Empagliflozin (EMPA) Reduces Mortality and Hospitalization for Heart Failure (HHF) Irrespective of Cardiovascular (CV) Risk Score at Baseline
Authors: FITCHETT DAVID H. , SCIRICA BENJAMIN M. , INZUCCHI SILVIO , CANNON CHRISTOPHER P. , MCGUIRE DARREN K. , JOHANSEN ODD ERIK , SAMBEVSKI STEVEN , HEHNKE UWE , GEORGE JYOTHIS T. , ZINMAN BERNARD 
Published: June 2018

In the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial, EMPA added to standard of care reduced CV death vs. placebo (PBO) by 38% (HR 0.62 [95% CI 0.49, 0.77]), all-cause death by 32% (HR 0.68 [95% CI 0.57, 0.82]) and HHF by 35% (HR 0.65 [95% CI 0.50, 0.85]) in patients with type 2 diabetes and established CV disease. We investigated CV death, all-cause death, HHF and the composite of HHF or CV death by degree of baseline CV risk using the 10-point TIMI Risk Score for Secondary Prevention (TRS 2°P). P-values for treatment-by-subgroup interaction were obtained from tests of homogeneity of treatment group differences among subgroups with no adjustment for multiple testing.

Based on the TRS 2°P risk score, of 7020 patients who received study drug in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial, 12%, 40%, 30% and 18% were at low, intermediate, high and highest residual CV risk, respectively, at baseline. In the placebo group, from low to highest predicted risk, the proportion of patients with CV death increased from 2.2% to 11.2% and the proportion of patients with HHF increased from 1.1% to 10.0%. Effects of EMPA on CV death, all-cause death, HHF and HHF or CV death were consistent across subgroups by baseline CV risk score (Figure).

In conclusion, the benefits of EMPA on key clinical outcomes in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial occurred irrespective of the degree of baseline CV risk.

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