Finerenone reduces risk of cardiac events in Diabetes with CKD: Study
DALLAS - Researchers have found in a large, international clinical trial that novel medication finerenone reduced the rate of death, heart attack, stroke and hospitalization for heart failure among patients with chronic kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes. Further it helped patients with chronic conditions improve their heart health, regardless of if they had a history of cardiovascular disease.
The late-breaking research was presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020 and simultaneously published today in Circulation, journal of the American Heart Association.
In the largest trial of its kind to-date, the study, "Finerenone and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes" (FIDELIO-DKD), found that finerenone reduced the risk of cardiac events for patients regardless of whether they had a history of heart disease or not. Finerenone – a novel, nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist – reduced both the risk of worsening kidney disease and risk of death related to heart problems.
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