Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Publication Title
The New England journal of medicine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-12-2023
Keywords
washington; spokane; pmrc; Humans; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Creatinine; Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors; Cardiovascular Diseases; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Kidney; Benzhydryl Compounds; Disease Progression; Glomerular Filtration Rate
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The effects of empagliflozin in patients with chronic kidney disease who are at risk for disease progression are not well understood. The EMPA-KIDNEY trial was designed to assess the effects of treatment with empagliflozin in a broad range of such patients.
METHODS: We enrolled patients with chronic kidney disease who had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of at least 20 but less than 45 ml per minute per 1.73 m
RESULTS: A total of 6609 patients underwent randomization. During a median of 2.0 years of follow-up, progression of kidney disease or death from cardiovascular causes occurred in 432 of 3304 patients (13.1%) in the empagliflozin group and in 558 of 3305 patients (16.9%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.64 to 0.82; P
CONCLUSIONS: Among a wide range of patients with chronic kidney disease who were at risk for disease progression, empagliflozin therapy led to a lower risk of progression of kidney disease or death from cardiovascular causes than placebo. (Funded by Boehringer Ingelheim and others; EMPA-KIDNEY ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03594110; EudraCT number, 2017-002971-24.).
Area of Special Interest
Kidney & Diabetes
Specialty/Research Institute
Nephrology
Specialty/Research Institute
Endocrinology
DOI
10.1056/NEJMoa2204233
