A new review considers how SGLT2 inhibitors like dapagliflozin and empagliflozin have been shown to clinically improve gout while reducing its cardiometabolic and renal comorbidities.
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Results showed treatment with dapagliflozin 10 mg was associated with clinically meaningful attenuations in eGFR slope in patients with CKD and urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio < 200 mg/g.
The DETERMINE-Reduced and DETERMINE-Preserved trials demonstrated varying benefits of dapagliflozin on Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Total Symptom Score and Physical Limitation Scale as well as 6-minute walk distance.
Despite an initial drop in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after 1 month of dapagliflozin, researchers say this is not associated with subsequent risk of cardiovascular or kidney events for patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) or preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).