Type 2 & other diabetes

Effects of sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, and their combination on albuminuria in diabetic patients

Diabetes Obes MetabPublished Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials

An erratum to this article was published (Diabetes Obes Metab, Jun 2023 ↗)

Authors' conclusion

Combination therapy with SGLT2-Is and MRAs was associated with lower albuminuria in patients with type 2 DM compared with monotherapy with SGLT2-Is or MRAs alone.

Study context

Population
Patients with T2D and urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) ≥30 mg/g creatinine; databases searched from inception to 20 November 2022
Participants
34,412 patients17 studies
Comparison
SGLT2-Is + mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) vs SGLT2-Is, MRAs or placebo
Outcome
Change in UACR
Methodological detailsrandomized control and crossover trials, sensitivity analyses
  • Randomized control and crossover trials
  • Sensitivity analyses

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

Mean difference

SGLT2-Is + MRAs vs SGLT2-Is
−34.19 (95% CI −27.30 to −41.08)
SGLT2-Is + MRAs vs MRAs
−32.25 (95% CI −24.53 to −39.97)
SGLT2-Is + MRAs vs Placebo
−65.22 (95% CI −57.97 to −72.47)
SGLT2-Is vs Placebo
−31.03 (95% CI −28.35 to −33.72)
MRAs vs Placebo
−32.97 (95% CI −29.68 to −36.27)

Further pooled results

Sensitivity analyses showed similar results

Original publication

Effects of sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, and their combination on albuminuria in diabetic patients. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 2 February 2023. doi:10.1111/dom.14976

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