Abstract
Background
In patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibition improves cardiorenal outcomes, but details of the effects on distinct subsets of body fluid volume remain incomplete.
Methods
This was a post hoc analysis of patients with CHF and T2D in the CANDLE trial (UMIN000017669), an investigator-initiated, multi-center, randomized open-label trial that compared the effect of canagliflozin (100 mg, n = 113) with glimepiride (starting dose: 0.5 mg, n = 120) on changes in N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide. The estimated plasma volume (ePV, calculated with the Straus formula) and estimated extracellular volume (eEV, determined by the body surface area) were compared between treatment groups at weeks 4, 12, and 24.
Results
Among 233 patients analyzed, 166 (71.2%) had an ejection fraction (EF) > 50%. Reductions in ePV and eEV were observed only in the canagliflozin group until week 12 (change from baseline at week 12, ePV; − 7.63%; 95% confidence interval [CI], − 10.71 to − 4.55%, p < 0.001, eEV; − 123.15 mL; 95% CI, − 190.38 to − 55.92 mL, p < 0.001). While ePV stopped falling after week 12, eEV continued to fall until week 24 ([change from baseline at week 24] − [change from baseline at week 12], ePV; 1.01%; 95%CI, − 2.30–4.32%, p = 0.549, eEV; − 125.15 mL; 95% CI, − 184.35 to − 65.95 mL, p < 0.001).
Conclusions
Maintenance of a modest reduction in ePV and continuous removal of eEV via chronic SGLT2 inhibition suggests that favorable body fluid regulation contributes to the cardiorenal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with CHF, irrespective of EF.
Trial Registration
UMIN000017669.
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The datasets analyzed during the current study are available from the CANDLE study support office on reasonable request (candle-sub@clin-med.org).
Abbreviations
- BMI:
-
Body mass index
- CHF:
-
Chronic heart failure
- CI:
-
Confidence interval
- EF:
-
Ejection fraction
- ePV:
-
Estimated plasma volume
- eEV:
-
Estimated extracellular volume
- eGFR:
-
Estimated glomerular filtration rate
- GFR:
-
Glomerular filtration rate
- Hb:
-
Hemoglobin
- HbA1c:
-
Hemoglobin A1c
- HF:
-
Heart failure
- Ht:
-
Hematocrit
- LVEF:
-
Left-ventricular ejection fraction
- NT-proBNP:
-
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide
- NYHA:
-
New York Heart Association
- SBP:
-
Systolic blood pressure
- SGLT2:
-
Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2
- T2D:
-
Type 2 diabetes
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All authors contributed to the study conception, design, and procedures. Funding acquisition for the study was carried out by KN, the principal investigator of the CANDLE trial. The data analyses were performed by SF, TakuI, AT, and KN. TakuI was responsible for the statistical analyses. The first draft of the manuscript was written by SF, and all authors reviewed subsequent drafts of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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SF received research funding from Boehringer Ingelheim and research grants from Bayer. AT received honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and research funding from GlaxoSmithKline and Takeda. TakuI received lecture fees from JCR Pharmaceuticals and Kyowa Kirin; and outsourcing fees from Organization for Clinical Medicine Promotion. MS received honoraria from Astellas, Boehringer Ingelheim, Mitsubishi Tanabe, and AstraZeneca. TM has received honoraria and a research grant from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma. TakaI received lecture honoraria from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Daiichi-Sankyo Pharmaceutical. NK has received honoraria from MSD, Astella, AstraZeneca, Novartis Pharma, Ono Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Eli Lilly Japan, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Takeda Pharmaceutical; research grants from Asahi Kasei, Astellas, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Tei** Pharma, Terumo, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Eli Lilly and Company, Mochida Pharmaceutical, Fuji Yakuhin; and scholarships from Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare, Tei** Pharma, Medtronic, Bayer Yakuhin. All other authors declare no competing interests.
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Fujiki, S., Tanaka, A., Imai, T. et al. Body fluid regulation via chronic inhibition of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 in patients with heart failure: a post hoc analysis of the CANDLE trial. Clin Res Cardiol 112, 87–97 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02049-4
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