Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To examine cardiovascular and kidney benefits and harms of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors stratified by risk in adults with chronic kidney disease regardless of diabetes status.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Ovid Medline, Embase, and Cochrane C...

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Main Authors: Gordon Guyatt, Arnav Agarwal, Thomas Agoritsas, Haoming Tian, Sheyu Li, Chang Xu, Ping Fu, Qingyang Shi, Xiaoxi Zeng, Per Olav Vandvik, Xinyu Zou, Yunhe Mao, Qinbo Yang, Xianghang Luo, Belen Ponte
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author Gordon Guyatt
Arnav Agarwal
Thomas Agoritsas
Haoming Tian
Sheyu Li
Chang Xu
Ping Fu
Qingyang Shi
Xiaoxi Zeng
Per Olav Vandvik
Xinyu Zou
Yunhe Mao
Qinbo Yang
Xianghang Luo
Belen Ponte
author_facet Gordon Guyatt
Arnav Agarwal
Thomas Agoritsas
Haoming Tian
Sheyu Li
Chang Xu
Ping Fu
Qingyang Shi
Xiaoxi Zeng
Per Olav Vandvik
Xinyu Zou
Yunhe Mao
Qinbo Yang
Xianghang Luo
Belen Ponte
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description Objective To examine cardiovascular and kidney benefits and harms of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors stratified by risk in adults with chronic kidney disease regardless of diabetes status.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Ovid Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Central from database inception to 15 June 2024.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Randomised controlled trials that compared SGLT-2 inhibitors with placebo or standard care with no SGLT-2 inhibitors in adults with chronic kidney disease with a follow-up duration of ≥12 weeks were eligible. Secondary analyses based on subpopulations from randomised controlled trials and publications not in English language were excluded.Data synthesis Random effects meta-analyses were conducted, with effect estimates presented as risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Absolute treatment effects were estimated over a five year duration for individuals with varied risks of cardiovascular and kidney complications based on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) risk stratification system. Certainty of evidence was assessed using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach.Results Evidence from 13 randomised controlled trials (29 614 patients) informed treatment effect estimates. In relative terms, SGLT-2 inhibitors reduced all cause death (risk ratio 0.85 (95% CI 0.74 to 0.98)), cardiovascular death (0.84 (0.74 to 0.96)), kidney failure (0.68 (0.60 to 0.77)), non-fatal stroke (0.73 (0.57 to 0.94)), non-fatal myocardial infarction (0.75 (0.60 to 0.93)), and admission to hospital for heart failure (0.68 (0.60 to 0.78)). No credible subgroup effects were found from diabetes status, heart failure status, estimated glomerular filtration rate, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and follow-up duration. Absolute effect estimates across these outcomes over a five year period varied across risk groups based on baseline risks of cardiovascular and kidney events. Effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors in the group at low risk included seven fewer all- cause deaths, four fewer admissions to hospital for heart failure per 1000 individuals, and no effects on kidney failure. Effects in the higher risk group included 48 fewer all cause deaths, 58 fewer kidney failures, and 25 fewer admissions to hospital for heart failure per 1000 individuals. Although SGLT-2 inhibitor use was associated with a relative increase in the risk of harms, including genital infection (2.66 (95% CI 2.07 to 3.42)), ketoacidosis (2.27 (1.30 to 3.95)), and symptomatic hypovolaemia (1.29 (1.15 to 1.44)), absolute differences for all harm outcomes were small.Conclusions Among people who have chronic kidney disease either with type 2 diabetes or not, SGLT-2 inhibitors improved cardiovascular and kidney outcomes with varying degrees of absolute benefit depending on an individual's baseline risks of cardiovascular and kidney-related sequelae. Absolute benefits and harms stratified by risk and associated with SGLT-2 inhibitors should inform individual decision making at the patient level.Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42022325483.
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spelling doaj-art-3b3bcfa4a10145f1831e2fc119da6b672025-08-20T02:57:32ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Medicine2754-04132024-08-013110.1136/bmjmed-2024-001009Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysisGordon Guyatt0Arnav Agarwal1Thomas Agoritsas2Haoming Tian3Sheyu Li4Chang Xu5Ping Fu6Qingyang Shi7Xiaoxi Zeng8Per Olav Vandvik9Xinyu Zou10Yunhe Mao11Qinbo Yang12Xianghang Luo13Belen Ponte146Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, MAGIC China Centre, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, MAGIC China Centre, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, People`s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, MAGIC China Centre, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Both authors contributed equally (co-first authors)Department of Medicine, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, MAGIC China Centre, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaSports Medicine Centre, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaDepartment of Endocrinology, Endocrinology Research Centre, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, Chinanephrologist, clinical co-chairObjective To examine cardiovascular and kidney benefits and harms of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors stratified by risk in adults with chronic kidney disease regardless of diabetes status.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Ovid Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Central from database inception to 15 June 2024.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Randomised controlled trials that compared SGLT-2 inhibitors with placebo or standard care with no SGLT-2 inhibitors in adults with chronic kidney disease with a follow-up duration of ≥12 weeks were eligible. Secondary analyses based on subpopulations from randomised controlled trials and publications not in English language were excluded.Data synthesis Random effects meta-analyses were conducted, with effect estimates presented as risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Absolute treatment effects were estimated over a five year duration for individuals with varied risks of cardiovascular and kidney complications based on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) risk stratification system. Certainty of evidence was assessed using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach.Results Evidence from 13 randomised controlled trials (29 614 patients) informed treatment effect estimates. In relative terms, SGLT-2 inhibitors reduced all cause death (risk ratio 0.85 (95% CI 0.74 to 0.98)), cardiovascular death (0.84 (0.74 to 0.96)), kidney failure (0.68 (0.60 to 0.77)), non-fatal stroke (0.73 (0.57 to 0.94)), non-fatal myocardial infarction (0.75 (0.60 to 0.93)), and admission to hospital for heart failure (0.68 (0.60 to 0.78)). No credible subgroup effects were found from diabetes status, heart failure status, estimated glomerular filtration rate, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and follow-up duration. Absolute effect estimates across these outcomes over a five year period varied across risk groups based on baseline risks of cardiovascular and kidney events. Effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors in the group at low risk included seven fewer all- cause deaths, four fewer admissions to hospital for heart failure per 1000 individuals, and no effects on kidney failure. Effects in the higher risk group included 48 fewer all cause deaths, 58 fewer kidney failures, and 25 fewer admissions to hospital for heart failure per 1000 individuals. Although SGLT-2 inhibitor use was associated with a relative increase in the risk of harms, including genital infection (2.66 (95% CI 2.07 to 3.42)), ketoacidosis (2.27 (1.30 to 3.95)), and symptomatic hypovolaemia (1.29 (1.15 to 1.44)), absolute differences for all harm outcomes were small.Conclusions Among people who have chronic kidney disease either with type 2 diabetes or not, SGLT-2 inhibitors improved cardiovascular and kidney outcomes with varying degrees of absolute benefit depending on an individual's baseline risks of cardiovascular and kidney-related sequelae. Absolute benefits and harms stratified by risk and associated with SGLT-2 inhibitors should inform individual decision making at the patient level.Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42022325483.https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/3/1/e001009.full
spellingShingle Gordon Guyatt
Arnav Agarwal
Thomas Agoritsas
Haoming Tian
Sheyu Li
Chang Xu
Ping Fu
Qingyang Shi
Xiaoxi Zeng
Per Olav Vandvik
Xinyu Zou
Yunhe Mao
Qinbo Yang
Xianghang Luo
Belen Ponte
Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Medicine
title Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort sodium glucose co transporter 2 inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes systematic review and meta analysis
url https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/3/1/e001009.full
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