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ABSTRACT: Objectives
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of finerenone, a selective, non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, on cardiovascular and kidney outcomes by age and/or sex.Design
FIDELITY post hoc analysis; median follow-up of 3 years.Setting
FIDELITY: a prespecified analysis of the FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD trials.Participants
Adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease receiving optimised renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (N=13 026).Interventions
Randomised 1:1; finerenone or placebo.Primary and secondary outcome measures
Cardiovascular (cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke or hospitalisation for heart failure (HHF)) and kidney (kidney failure, sustained ≥57% estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline or renal death) composite outcomes.Results
Mean age was 64.8 years; 45.2%, 40.1% and 14.7% were aged <65, 65-74 and ≥75 years, respectively; 69.8% were male. Cardiovascular benefits of finerenone versus placebo were consistent across age (HR 0.94 (95% CI 0.81 to 1.10) (<65 years), HR 0.84 (95% CI 0.73 to 0.98) (65-74 years), HR 0.80 (95% CI 0.65 to 0.99) (≥75 years); Pinteraction=0.42) and sex categories (HR 0.86 (95% CI 0.77 to 0.96) (male), HR 0.89 (95% CI 0.35 to 2.27) (premenopausal female), HR 0.87 (95% CI 0.73 to 1.05) (postmenopausal female); Pinteraction=0.99). Effects on HHF reduction were not modified by age (Pinteraction=0.70) but appeared more pronounced in males (Pinteraction=0.02). Kidney events were reduced with finerenone versus placebo in age groups <65 and 65-74 but not ≥75; no heterogeneity in treatment effect was observed (Pinteraction=0.51). In sex subgroups, finerenone consistently reduced kidney events (Pinteraction=0.85). Finerenone reduced albuminuria and eGFR decline regardless of age and sex. Hyperkalaemia increased with finerenone, but discontinuation rates were <3% across subgroups. Gynaecomastia in males was uncommon across age subgroups and identical between treatment groups.Conclusions
Finerenone improved cardiovascular and kidney composite outcomes with no significant heterogeneity between age and sex subgroups; however, the effect on HHF appeared more pronounced in males. Finerenone demonstrated a similar safety profile across age and sex subgroups.Trial registration numbers
NCT02540993, NCT02545049.
SUBMITTER: Bansal S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952937 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bansal Shweta S Canziani Maria E F MEF Birne Rita R Anker Stefan D SD Bakris George L GL Filippatos Gerasimos G Rossing Peter P Ruilope Luis M LM Farjat Alfredo E AE Kolkhof Peter P Lage Andrea A Brinker Meike M Pitt Bertram B
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<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of finerenone, a selective, non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, on cardiovascular and kidney outcomes by age and/or sex.<h4>Design</h4>FIDELITY post hoc analysis; median follow-up of 3 years.<h4>Setting</h4>FIDELITY: a prespecified analysis of the FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD trials.<h4>Participants</h4>Adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease receiving optimised renin-angiotensin system inhibito ...[more]