaceted approach aimed at creating a 'permission to prescribe' culture, developing integrated multidisciplinary models of care, enhancing trainees' experiences in cardiovascular disease prevention, and utilizing technology to motivate change. Taken together, these interventions should increase the implementation of evidence-based therapies and improve the quality of life and cardiovascular outcomes of individuals with T2DM.
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Chiang CE, Ueng KC, Chao TH, Lin TH, Wu YJ, Wang KL, Sung SH, Yeh HI, Li YH, Liu PY, Chang KC, Shyu KG, Huang JL, Tsai CD, Hung HF, Liu ME, Chao TF, Cheng SM, Cheng HM, Chu PH, Yin WH, Wu YW, Chen WJ, Lai WT, Lin SJ, Yeh SJ, Hwang JJ, Hou CJY. 2021 Consensus Pathway of the Taiwan Society of Cardiology on Novel Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes. JACC. ASIA 2021; 1:129-146. [PMID: 36338159 PMCID: PMC9627904 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2021.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes is a major threat to human health in the 21st century. More than half a billion people may suffer from this pandemic disease in 2030, leading to a huge burden of cardiovascular complications. Recently, 2 novel antidiabetic agents, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, reduced cardiovascular complications in a number of randomized control trials. To integrate new information and to achieve a streamlined process for better patient care, a working group was appointed by the Taiwan Society of Cardiology to formulate a stepwise consensus pathway for these therapies to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. This consensus pathway is complementary to clinical guidelines, acting as a reference to improve patient care.
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- Chern-En Chiang
- General Clinical Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Cardiovascular Center, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- General Clinical Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Cardiovascular Center, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hsinchu Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Heart Center, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medical Center, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Taipei Heart Institute, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Yunlin County, Taiwan
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Caruso I, Cignarelli A, Laviola L, Giorgino F. Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and protection from cardiovascular death: Is it all about heart failure? Diabetes Obes Metab 2021; 23:2194-2196. [PMID: 34033214 DOI: 10.1111/dom.14444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Irene Caruso
- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Pagidipati NJ, Deedwania P. A Comprehensive Cardiovascular-Renal-Metabolic Risk Reduction Approach to Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Am J Med 2021; 134:1076-1084. [PMID: 34029524 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Despite decades of research into risk-reduction strategies, cardiovascular disease and renal disease remain leading causes of morbidity and mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Given the tight clustering of cardiovascular and renal disease with the metabolic abnormalities of type 2 diabetes mellitus, we can think of these conditions together as cardiovascular-renal-metabolic disease states. A holistic view of cardiovascular-renal-metabolic disease states is critical to provide integrated patient-centered care to individuals with these disease states. Here, we explore the cardiovascular and renal risks associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and highlight the importance of reducing cardiovascular-renal-metabolic disease risk in a comprehensive manner. We advocate a cross-disciplinary, team-based model to manage cardiovascular-renal-metabolic disease risk among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno.
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Sattar N. Prevention of Diabetes Macrovascular Complications and Heart Failure. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2021; 50:415-430. [PMID: 34399954 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2021.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cardiovascular (CV) mortality in diabetes has declined substantially over the last 3 decades in high-income countries from a multifactorial approach targeting glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure, and lower smoking rates. Additional CV gains may be achieved from large-scale weight loss, which ongoing trials are testing, and from delaying diabetes in those at highest risk. Finally, recent outcome trials support a role for (1) sodium/glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, which lower major adverse cardiovascular events but incident heart failure more strongly, and (2) glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, which lower atherothrombotic outcomes more consistently, including stroke and peripheral arterial disease.
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- Naveed Sattar
- University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, 126 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, United Kingdom.
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Demir S, Nawroth PP, Herzig S, Ekim Üstünel B. Emerging Targets in Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Complications. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2100275. [PMID: 34319011 PMCID: PMC8456215 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202100275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic, chronic disorder characterized by insulin resistance and elevated blood glucose levels. Although a large drug portfolio exists to keep the blood glucose levels under control, these medications are not without side effects. More importantly, once diagnosed diabetes is rarely reversible. Dysfunctions in the kidney, retina, cardiovascular system, neurons, and liver represent the common complications of diabetes, which again lack effective therapies that can reverse organ injury. Overall, the molecular mechanisms of how type 2 diabetes develops and leads to irreparable organ damage remain elusive. This review particularly focuses on novel targets that may play role in pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Further research on these targets may eventually pave the way to novel therapies for the treatment-or even the prevention-of type 2 diabetes along with its complications.
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- Sevgican Demir
- Institute for Diabetes and Cancer (IDC)Helmholtz Center MunichIngolstädter Landstr. 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Joint Heidelberg ‐ IDC Translational Diabetes ProgramInternal Medicine 1Heidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
- DZDDeutsches Zentrum für DiabetesforschungIngolstädter Landstraße 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine 1 and Clinical ChemistryHeidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
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- Institute for Diabetes and Cancer (IDC)Helmholtz Center MunichIngolstädter Landstr. 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Joint Heidelberg ‐ IDC Translational Diabetes ProgramInternal Medicine 1Heidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
- DZDDeutsches Zentrum für DiabetesforschungIngolstädter Landstraße 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine 1 and Clinical ChemistryHeidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
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- Institute for Diabetes and Cancer (IDC)Helmholtz Center MunichIngolstädter Landstr. 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Joint Heidelberg ‐ IDC Translational Diabetes ProgramInternal Medicine 1Heidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
- DZDDeutsches Zentrum für DiabetesforschungIngolstädter Landstraße 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine 1 and Clinical ChemistryHeidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
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- Institute for Diabetes and Cancer (IDC)Helmholtz Center MunichIngolstädter Landstr. 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Joint Heidelberg ‐ IDC Translational Diabetes ProgramInternal Medicine 1Heidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
- DZDDeutsches Zentrum für DiabetesforschungIngolstädter Landstraße 1Neuherberg85764Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine 1 and Clinical ChemistryHeidelberg University HospitalIm Neuenheimer Feld 410Heidelberg69120Germany
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Packer M, Zannad F, Butler J, Filippatos G, Ferreira JP, Pocock SJ, Brueckmann M, Zeller C, Hauske S, Anker SD. Influence of endpoint definitions on the effect of empagliflozin on major renal outcomes in the EMPEROR-Preserved trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2021; 23:1798-1799. [PMID: 34459076 PMCID: PMC9291539 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Milton Packer
- Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,Imperial College, London, UK
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- Université de Lorraine, Inserm INI-CRCT, CHRU, Nancy, France
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, USA
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, USA.,Cardiovascular Research and Development Center, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Boehringer Ingelheim International, Ingelheim, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
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- Boehringer Ingelheim International, Ingelheim, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology (CVK), and Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research Partner Site Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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Neuen BL, Oshima M, Perkovic V, Agarwal R, Arnott C, Bakris G, Cannon CP, Charytan DM, Edwards R, Górriz JL, Jardine MJ, Levin A, Neal B, De Nicola L, Pollock C, Rosenthal N, Wheeler DC, Mahaffey KW, Heerspink HJL. Effects of canagliflozin on serum potassium in people with diabetes and chronic kidney disease: the CREDENCE trial. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:4891-4901. [PMID: 34423370 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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AIMS Hyperkalaemia is a common complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and limits the optimal use of agents that block the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, particularly in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In patients with CKD, sodium‒glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors provide cardiorenal protection, but whether they affect the risk of hyperkalaemia remains uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS The CREDENCE trial randomized 4401 participants with T2DM and CKD to the SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin or matching placebo. In this post hoc analysis using an intention-to-treat approach, we assessed the effect of canagliflozin on a composite outcome of time to either investigator-reported hyperkalaemia or the initiation of potassium binders. We also analysed effects on central laboratory-determined hyper- and hypokalaemia (serum potassium ≥6.0 and <3.5 mmol/L, respectively) and change in serum potassium. At baseline, the mean serum potassium in canagliflozin and placebo arms was 4.5 mmol/L; 4395 (99.9%) participants were receiving renin-angiotensin system blockade. The incidence of investigator-reported hyperkalaemia or initiation of potassium binders was lower with canagliflozin than with placebo [occurring in 32.7 vs. 41.9 participants per 1000 patient-years; hazard ratio (HR) 0.78, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.64-0.95, P = 0.014]. Canagliflozin similarly reduced the incidence of laboratory-determined hyperkalaemia (HR 0.77, 95% CI 0.61-0.98, P = 0.031), with no effect on the risk of hypokalaemia (HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.71-1.20, P = 0.53). The mean serum potassium over time with canagliflozin was similar to that of placebo. CONCLUSION Among patients treated with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, SGLT2 inhibition with canagliflozin may reduce the risk of hyperkalaemia in people with T2DM and CKD without increasing the risk of hypokalaemia.
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- Brendon L Neuen
- Renal and Metabolic Division, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2042, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology and Laboratory Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Indiana University School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Renal and Metabolic Division, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2042, Australia.,Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.,Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Nephrology Division, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ 08869, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia.,NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
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- Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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- Renal and Metabolic Division, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2042, Australia.,The Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2064, Australia
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- Department of Renal Medicine, UCL Medical School, London WC1E 6DE, UK
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 AD Groningen, the Netherlands
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SGLT-2 inhibitors reduce the risk of cerebrovascular/cardiovascular outcomes and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis of retrospective cohort studies. Pharmacol Res 2021; 172:105836. [PMID: 34418562 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Despite Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been associated with a reduced risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the effect observed for other cardiovascular (CV) and cerebrovascular outcomes differed among clinical trials. Different observational studies have investigated the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on these outcomes and mortality. The present meta-analysis aimed to assess the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on the risk of CV (major adverse CV event - MACE, non-fatal myocardial infarction, or hospitalization for heart failure) and cerebrovascular (stroke) outcomes. A systematic review was conducted in Pubmed from January 1, 2012 to November 31, 2020. Only retrospective cohort studies including as control group users of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors or non-SGLT2 inhibitors were retained and analysed separately. A random effect meta-analysis approach was used. This study followed the PRISMA statement. Of the 158 references identified, 20 articles were selected for meta-analysis, of which 13 considered the comparison with DPP-4 inhibitors and 7 the comparison with non-SGLT2 inhibitors. The pooled intention-to-treat analysis showed a reduced risk of stroke with SGLT2 inhibitors compared to DPP-4 inhibitors (Hazard ratio HR, 0.89; 95%CI, 0.82-0.96; I2 = 25%; p = 0.25) and non-SGLT2 inhibitors (HR, 0.83; 95%CI, 0.77-0.91; I2 = 11%; p = 0.34). Finally, SGLT2 inhibitors were also associated with a reduced risk of CV outcomes and mortality in all comparisons. Our data support contemporary society recommendations to prioritise the use of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with T2DM and at high risk for CV complications.
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Henning RJ. Obesity and obesity-induced inflammatory disease contribute to atherosclerosis: a review of the pathophysiology and treatment of obesity. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 2021; 11:504-529. [PMID: 34548951 PMCID: PMC8449192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Two billion people worldwide older than 18 years of age, or approximately 30% of the world population, are overweight or obese. In addition, more than 43 million children under the age of 5 are overweight or obese. Among the population in the United States aged 20 and greater, 32.8 percent are overweight and 39.8 percent are obese. Blacks in the United States have the highest age-adjusted prevalence of obesity (49.6%), followed by Hispanics (44.8%), whites (42.2%) and Asians (17.4%). The impact of being overweight or obese on the US economy exceeds $1.7 trillion dollars, which is equivalent to approximately eight percent of the nation's gross domestic product. Obesity causes chronic inflammation that contributes to atherosclerosis and causes >3.4 million deaths/year. The pathophysiologic mechanisms in obesity that contribute to inflammation and atherosclerosis include activation of adipokines/cytokines and increases in aldosterone in the circulation. The adipokines leptin, resistin, IL-6, and monocyte chemoattractant protein activate and chemoattract monocytes/macrophages into adipose tissue that promote visceral adipose and systemic tissue inflammation, oxidative stress, abnormal lipid metabolism, insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, and hypercoagulability that contribute to atherosclerosis. In addition in obesity, the adipokines/cytokines IL-1β, IL-18, and TNF are activated and cause endothelial cell dysfunction and hyperpermeability of vascular endothelial junctions. Increased aldosterone in the circulation not only expands the blood volume but also promotes platelet aggregation, vascular endothelial dysfunction, thrombosis, and fibrosis. In order to reduce obesity and obesity-induced inflammation, therapies including diet, medications, and bariatric surgery are discussed that should be considered in patients with BMIs>35-40 kg/m2 if diet and lifestyle interventions fail to achieve weight loss. In addition, antihypertensive therapy, plasma lipid reduction and glucose lowering therapy should be prescribed in obese patients with hypertension, a 10-year CVD risk >7.5%, or prediabetes or diabetes.
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- Robert J Henning
- James A. Haley Hospital, University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 33612-3805, USA
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Savarese G, Butler J, Lund LH, Bhatt DL, Anker SD. CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS OF NON-INSULIN GLUCOSE-LOWERING AGENTS: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF TRIAL EVIDENCE AND POTENTIAL CARDIOPROTECTIVE MECHANISMS. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 118:2231-2252. [PMID: 34390570 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is highly prevalent and associated with a 2-fold increased mortality, mostly explained by cardiovascular diseases. Trial evidence on older glucose-lowering agents such as metformin and sulfonylureas is limited in terms of cardiovascular efficacy. Since 2008, after rosiglitazone was observed to increase the risk of myocardial infarction and heart failure (HF), cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOT) have been required by regulators for licensing new glucose-lowering agents. In the following CVOTs, dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4i) have been shown to be safe but not to improve morbidity/mortality, except for saxagliptin which increased the risk of HF. Several glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-Ra) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have been demonstrated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. SGLT2i have shown a class effect for the reduction in risk of HF events in patients with T2DM, leading to trials testing their efficacy/safety in HF regardless of T2DM. In the DAPA-HF and the EMPEROR-Reduced trials dapagliflozin and empagliflozin, respectively, improved cardiovascular mortality/morbidity in patients with HF and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), with and without T2DM. Therefore, these drugs are now key part of HFrEF pharmacotherapy. In the SOLOIST-WHF, sotagliflozin reduced cardiovascular mortality/morbidity in patients with T2DM and a recent acute episode of HF regardless of EF. The DELIVER and the EMPEROR-Preserved are testing dapagliflozin and empagliflozin, respectively, in patients with HF with mildly reduced and preserved EF. A strong renal protective role of SGLT2i has also emerged in trials enrolling patients with and without T2DM.
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- Gianluigi Savarese
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MI, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology (CVK), Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), and German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) Partner Site Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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Inzucchi SE, Peixoto AJ, Testani JM. Glucose-Lowering Drugs to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2021; 385:671-672. [PMID: 34379938 DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2107340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Abushanab D, Liew D, Marquina C, Al-Badriyeh D, Ademi Z. Cost-Effectiveness of Empagliflozin and Metformin Combination Versus Standard Care as First-Line Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Endocr Pract 2021; 28:16-24. [PMID: 34389513 DOI: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been shown to reduce cardiovascular events, but are currently not used as first-line therapy. This study was conducted to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of first-line empagliflozin plus metformin versus metformin monotherapy among Australians with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and existing cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS A Markov model with one-year cycles and a five-year time horizon was constructed to simulate the occurrence of recurrent cardiovascular events among Australians aged 50 to 84 years with T2DM and CVD. Efficacy results were derived from the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial. Costs and utilities were drawn from published sources. The evaluation adopted both healthcare and societal perspectives, with the latter ascribing the Australian Government's 'value of statistical life year' (VoSLY, AUD 213,000) to each year lived by a person. Future outcomes were discounted at 5% annually. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to enhance robustness of conclusions. RESULTS Compared to metformin monotherapy, first-line empagliflozin plus metformin reduced overall cardiovascular events by 0.82% and overall deaths by 7.72% over five years. There were 0.2 years of life saved (YoLS) per person and 0.16 quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained, at a net healthcare cost of AUD 4,408. These equated to incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of AUD 22,076 per YoLS and AUD 28,244 per QALY gained. The gains in VoSLY equated to AUD 42,530 per person, meaning that from a societal perspective, the intervention was cost saving. CONCLUSION First-line empagliflozin plus metformin may represent a cost-effective strategy for the management of T2DM and CVD in Australia.
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- Dina Abushanab
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Pharmacy Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Beeraka NM, Tomilova IK, Batrak GA, Zhaburina MV, Nikolenko VN, Sinelnikov MY, Mikhaleva LM. Recent Insights into the Nutritional Antioxidant Therapy in Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Vascular Complications - A comprehensive Review. Curr Med Chem 2021; 29:1920-1935. [PMID: 34375177 DOI: 10.2174/0929867328666210810142527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) and DM-induced vascular complications are a significant global healthcare problem causing a decrease in patient quality of life. The main reason for the disability and mortality of patients is rapidly progressing micro- and macroangiopathies. Currently, free radical oxidation is recognized as one of the main mechanisms in the development of DM and associated complications. Under normal physiological conditions, the level of free radicals and antioxidant defense capabilities is balanced. However, imbalance occurs between the antioxidant defense system and pro-oxidants during chronic hyperglycemia and may invoke formation of excess free radicals, leading to activation of lipid peroxidation and accumulation of highly toxic products of free radical oxidation. This is accompanied by varying degrees of insulin deficiency and insulin resistance in DM patients. Simultaneously with the activation of free radical generation, a decrease in the activity of antioxidant defense factors (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, vitamins C and E) and an acceleration of diabetic complications is seen. Therefore, we hypothesize that antioxidants may play a positive role in the treatment of DM patients to prevent DM-induced vascular complications. However this has not been sufficiently studied. In this review, we discuss recent insights into the potential underlying mechanisms of oxidative stress induced diabetic complications, and implications of antioxidants in mitigation of DM-induced vascular complications.
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- Narasimha M Beeraka
- Center of Excellence in Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Biology (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER),Mysuru, Karnataka, India
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- Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Ivanovo State Medical Academy, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Ivanovo. Russian Federation
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- Center of Excellence in Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Biology (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER),Mysuru, Karnataka, India
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- Center of Excellence in Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Biology (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER),Mysuru, Karnataka, India
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow 119146. Russian Federation
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- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow 119146. Russian Federation
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- Research Institute of Human Morphology, Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow 117418. Russian Federation
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Schiattarella GG, Bode D. Canagliflozin and myocardial oxidative stress: SGLT1 inhibition takes centre stage. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:4961-4963. [PMID: 34370850 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Gabriele G Schiattarella
- Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR), Department of Cardiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Translational Approaches in Heart Failure and Cardiometabolic Disease, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany.,Division of Cardiology, Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR), Department of Cardiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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A Role for SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Treating Non-diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease. Drugs 2021; 81:1491-1511. [PMID: 34363606 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-021-01573-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In recent years, inhibitors of the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2 inhibitors) have been shown to have significant protective effects on the kidney and the cardiovascular system in patients with diabetes. This effect is also manifested in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and is minimally due to improved glycaemic control. Starting from these positive findings, SGLT2 inhibitors have also been tested in patients with non-diabetic CKD or heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Recently, the DAPA-CKD trial showed a significantly lower risk of CKD progression or death from renal or cardiovascular causes in a mixed population of patients with diabetic and non-diabetic CKD receiving dapagliflozin in comparison with placebo. In patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction, two trials (EMPEROR-Reduced and DAPA-HF) also found a significantly lower risk of reaching the secondary renal endpoint in those treated with an SGLT2 inhibitor in comparison with placebo. This also applied to patients with CKD. Apart from their direct mechanism of action, SGLT2 inhibitors have additional effects that could be of particular interest for patients with non-diabetic CKD. Among these, SGLT2 inhibitors reduce blood pressure and serum acid uric levels and can increase hemoglobin levels. Some safety issues should be further explored in the CKD population. SGLT2 inhibitors can minimally increase potassium levels, but this has not been shown by the CREDENCE trial. They also increase magnesium and phosphate reabsorption. These effects could become more significant in patients with advanced CKD and will need monitoring when these agents are used more extensively in the CKD population. Conversely, they do not seem to increase the risk of acute kidney injury.
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Hess DA, Terenzi DC, Verma S. Heal Thyself: SGLT2 Inhibition Limits Regenerative Cell Exhaustion and Heals Damaged Vessels. Diabetes 2021; 70:1620-1622. [PMID: 34285122 DOI: 10.2337/dbi21-0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- David A Hess
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Vascular Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Coexisting dysfunction of heart and kidney, the cardiorenal syndrome, is a common condition and is associated with worsening of outcomes and complexities of diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic approaches. The knowledge of the physiology of heart and kidney and their interaction with each other and with other organ systems has progressed significantly in recent years, resulting in a better understanding of the pathogenesis of cardiorenal syndrome. A robust knowledge of the pathophysiology and of the latest practical advancements about cardiorenal syndrome is necessary for cardiologists, nephrologists, and other practitioners who provide medical care to the patients with heart and kidney diseases.
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- Parta Hatamizadeh
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, CG-98, PO Box 100224, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Herrington WG, Savarese G, Haynes R, Marx N, Mellbin L, Lund LH, Dendale P, Seferovic P, Rosano G, Staplin N, Baigent C, Cosentino F. Cardiac, renal, and metabolic effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors: a position paper from the European Society of Cardiology ad-hoc task force on sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors. Eur J Heart Fail 2021; 23:1260-1275. [PMID: 34184823 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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In 2015, the first large-scale placebo-controlled trial designed to assess cardiovascular safety of glucose-lowering with sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition in type 2 diabetes mellitus raised hypotheses that the class could favourably modify not only risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, but also hospitalization for heart failure, and the development or worsening of nephropathy. By the start of 2021, results from 10 large SGLT2 inhibitor placebo-controlled clinical outcome trials randomizing ∼71 000 individuals have confirmed that SGLT2 inhibitors can provide clinical benefits for each of these types of outcome in a range of different populations. The cardiovascular and renal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors appear to be larger than their comparatively modest effect on glycaemic control or glycosuria alone would predict, with three trials recently reporting that clinical benefits extend to individuals without diabetes mellitus who are at risk due to established heart failure, or albuminuric chronic kidney disease. This European Society of Cardiology position paper summarizes reported results from these 10 large clinical outcome trials considering separately each of the different types of cardiorenal benefit, summarizes key molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms, and provides a synopsis of metabolic effects and safety. We also describe ongoing placebo-controlled trials among individuals with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and among individuals with chronic kidney disease.
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- William G Herrington
- Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford, part of the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Kidney Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute: Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford, part of the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Kidney Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute: Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute: Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Heart Centre Hasselt, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Medical Sciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford, part of the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford, part of the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute: Heart and Vascular Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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DeFronzo RA, Abdul-Ghani M. Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and the Kidney. Diabetes Spectr 2021; 34:225-234. [PMID: 34511848 PMCID: PMC8387612 DOI: 10.2337/ds20-0071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) accounts for about half of individuals entering end-stage renal disease programs. Patients with DKD frequently have associated microvascular complications and are at very high risk for developing macrovascular complications. Comprehensive treatment involves slowing or preventing the decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and preventing macrovascular and further microvascular complications. Maintaining an A1C <6.5% represents primary prevention; in established DKD, tight blood pressure control is essential. ACE inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors can be used in combination to slow the rate of decline in GFR. This article reviews the general approach to DKD treatment and summarizes renal outcomes in four cardiovascular outcomes trials of SGLT2 inhibitors. Together, these trials provide conclusive evidence that SGLT2 inhibitors, added to an ACE inhibitor or ARB, slow the progression of DKD.
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Szarek M, Bhatt DL, Steg PG, Cannon CP, Leiter LA, McGuire DK, Lewis JB, Riddle MC, Voors AA, Metra M, Lund LH, Komajda M, Testani JM, Wilcox CS, Ponikowski P, Lopes RD, Banks P, Tesfaye E, Ezekowitz JA, Verma S, Pitt B. Effect of Sotagliflozin on Total Hospitalizations in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Worsening Heart Failure : A Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med 2021; 174:1065-1072. [PMID: 34152828 DOI: 10.7326/m21-0651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the SOLOIST-WHF (Effect of Sotagliflozin on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Post Worsening Heart Failure) trial, sotagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-1 and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor, reduced total occurrences of cardiovascular deaths, hospitalizations for heart failure, and urgent visits for heart failure relative to placebo by 33%. OBJECTIVE To determine whether sotagliflozin increased the prespecified efficacy outcome of days alive and out of the hospital (DAOH) in the SOLOIST-WHF trial. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03521934). SETTING 306 sites in 32 countries. PARTICIPANTS 1222 patients with type 2 diabetes and reduced or preserved ejection fraction who were recently hospitalized for worsening heart failure. INTERVENTION 200 mg of sotagliflozin once daily (with a possible dose increase to 400 mg) or matching placebo. MEASUREMENTS The primary analysis included hospitalizations for any reason on the basis of investigator-reported incidence and duration of admissions after randomization. Days alive and out of the hospital and its converse (days dead and days in the hospital) were analyzed using prespecified Poisson regression models. RESULTS Although similar proportions of patients in the sotagliflozin and placebo groups were hospitalized at least once (38.5% vs. 41.4%), fewer patients in the sotagliflozin group were hospitalized more than once (16.3% vs. 22.1%). There were 64 and 76 deaths in the sotagliflozin and placebo groups, respectively. The DAOH rate in the sotagliflozin group was 3% higher than in the placebo group (rate ratio [RR], 1.03 [95% CI, 1.00 to 1.06]; P = 0.027). This difference was primarily driven by a reduction in the rate of days dead (RR, 0.71 [CI, 0.52 to 0.99]; P = 0.041) rather than by a reduction in the rate of days hospitalized for any cause. For every 100 days of follow-up, patients in the sotagliflozin group were alive and out of the hospital for 3% or 2.9 more days than those in the placebo group (91.8 vs. 88.9 days); this difference reflected a 2.6-day difference in days dead (6.3 vs. 8.9 days) and a 0.3-day difference in days in the hospital (1.9 vs. 2.2 days). LIMITATION Other than heart failure, the primary reason for each hospitalization was unspecified. CONCLUSION Sotagliflozin increased DAOH, a metric that may provide an additional patient-centered outcome to capture the totality of disease burden. Future studies are needed to quantify the consequences of increasing DAOH in terms of health economics and patient quality of life. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE Sanofi at initiation and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals at completion.
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- Michael Szarek
- CPC Clinical Research and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, and State University of New York Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, New York (M.S.)
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (D.L.B., C.P.C.)
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- Université de Paris, French Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat, INSERM Unité 1148, Paris, France (P.G.S.)
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (D.L.B., C.P.C.)
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- Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (L.A.L., S.V.)
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas (D.K.M.)
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- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (J.B.L.)
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- University of Groningen-University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (A.A.V.)
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- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy (M.M.)
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- Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden (L.H.L.)
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- Paris Sorbonne University and Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris, France (M.K.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (R.D.L.)
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- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, The Woodlands, Texas (P.B., E.T.)
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- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, The Woodlands, Texas (P.B., E.T.)
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- University of Alberta and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (J.A.E.)
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- Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (L.A.L., S.V.)
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (B.P.)
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Hypertension in diabetes care: emerging roles of recent hypoglycemic agents. Hypertens Res 2021; 44:897-905. [PMID: 33990790 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-021-00665-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) frequently have multiple cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal comorbidities, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, hyperuricemia, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure. Accordingly, this patient population often requires polypharmacy, which is associated with an increased risk of drug-drug interactions, poor adherence, and even adverse outcomes. Accumulating evidence on newer hypoglycemic agents, such as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, has highlighted the marked improvements in cardiovascular and renal outcomes associated with the off-target benefits for relevant comorbidities, including hypertension. These classes of hypoglycemic agents are unique, as they achieve consistently modest but significant reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), an effect that has not been targeted and observed with conventional hypoglycemic agents. In addition to this BP-lowering effect, these agents also have multifaceted beneficial impacts on other cardiometabolic and renal parameters, which appear to be helpful for providing an important comprehensive therapeutic approach to improve the prognosis in patients with T2D. The clinical advantages of these agents may reduce the dose and number of concomitant medications used to treat T2D and related comorbidities. These positive spillover effects may also enhance the clinical use of agents to achieve better diabetes care. As a consequence, the clinical significance of these hypoglycemic agents now extends beyond their hypoglycemic effects, thereby providing a new-normal strategy to use in an evidence-based, patient-centric approach to diabetes care.
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Patel N, Hindi J, Farouk SS. Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Kidney Transplantation: What Are We Waiting For? KIDNEY360 2021; 2:1174-1178. [PMID: 35368347 PMCID: PMC8786095 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000732021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Niralee Patel
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Koufakis T, Mustafa OG, Tsimihodimos V, Ajjan RA, Kotsa K. Insights Into the Results of Sotagliflozin Cardiovascular Outcome Trials: Is Dual Inhibition the Cherry on the Cake of Cardiorenal Protection? Drugs 2021; 81:1365-1371. [PMID: 34232488 PMCID: PMC8261816 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-021-01559-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sotagliflozin is a dual sodium-glucose co-transporter (SGLT) 2 inhibitor, manifesting a 20-fold higher inhibitory activity for SGLT2 than for SGLT1. Differences in SGLT2 over SGLT1 selectivity of the available agents have been proposed to relate to variability in efficacy and safety characteristics. In contrast to other SGLT2 inhibitors, the cardiorenal effects of sotagliflozin in type 2 diabetes had not been explored until recently, when the results of SOLOIST-WHF (focusing on heart failure [HF] outcomes) and SCORED (focusing on renal outcomes) were published. In SOLOIST-WHF, sotagliflozin reduced the risk of the primary composite outcome of cardiovascular (CV) death and hospitalizations and urgent visits for HF. The findings showed that the risk reduction was consistent in people with reduced but also in those with preserved ejection fraction (EF). In SCORED, sotagliflozin significantly reduced the primary end point of CV deaths, hospitalizations for HF, and urgent visits for HF. A reduction in glycated hemoglobin was evident even in participants with estimated glomerular filtration rate values below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2. SCORED is also the first trial to illustrate the benefits of the class across the full range of albuminuria. Moreover, the endpoint of stroke was significantly reduced by 34% in the sotagliflozin compared with the placebo group. The findings of the two studies provide novel insights into the clinical utility of SGLT2 inhibitors, particularly with respect to the early initiation in stable HF, the benefits in HF with preserved EF, the glucose-lowering efficacy in people with severe renal impairment and their potential to improve atherosclerotic vascular disease, including stroke, outcomes.
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- Theocharis Koufakis
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, 1 St. Kiriakidi Street, 54636, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Diabetes, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center, First Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, 1 St. Kiriakidi Street, 54636, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Ticagrelor and Dapagliflozin Have Additive Effects in Ameliorating Diabetic Nephropathy in Mice with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2021; 36:829-840. [PMID: 34232433 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-021-07222-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Ticagrelor and dapagliflozin can suppress the activation of the NOD-like receptor 3 (NLRP3)-inflammasome and activate AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). The anti-inflammatory effects of dapagliflozin has been shown to depend on AMPK activation. Dapagliflozin and ticagrelor have been shown to have additive effects on the progression of diabetic cardiomyopathy in BTBR ob/ob mice with type-2 diabetes. We assessed whether dapagliflozin and ticagrelor have additive effects on the activation of the NLRP3-inflammasome and the progression of diabetic nephropathy in mice with type-2 diabetes. METHODS Eight-week-old BTBR received either no-drug, dapagliflozin (1.5 mg/kg/d), ticagrelor (100 mg/kg/d), or their combination for 12 weeks. Blood was assessed weekly for glucose and urine for glucose and albumin. After 12 weeks, blood creatinine, cystatin C, inflammasome activation, and insulin were assessed by ELISA. Renal cortex samples were assessed by hematoxylin and eosin and periodic acid-Schiff staining. RT-PCR and immunoblotting were used to evaluate fibrosis and the activation of Akt, AMPK and the inflammasome. RESULTS Both ticagrelor and dapagliflozin reduced serum creatinine and cystatin C levels and urinary albumin. Both drugs attenuated the increase in glomerular area and mesangial matrix index. Both drugs decreased collagen-1 and collagen-3 expression and the activation of the NLRP3-inflammasome. Both drugs increased P-AMPK levels, but only dapagliflozin increased P-Akt levels. Overall, the protective effects of dapagliflozin and ticagrelor were additive. CONCLUSIONS Dapagliflozin and ticagrelor attenuated the progression of diabetic nephropathy in BTBR ob/ob mice with additive effects of the combination. This was associated with AMPK activation and reduced activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, whereas only dapagliflozin increased Akt activation.
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Nelson AJ, Pagidipati NJ, Aroda VR, Cavender MA, Green JB, Lopes RD, Al-Khalidi H, Gaynor T, Kaltenbach LA, Kirk JK, Lingvay I, Magwire ML, O'Brien EC, Pak J, Pop-Busui R, Richardson CR, Reed M, Senyucel C, Webb L, McGuire DK, Granger CB. Incorporating SGLT2i and GLP-1RA for Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease Risk Reduction: Call for Action to the Cardiology Community. Circulation 2021; 144:74-84. [PMID: 34228476 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.053766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Multiple sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) have been shown to impart significant cardiovascular and kidney benefits, but are underused in clinical practice. Both SGLT-2i and GLP-1RA were first studied as glucose-lowering drugs, which may have impeded uptake by cardiologists in the wake of proven cardiovascular efficacy. Their significant effect on cardiovascular and kidney outcomes, which are largely independent of glucose-lowering effects, must drive a broader use of these drugs. Cardiologists are 3 times more likely than endocrinologists to see patients with both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, thus they are ideally positioned to share responsibility for SGLT-2i and GLP-1RA treatment with primary care providers. In order to increase adoption, SGLT-2i and GLP-1RA must be reframed as primarily cardiovascular and kidney disease risk-reducing agents with a side effect of glucose-lowering. Coordinated and multifaceted interventions engaging clinicians, patients, payers, professional societies, and health systems must be implemented to incentivize the adoption of these medications as part of routine cardiovascular and kidney care. Greater use of SGLT-2i and GLP-1RA will improve outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular and kidney disease.
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- Adam J Nelson
- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT (T.G., J.P.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (I.L., D.K.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ridgefield, CT (T.G., J.P.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (A.J.N., N.J.P., J.B.G., R.D.L., H.A., L.A.K., E.C.O., M.R., L.W., C.B.G.)
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Prattichizzo F, de Candia P, Ceriello A. Diabetes and kidney disease: emphasis on treatment with SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists. Metabolism 2021; 120:154799. [PMID: 34029597 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2021.154799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kidney disease is a frequent microvascular complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Historic trials have demonstrated that a tight glycaemic control is the most powerful approach to decrease the chances of developing diabetic nephropathy. However, having an HbA1c < 7% does not completely suppress the risk of kidney disease. The observed residual risk is likely ascribable to two phenomena: 1- the presence of risk factors and alterations additive to and independent of glycaemia, and 2- the activation of long-lasting imbalances by periods of exposure to uncontrolled glycemia, a phenomenon referred to as metabolic memory or legacy effect. Long-lasting oxidative stress, epigenetic alterations, cellular senescence, and the resulting chronic low-grade inflammation are all candidate mechanisms explaining the development of nephropathy despite proper control of risk factors. Recently, two classes of drugs, i.e. glucagon-like peptide (GLP) 1 receptor agonists (RA) and sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT-i) have changed this scenario. Indeed, cardiovascular outcome and other trials have clearly shown a renoprotective effect for these drugs, well-beyond their glucose-lowering properties. In this review, we summarize: 1- selected key trials and mechanisms underlying the development of diabetic kidney disease and 2- the results relative to renal endpoints in clinical trials of GLP-1 RA and SGLT-2i. Then, we briefly discuss some of the hypotheses posited to explain the marked renoprotective properties of these two classes, evidencing the still existing gaps in knowledge and proposing future directions to further implement the use of these powerful, disease-modifying drugs.
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Giugliano D, Longo M, Caruso P, Maiorino MI, Bellastella G, Esposito K. Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors for the prevention of cardiorenal outcomes in type 2 diabetes: An updated meta-analysis. Diabetes Obes Metab 2021; 23:1672-1676. [PMID: 33710721 DOI: 10.1111/dom.14374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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A meta-analysis of cardiorenal outcomes of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) available in Europe or the United States in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is presented. An electronic search up to 6 January 2021 was conducted to determine eligible trials. A total of eight cardiorenal outcomes trials of SGLT-2is (empagliflozin, canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, ertugliflozin and sotagliflozin) were identified, with 65,587 patients. Data were analysed using a random effects model. Overall, SGLT-2is were associated with a 12% reduced risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE; HR = 0.88; 95% CI, 0.83-0.93; Q statistic, p = .19), with no significant heterogeneity (p for interaction = .465) between subgroups of patients with or without cardiovascular disease (CVD). The risk of the composite renal outcome was significantly reduced by treatment with SGLT-2is (HR = 0.61, 95% CI, 0.54-0.70), with no significant heterogeneity of associations with outcome (I2 = 37%, p = .11), and no difference in the risk between patients with or without CVD (p for interaction = .665). SGLT-2is have moderate benefits on MACE and major benefits on the progression of diabetic kidney disease.
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- Dario Giugliano
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Ph.D. of Translational Medicine, Chair of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Ph.D. of Translational Medicine, Chair of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Ph.D. of Translational Medicine, Chair of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Diabetes Unit, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Ph.D. of Translational Medicine, Chair of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Diabetes Unit, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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Li M, Qian M, Kyler K, Xu J. Adipose Tissue-Endothelial Cell Interactions in Obesity-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:681581. [PMID: 34277732 PMCID: PMC8282205 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.681581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Obesity has a strong impact on the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, which raises enthusiasm to understand how excess adiposity causes vascular injury. Adipose tissue is an essential regulator of cardiovascular system through its endocrine and paracrine bioactive products. Obesity induces endothelial dysfunction, which often precedes and leads to the development of cardiovascular diseases. Connecting adipose tissue-endothelial cell interplay to endothelial dysfunction may help us to better understand obesity-induced cardiovascular disease. This Mini Review discussed (1) the general interactions and obesity-induced endothelial dysfunction, (2) potential targets, and (3) the outstanding questions for future research.
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- Manna Li
- Department of Medicine, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK, United States
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- Office of Research Administration, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK, United States
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- Kathryn Larmour
- Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Li LF, Ding LL, Zhan ZL, Qiu M. Meta-Analysis on the Safety and Cardiorenal Efficacy of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients Without T2DM. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:690529. [PMID: 34277737 PMCID: PMC8277944 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.690529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The cardiorenal benefits of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are established, whereas those in patients without T2DM are not established. We sought to assess the cardiorenal efficacy and safety of SGLT2 inhibitors in non-T2DM patients by performing a meta-analysis based on the subgroup data of non-T2DM patients from relevant secondary analysis articles in which subgroup analyses were done according to the status of diabetes. Compared to placebo, SGLT2 inhibitors significantly reduced heart failure hospitalization [risk ratio (RR) 0.70, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.59–0.83] and kidney-specific composite outcome (RR 0.55, 95% CI 0.40–0.75) and increased Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire total score by 1.15 (95% CI 1.05–1.25) in patients without T2DM with heart failure (HF) or chronic kidney disease (CKD), whereas gliflozins did not significantly affect cardiovascular death, all-cause mortality, volume depletion, fracture, and amputation in this vulnerable population. There was no event of major hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis observed in the non-T2DM subgroup in included trials. These findings will further prompt gliflozins to be used for the prevention of HF and renal failure events and for the improvement of life quality in patients without T2DM with HF or CKD.
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- Lu-Feng Li
- Department of General Medicine, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Class 3, Clinical Medicine, Grade 2019, The Second Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Medicine, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Sotagliflozin Reduces HF Events in T2DM Regardless of Baseline Characteristics, Including HF, CKD and LVEF. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2021; 35:1077-1078. [PMID: 34181127 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-021-07203-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shenoy SV, Nagaraju SP, Bhojaraja MV, Prabhu RA, Rangaswamy D, Rao IR. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists: Ushering in a new era of nephroprotection beyond renin-angiotensin system blockade. Nephrology (Carlton) 2021; 26:858-871. [PMID: 34176194 DOI: 10.1111/nep.13917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The therapeutic options for preventing or slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been thus far limited. While angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are, without a doubt, safe and effective drugs, a significant proportion of patients with CKD still progress to end-stage kidney disease. After decades of negative trials, nephrologists have finally found cause for optimism with the introduction of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs). Recent trials such as EMPA-REG OUTCOME and CREDENCE have provided evidence of the renal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors, which have now found widespread acceptance as first-line agents for diabetic CKD, in addition to ACEi/ARBs. Considering results from the DAPA-CKD study, it is expected that their use will soon be expanded to other causes of albuminuric CKD as well, although confirmation from further trials, such as the EMPA-KIDNEY study is awaited. Likewise, although the role of mineralocorticoid receptor overactivation in CKD progression has been known for decades, it is only now with the FIDELIO-DKD study that we have evidence of benefits of MRAs on hard renal endpoints, specifically in patients with diabetic CKD. While further research is ongoing, given the evidence of synergism between the three drug classes, it is foreseeable that a combination of two or more of these drugs may soon become the standard of care for CKD, regardless of underlying aetiology. This review describes pathophysiologic mechanisms, current evidence and future perspectives on the use of SGLT2 inhibitors and novel MRAs in CKD.
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- Srinivas Vinayak Shenoy
- Department of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Rau M, Thiele K, Korbinian Hartmann NU, Möllmann J, Wied S, Böhm M, Scharnagl H, März W, Marx N, Lehrke M. Effects of empagliflozin on lipoprotein subfractions in patients with type 2 diabetes: data from a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Atherosclerosis 2021; 330:8-13. [PMID: 34218214 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.06.915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, glucose-lowering drugs that increase urinary glucose excretion, have been shown to reduce CV events in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), despite the fact that these agents increase blood levels of the proatherogenic low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). It has been hypothesized that hemoconcentration due to osmotic diuresis, effects on calculated LDL particle size, or a modulation of lipoprotein subfractions may play a role in this context but to date the underlying mechanisms remain largely unexplored. Therefore, the present study examined effects of empagliflozin on LDL-C and lipoprotein subfractions including calculated LDL particle size and composition. METHODS In this placebo-controlled, randomized, double blind study, patients with T2D were randomized to empagliflozin 10 mg (n = 20) or placebo (n = 22). Composition of lipoprotein subfractions was assessed before and after 3 months of treatment. Lipoproteins were separated using a combined ultracentrifugation-precipitation method (β-quantification). RESULTS Empagliflozin increased LDL-C after 3 months of treatment (from baseline: 103 ± 36 mg/dL to 112 ± 47 mg/dL; p < 0.001) while no difference was recorded after day 1 or day 3 of treatment. The increase of LDL-C was paralleled by an increase of total cholesterol (baseline: 169 ± 41 mg/dL, 3 months: 185 ± 48 mg/dL; p = 0.001). Analyses of lipoprotein subfractions revealed LDL phospholipids and LDL apolipoprotein B to be increased by empagliflozin after 3 months of treatment while calculated LDL particle size was not affected. In addition empagliflozin increased free fatty acid concentrations. CONCLUSIONS Empagliflozin treatment of patients with T2D increased LDL-C and LDL apolipoprotein B levels but had no effect on calculated LDL particle size.
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- Matthias Rau
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Statistics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Saarland, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Internal Medicine 5, Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany; Synlab Academy, Synlab Holding Germany GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Safety and Efficacy of SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Multiple-Treatment Meta-Analysis of Clinical Decision Indicators. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10122713. [PMID: 34205385 PMCID: PMC8233997 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10122713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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To jointly assess the safety and effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) on cardiorenal outcomes and all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with or at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We performed a systematic review and network meta-analysis, systematically searching the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Web of Science databases up to September 2020. Primary outcomes were composite major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), hospitalization for heart failure, all-cause mortality and a composite renal outcome. We performed a random effects network meta-analysis estimating the pooled hazard ratio (HR), risk ratio and number needed to treat (NNT). Six trials evaluating empagliflozin, canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and ertugliflozin met the inclusion/exclusion criteria, which comprised 46,969 patients, mostly with established CVD. Pooled estimates (95% CI) of benefits of SGLT2i in terms of HR and NNT were as follows: for all-cause mortality, 0.85 (0.75, 0.97) and 58 (28, 368); for MACE, 0.91 (0.85, 0.97) and 81 (44, 271); for hospitalization for heart failure, 0.70 (0.62, 0.78) and 32 (20, 55); and for composite renal outcome, 0.61 (0.50, 0.74) and 20 (11, 44). Pooled estimates for serious adverse events were 0.92 (95% CI 0.89, 0.95). In patients with T2DM at cardiovascular risk, ertugliflozin is a less potent drug than empagliflozin, canagliflozin or dapagliflozin to prevent cardiorenal events and all-cause mortality. In addition, our data endorse that empagliflozin is the best treatment option among SGLT2i for this type of patient, but the evidence is not consistent enough.
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Sharma S, Smyth B. From Proteinuria to Fibrosis: An Update on Pathophysiology and Treatment Options. Kidney Blood Press Res 2021; 46:411-420. [PMID: 34130301 DOI: 10.1159/000516911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Proteinuria is a key biomarker in nephrology. It is central to diagnosis and risk assessment and the primary target of many important therapies. Etiologies resulting in pathological proteinuria include congenital and acquired disorders, as well as both glomerular (immune/non-immune mediated) and tubular defects. SUMMARY Untreated proteinuria is strongly linked to progressive loss of kidney function and kidney failure. Excess protein reaching the renal tubules is ordinarily resorbed by the tubular epithelium. However, when these mechanisms are overwhelmed, a variety of inflammatory and fibrotic pathways are activated, causing both interstitial fibrosis and glomerulosclerosis. Nevertheless, the specific mechanisms underlying this are complex and remain incompletely understood. Recently, a number of treatments, in addition to angiotensin system blockade, have been shown to effectively slow the progression of proteinuric chronic kidney disease. However, additional therapies are clearly needed. Key message: This review provides an update on the pathophysiology of proteinuria, the pathways leading to fibrosis, and an overview of current and emerging therapies.
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- Sonia Sharma
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Fortis Hospital, Shalimar-Bagh, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Renal Medicine, St. George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Cherney DZI, Dagogo-Jack S, McGuire DK, Cosentino F, Pratley R, Shih WJ, Frederich R, Maldonado M, Liu J, Wang S, Cannon CP. Kidney outcomes using a sustained ≥40% decline in eGFR: A meta-analysis of SGLT2 inhibitor trials. Clin Cardiol 2021; 44:1139-1143. [PMID: 34129237 PMCID: PMC8364727 DOI: 10.1002/clc.23665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background A recent meta‐analysis of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor outcome trials reported that SGLT2 inhibitors were associated with reduction in the risk of adverse composite kidney outcomes, with moderate heterogeneity across the trials; however, the endpoints were defined differently across the trials. Hypothesis The apparent heterogeneity of the meta‐analysis of kidney composite outcomes of SGLT2 inhibitor trials will be substantially reduced by using a consistent assessment of sustained ≥40% decline in eGFR/chronic kidney dialysis/transplantation/renal death across trials. Methods We performed a meta‐analysis of kidney composite outcomes from the four SGLT2 cardiovascular outcome trial programs conducted in general type 2 diabetes mellitus populations, which included, as a surrogate of progression to kidney failure, a sustained ≥40% decline in eGFR along with kidney replacement therapy and kidney death. The trials assessed were VERTIS CV (NCT01986881), CANVAS Program (NCT01032629 and NCT01989754), DECLARE‐TIMI 58 (NCT01730534), and EMPA‐REG OUTCOME (NCT01131676). Results Data from the trials comprised 42 516 individual participants; overall, 998 composite kidney events occurred. SGLT2 inhibition was associated with a significant reduction in the kidney composite endpoint (HR 0.58 [95% CI 0.51–0.65]) and with a highly consistent effect across the trials (Q statistic p = .64; I2 = 0.0%). Conclusions Our meta‐analysis highlights the value of using similarly defined endpoints across trials and supports the finding of consistent protection against kidney disease progression with SGLT2 inhibitors as a class in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who either have established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or are at high cardiovascular risk with multiple cardiovascular risk factors.
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- David Z I Cherney
- Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Unit of Cardiology, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Clinical Development and Operations, Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Global Product Development Statistics, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Shoar S, Shah AA, Ikram W, Farooq N, Udoh A, Tabibzadeh E, Khavandi S, Khavandi S. Cardiovascular benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure: a meta-analysis of small and large randomized controlled trials. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 2021; 11:262-272. [PMID: 34322297 PMCID: PMC8303041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have shown promise in improving cardiovascular outcome in patients with heart failure (HF) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Although these benefits have been confirmed by several meta-analyses, small studies have not been included into these pooled analyses. AIM Publication of recent RCTs prompted us to perform this updated meta-analysis to examine the consistency of favorable cardiovascular outcomes of SGLT2 inhibitors in HF patients by inclusion of clinical trials with small sample size. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of the literature in PubMed/Medline and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify all RCTs investigating the benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with HF. The primary endpoint of this meta-analysis was to compare the cardiovascular death (CVD) and hospitalization for HF (HHF) between patients who received an SGLT2 inhibitor and those who received a placebo or a non-SGLT2 inhibitor. We used a risk difference (RD) and log hazard ratio (HR) to pool the reported difference across the included RCTs. RESULTS A total of 12 RCTs encompassing 59,825 patients at different stages of HF and DM were included, 32,448 patients in the SGLT2 inhibitor group and 27,377 patients in the control group. A pooled analysis of RCTs, regardless of HF severity or DM status, showed a significantly reduced RD for CVD (RD =-0.01, 95% CI [-0.01, 0.00], P=0.01) and HHF (RD =-0.02, 95% CI [-0.03, -0.01], P=0.0005) in patients who received a SGLT2 inhibitor compared to those who did not. A sub-group analysis showed a significantly reduced RD for CVD (RD =-0.01, 95% CI [-0.02, 0.00], P=0.03) and HHF (RD =-0.02, 95% CI [-0.03, 0.00], P=0.01) in patients with DM who received SGLT2 inhibitors regardless of the severity of HF. Also, regardless of DM status, RD for HHF favored the use of SGLT2 inhibitor than the control medication (RD =-0.05, 95% CI [-0.06, -0.03], P<0.00001). CONCLUSION SGLT2 inhibitors have shown a promise in reducing CVD and HHF in patients with HF, regardless of ejection fraction or diabetes status.
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- Saeed Shoar
- Department of Clinical Research, ScientificWriting CorpHouston, TX, USA
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- School of Medicine, Quaid-e-Azam Medical CollegeBahawalpur, Pakistan
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- School of Medicine, Lahore Medical and Dental CollegeLahore, Pakistan
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- School of Medicine, Quaid-e-Azam Medical CollegeBahawalpur, Pakistan
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- School of Medicine, Madonna UniversityOkija, Nigeria
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesTabriz, Iran
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- Department of Cardiology, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesTabriz, Iran
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesTabriz, Iran
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- Kieran F Docherty
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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In the Netherlands, approximately 250,000 people are living with heart failure. About one-third of them have comorbid diabetes mellitus type 2. Until recently, the effects of antidiabetic agents on heart failure were largely unknown. This changed after an observed increased risk of heart failure and ischaemic heart disease associated with thiazolidinediones that prompted the requirement for cardiovascular outcome trials for new glucose-lowering drugs. In the past decade, three new classes of antidiabetic agents have become available (i.e. dipeptidyl peptidase‑4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide‑1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter‑2 (SGLT2) inhibitors). Although the first two classes demonstrated no beneficial effects on heart failure compared to placebo in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, SGLT2 inhibitors significantly and consistently lowered the risk of incident and worsening heart failure. Two recent trials indicated that these favourable effects were also present in non-diabetic patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, resulting in significantly lower risks of hospitalisation for heart failure and presumably also cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. SGLT2 inhibitors have been shown to be benefit on top of recommended heart failure therapy including sacubitril/valsartan and may also prove beneficial for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. In this review, we discuss the effects of antidiabetic agents on heart failure.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review summarizes recent cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs) with glucose-lowering drugs. RECENT FINDINGS The majority of recent CVOTs with glucose-lowering drugs have tested dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4-i), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors agonists (GLP1-RA), and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), but studies have also been performed with other agents including thiazolidinediones and insulin. All CVOTs with DPP4-I, GLP1-RA, and SGLT2-i have demonstrated the cardiovascular (CV) safety of these agents compared to usual care. However, certain GLP1-RAs (liraglutide, subcutaneous semaglutide, albiglutide, dulaglutide) and SGLT2-i (empagliflozin, canagliflozin) have demonstrated a CV benefit, showing significant reductions in composite cardiovascular outcomes. Furthermore, all SGLT2-i also significantly decreased the risk for hospitalization for heart failure. Results from these studies have altered clinical guidelines worldwide and have resulted in new indications for some glucose-lowering drugs. In patients with T2D and high risk for CVD, GLP-1RA or SGLT2-i with proven cardiovascular benefit are recommended, irrespective of glycemic control.
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- Tina K Thethi
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute, 301 E. Princeton Street, Orlando, FL, 32804, USA.
- AdventHealth Diabetes Institute, Orlando, FL, USA.
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- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute, 301 E. Princeton Street, Orlando, FL, 32804, USA
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- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute, 301 E. Princeton Street, Orlando, FL, 32804, USA
- AdventHealth Diabetes Institute, Orlando, FL, USA
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Sarpatwari A, Tessema FA, Zakarian M, Najafzadeh MN, Kesselheim AS. Diabetes Drugs: List Price Increases Were Not Always Reflected In Net Price; Impact Of Brand Competition Unclear. Health Aff (Millwood) 2021; 40:772-778. [PMID: 33939506 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
List prices for brand-name drugs have risen steeply, often despite the introduction of competition from other brand-name drugs in the same therapeutic class. List prices, however, do not reflect any rebates that manufacturers provide payers. To understand how net prices (after rebates and other discounts) respond to competition, we compared changes in inflation-adjusted, revenue-weighted mean list and net prices of a one-month supply of three classes of diabetes drugs: glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) agonists, dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors, and sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. These drug classes each had several brand-name products enter the market between 2005 and 2017. The annualized change in list price over this period was $75 (15 percent) for GLP1 agonists, $22 (8 percent) for DPP4 inhibitors, and $41 (11 percent) for SGLT2 inhibitors. In contrast, the annualized change in net price was $38 (10 percent) for GLP1 agonists, -$3 (-2 percent) for DPP4 inhibitors, and -$17 (-9 percent) for SGLT2 inhibitors, suggesting a variable impact of brand-name competition on net prices.
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- Ameet Sarpatwari
- Ameet Sarpatwari is an assistant professor of medicine and the assistant director of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts
| | - Frazer A Tessema
- Frazer A. Tessema was a research assistant in the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, when this work was completed. He is an MD candidate at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois
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- Marie Zakarian is a product manager at Human Care Systems, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a research assistant in the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, when this work was performed
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- Mehdi N. Najafzadeh is an assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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- Aaron S. Kesselheim is a professor of medicine and the director of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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