
pmid: 38583093
pmc: PMC11149938
BACKGROUND: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) consistently improve heart failure and kidney-related outcomes; however, effects on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) across different patient populations are less clear. METHODS: This was a collaborative trial-level meta-analysis from the SGLT2i Meta-analysis Cardio-Renal Trialists Consortium, which includes all phase 3, placebo-controlled, outcomes trials of SGLT2i across 3 patient populations (patients with diabetes at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure [HF], or chronic kidney disease). The outcomes of interest were MACE (composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction , or stroke), individual components of MACE (inclusive of fatal and nonfatal events), all-cause mortality, and death subtypes. Effect estimates for SGLT2i versus placebo were meta-analyzed across trials and examined across key subgroups (established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, previous myocardial infarction, diabetes, previous HF, albuminuria, chronic kidney disease stages, and risk groups). RESULTS: A total of 78 607 patients across 11 trials were included: 42 568 (54.2%), 20 725 (26.4%), and 15 314 (19.5%) were included from trials of patients with diabetes at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, HF, or chronic kidney disease, respectively. SGLT2i reduced the rate of MACE by 9% (hazard ration [HR], 0.91 [95% CI, 0.87–0.96], P <0.0001) with a consistent effect across all 3 patient populations ( I 2 =0%) and across all key subgroups. This effect was primarily driven by a reduction in cardiovascular death (HR, 0.86 [95% CI, 0.81–0.92], P <0.0001), with no significant effect for myocardial infarction in the overall population (HR, 0.95 [95% CI, 0.87–1.04], P =0.29), and no effect on stroke (HR, 0.99 [95% CI, 0.91–1.07], P =0.77). The benefit for cardiovascular death was driven primarily by reductions in HF death and sudden cardiac death (HR, 0.68 [95% CI, 0.46–1.02] and HR, 0.86 [95% CI, 0.78–0.95], respectively) and was generally consistent across subgroups, with the possible exception of being more apparent in those with albuminuria ( P interaction =0.02). CONCLUSIONS: SGLT2i reduce the risk of MACE across a broad range of patients irrespective of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney function, or other major clinical characteristics at baseline. This effect is driven primarily by a reduction of cardiovascular death, particularly HF death and sudden cardiac death, without a significant effect on myocardial infarction in the overall population, and no effect on stroke. These data may help inform selection for SGLT2i therapies across the spectrum of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic disease.
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Male, Kidney Disease, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, heart failure, 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular, anzsrc-for: 1103 Clinical Sciences, renal insufficiency, anzsrc-for: 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Original Research Articles, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, 3202 Clinical Sciences, anzsrc-for: 4207 Sports science and exercise, Diabetes, 3 Good Health and Well Being, chronic, Heart Disease, Treatment Outcome, Cardiovascular Diseases, 6.1 Pharmaceuticals, diabetes mellitus, anzsrc-for: 3202 Clinical Sciences, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Type 2, STROKE, anzsrc-for: 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities, 610, metabolic syndrome, anzsrc-for: 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Research, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease, Aged, Science & Technology, EFFICACY, PREVENTION, meta-analysis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, STATIN, anzsrc-for: 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors
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