Renal and Vascular Effects of Combined SGLT2 and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition

BACKGROUND: The cardiorenal effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibition (empagliflozin 25 mg QD) combined with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition (ramipril 10 mg QD) were assessed in this mechanistic study in patients with type 1 diabetes with potential renal hyperfiltration.

METHODS: Thirty patients (out of 31 randomized) completed this double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Recruitment was stopped early because of an unexpectedly low proportion of patients with hyperfiltration. Measurements were obtained after each of the 6 treatment phases over 19 weeks: (1) baseline without treatment, (2) 4-week run-in with ramipril treatment alone, (3) 4-week combined empagliflozin-ramipril treatment, (4) a 4-week washout, (5) 4-week combined placebo-ramipril treatment, and (6) 1-week follow-up. The primary end point was glomerular filtration rate (GFR) after combination treatment with empagliflozin-ramipril compared with placebo-ramipril. GFR was corrected for ramipril treatment alone before randomization. At the end of study phase, the following outcomes were measured under clamped euglycemia (4 to 6 mmol/L): inulin (GFR) and para-aminohippurate (effective renal plasma flow) clearances, tubular sodium handling, ambulatory blood pressure, arterial stiffness, heart rate variability, noninvasive cardiac output monitoring, plasma and urine biochemistry, markers of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and oxidative stress.

RESULTS: Combination treatment with empagliflozin-ramipril resulted in an 8 mL/min/1.73 m2 lower GFR compared with placebo-ramipril treatment (P=0.0061) without significant changes to effective renal plasma flow. GFR decrease was accompanied by a 21.3 mL/min lower absolute proximal fluid reabsorption rate (P=0.0092), a 3.1 mmol/min lower absolute proximal sodium reabsorption rate (P=0.0056), and a 194 ng/mmol creatinine lower urinary 8-isoprostane level (P=0.0084) relative to placebo-ramipril combination treatment. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor/angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor combination treatment resulted in additive blood pressure-lowering effects (clinic systolic blood pressure lower by 4 mm Hg [P=0.0112]; diastolic blood pressure lower by 3 mm Hg [P=0.0032]) in conjunction with a 94.5 dynes × sex/cm5 lower total peripheral resistance (P=0.0368). There were no significant changes observed to ambulatory blood pressure, arterial stiffness, heart rate variability, or cardiac output with the addition of empagliflozin.

CONCLUSIONS: Adding sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor treatment to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor resulted in an expected GFR dip, suppression of oxidative stress markers, additive declines in blood pressure and total peripheral resistance. These changes are consistent with a protective physiologic profile characterized by the lowering of intraglomerular pressure and related cardiorenal risk when adding a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor to conservative therapy.

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CLINICALTRIALS: gov; Unique identifier: NCT02632747.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Circulation. 2022 Aug 9;146(6):463-465. - PMID 35939546

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

Circulation - 146(2022), 6 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 450-462

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lytvyn, Yuliya [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Peter, Nuala [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Vesta [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Josephine [VerfasserIn]
Cham, Leslie [VerfasserIn]
Perkins, Bruce A [VerfasserIn]
Soleymanlou, Nima [VerfasserIn]
Cherney, David Z I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9NEZ333N27
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
Angiotensins
Glomerular filtration rate
Glucose
Hemodynamics
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
L35JN3I7SJ
Ramipril
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sodium
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2
Sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors

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Date Completed 10.08.2022

Date Revised 12.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02632747

CommentIn: Circulation. 2022 Aug 9;146(6):463-465. - PMID 35939546

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059150

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343821028