14-LB: Finerenone in Patients with CKD and T2D by SGLT2i Treatment: An Analysis of the FIDELIO-DKD Study
Authors: ROSSING PETER , AGARWAL RAJIV , ANKER STEFAN , FILIPPATOS GERASIMOS , PITT BERTRAM , RUILOPE LUIS M. , CHAN JULIANA C. , KOOY ADRIAAN , MCCAFFERTY KIERAN , SCHERNTHANER GUNTRAM , WANNER CHRISTOPH , JOSEPH AMER , SCHEERER MARKUS F. , SCOTT CHARLIE , BAKRIS GEORGE 
Published: June 2021

Introduction: The selective, nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist finerenone was investigated in FIDELIO-DKD in patients with CKD and T2D (NCT02540993). Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) are recommended for CKD in T2D to reduce risk of CKD progression. We report a predefined exploratory analysis of patients by SGLT-2i use.

Methods: Patients (N=5674) with T2D, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) 30-5000 mg/g and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 25-&lt;75 mL/min/1.73 m2 receiving optimized RAS blockade were randomized to finerenone (10 mg daily increasing to 20 mg daily) or placebo.

Results: Of 5674 patients, 259 (4.6%) received SGLT-2i at baseline. Overall, finerenone significantly reduced the primary (time to kidney failure, sustained decrease in eGFR ≥40% from baseline, or renal death) and key secondary CV outcomes (time to CV death, nonfatal MI, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure) vs. placebo (p=0.001 and p=0.03, respectively) with no effect on A1C. Results were consistent irrespective of SGLT-2i use at baseline for the primary and key secondary CV outcomes (interaction p-value 0.21 and 0.46, respectively). Reduction in UACR with finerenone was seen without SGLT-2i use (ratio of LS-means 0.68, 0.65-0.71; p&lt;0.0001) and on top of SGLT-2is at baseline (ratio of LS-means 0.75, 0.62-0.90; p=0.0024). Treatment-emergent hyperkalemia events were fewer with SGLT-2i vs. no SGLT-2i (post hoc analysis).

Conclusion: The benefits of finerenone on kidney and CV outcomes in patients with CKD and T2D appear consistent in the absence or presence of SGLT2i, with UACR improvement observed in patients already receiving SGLT-2i at baseline.

Disclosure

P. Rossing: Advisory Panel; Self; Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Merck KGaA, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Novo Nordisk A/S, Sanofi, Vifor Pharma Management Ltd. G. Schernthaner: None. C. Wanner: Advisory Panel; Self; AstraZeneca, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Consultant; Self; Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Speaker’s Bureau; Self; Eli Lilly and Company. A. Joseph: Employee; Self; Bayer AG. M. F. Scheerer: Employee; Self; AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Stock/Shareholder; Self; Bayer AG, Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk A/S. C. Scott: Employee; Self; Bayer PLC. G. Bakris: Consultant; Self; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bayer AG, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Inc., Vascular Dynamics Inc. R. Agarwal: Advisory Panel; Self; Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Diamedica, Relypsa Inc., Sanofi US, Consultant; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Other Relationship; Self; AstraZeneca, Chinook. S. Anker: Consultant; Self; Abbott, Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd., Impulse Dynamics, Novartis AG, Servier Laboratories, Vifor Pharma Management Ltd., Other Relationship; Self; Abbott, Vifor Pharma Management Ltd. G. Filippatos: Other Relationship; Self; Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Servier Laboratories. B. Pitt: Advisory Panel; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Lilly Diabetes, Consultant; Self; AstraZeneca, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sanofi. L. M. Ruilope: None. J. C. Chan: Consultant; Self; Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, MSD Corporation, Sanofi, Other Relationship; Self; Asia Diabetes Foundation, GemVCare, Research Support; Self; Applied Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Hua Medicine, Lilly Diabetes, Merck KGaA. A. Kooy: Research Support; Self; AstraZeneca, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis. K. Mccafferty: Advisory Panel; Self; AstraZeneca, Bayer AG, Napp Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacosmos, Vifor Pharma Management Ltd., Research Support; Self; AstraZeneca.