Renal, cardiovascular and safety outcomes of canagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy in East and South‐East Asian countries: Results from the Canagliflozin and Renal Events in Diabetes with Established Nephropathy Clinical Evaluation Trial

• DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13624
• Publication Date: 2021-07-02T09:35:17Z
• Authors: Takashi Wada; Kazumi Mori‐Anai; Yutaka Kawaguchi; Hideyuki Katsumata; Hidetaka Tsuda; Mitsutaka Iida; Kenji Arakawa; Meg J Jardine
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Kidney; Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Double-Blind Method; Albuminuria; Humans; Diabetic Nephropathies; Canagliflozin; Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors; CREDENCE; Asia, Southeastern; Proportional Hazards Models; Asia, Eastern; Articles; Middle Aged; RC648-665; 16. Peace & justice; Nephropathy; 3. Good health; Treatment Outcome; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Cardiovascular Diseases; Creatinine; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Female; Glomerular Filtration Rate

ABSTRACTAims/IntroductionThe sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, canagliflozin, reduced kidney failure and cardiovascular events in the Canagliflozin and Renal Events in Diabetes with Established Nephropathy Clinical Evaluation (CREDENCE) trial. We carried out a post‐hoc analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of canagliflozin in a subgroup of participants in East and South‐East Asian (EA) countries who are at high risk of renal complications.Materials and MethodsParticipants with an estimated glomerular filtration rate of 30 to <90 mL/min/1.73 m2 and urinary albumin‐to‐creatinine ratio of >300–5,000 mg/g were randomized to 100 mg of canagliflozin or a placebo. The effects of canagliflozin treatment on pre‐specified efficacy and safety outcomes were examined using Cox proportional hazards regression between participants from EA countries (China, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan) and the remaining participants.ResultsOf 4,401 participants, 604 (13.7%) were from EA countries; 301 and 303 were assigned to the canagliflozin and placebo groups, respectively. Canagliflozin lowered the risk of primary outcome (composite of end‐stage kidney disease, doubling of serum creatinine level, or renal or cardiovascular death) in EA participants (hazard ratio 0.54, 95% confidence interval 0.35–0.84). The effects of canagliflozin on renal and cardiovascular outcomes in EA participants were generally similar to those of the remaining participants. Safety outcomes were similar between the EA and non‐EA participants.ConclusionsIn the CREDENCE trial, the risk of renal and cardiovascular events was safely reduced in participants from EA countries at high risk of renal events.