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Study Reveals Lower Risk of Hospitalizations for Heart Failure and Death Associated with Use of SGLT-2i Drugs Among Patients with Type-2 Diabetes
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May 18, 2017, 09:50 ET

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Mikhail Kosiborod, M.D., Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
Mikhail Kosiborod, M.D., Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

Kansas City, Mo. (PRWEB) May 18, 2017 -- Worldwide, diabetes affects around 415 million adults, a number estimated to rise to 642 million by 2040 (1 in 10 adults), with 50% of deaths in people with T2D caused by cardiovascular disease. Specifically, people with type-2 diabetes (T2D) face a much higher risk of heart failure and death than those without diabetes. The prognosis for patients with diabetes that develop heart failure is especially ominous.

The CVD-REAL study results suggest that SGLT-2i medicines may have a significant impact on reducing those risks and may improve overall outcomes in a much broader population of patients with T2D than previously thought.

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However, research led by Mikhail Kosiborod, M.D. at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, in coordination with the CVD-REAL Executive Scientific Committee, and published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal, Circulation, revealed that patients treated with sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT-2i) medicines experienced a significantly lower risk of hospitalizations for heart failure and death when compared with T2D patients treated with other glucose lowering drugs (oGLDs).

The CVD-REAL study assessed data from more than 300,000 patients across six countries, 87% of whom did not have a known history of cardiovascular disease. The data showed that across this broad population of patients with T2D, treatment with SGLT-2i medicines - canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and empagliflozin - was associated with a 39% lower risk of hospitalization for heart failure (HR 0.61; 95% CI 0.51-0.73; p<0.001) and 51% lower risk of death from any cause (HR 0.49; 95% CI 0.41-0.57; p<0.001), compared with other T2D medicines. For the composite endpoint of hospitalization for heart failure or death from any cause, treatment with SGLT-2i versus other drugs was associated with a 46% lower risk (HR 0.54; 95% CI 0.48-0.60; p<0.001).

“T2D remains a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and overall mortality despite advances in treatment,” said Saint Luke’s cardiologist Mikhail Kosiborod, M.D., the lead author of the study. “There is a substantial need to develop treatments that not only lower blood glucose levels, but also reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications, including heart failure. The CVD-REAL study results suggest that SGLT-2i medicines may have a significant impact on reducing those risks and may improve overall outcomes in a much broader population of patients with T2D than previously thought.”

The hospitalizations for heart failure analysis was conducted using anonymized patient data from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. Of the data reviewed, 53% were on canagliflozin, 42% on dapagliflozin, and 5% on empagliflozin. The analysis of death from any cause was conducted using anonymized patient data from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States. Of the data reviewed, 42% of patients were on canagliflozin, 51% on dapagliflozin and 7% on empagliflozin. Among patients treated with SGLT-2i, the majority in the US received canagliflozin, and the majority in Europe received dapagliflozin; lower risks of hospitalization for heart failure and death associated with SGLT-2i use were seen both in the US and Europe, suggesting that these potential benefits may represent a class effect.

This is the first of several comparative analyses of CVD-REAL. The study is ongoing and future analyses will be conducted using this dataset as well as data from additional countries. The data for this study were obtained from real-world sources including medical records, claims databases and national registers, and were not independently adjudicated or verified against source documents. The CVD-REAL study is sponsored by AstraZeneca. This study was validated by the independent academic statistical group at St. Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, US. While CVD-REAL is a large study with a robust propensity-matching technique, given its observational nature the possibility of residual, unmeasured confounding factors cannot be definitively excluded.

Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute is a member of Saint Luke’s Health System, which consists of 10 area hospitals and several primary and specialty care practices, and provides a range of inpatient, outpatient, and home care services. Founded as a faith-based, not-for-profit organization, our mission includes a commitment to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education. The health system is an aligned organization in which the physicians and hospitals assume responsibility for enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of people in the metropolitan Kansas City area and the surrounding region.

Laurel Gifford, Saint Luke's Health System, +1 (816) 502-8532, [email protected]

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