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. 2018 Sep 10;14(2):40–49. doi: 10.17925/EE.2018.14.2.40

Table 4: Overview of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor outcome trials in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

EMPA-REG OUTCOME14 CANVAS-PROGRAM16 Integrated analysis of CANVAS57 and CANVAS-R58
Design and population
  • 7,028 patients with T2D and established CV disease

  • Optimal care plus empagliflozin (10 mg or 24 mg daily) or placebo

  • Follow-up: median 3.1 years

  • 10,142 patients with T2D and established CV disease

  • CANVAS, n=4,330; CANVAS-R, n=5,812

  • Optimal care plus canagliflozin or placebo

  • Median follow-up: CANVAS-PROGRAM, 126.1 weeks; CANVAS, 93.3 weeks; CANVAS-R, 78 weeks

Primary outcome 3-point MACE:
  • Empagliflozin, 10.5% (490/4,687)

  • Placebo, 12.1% (282/2,333)

  • HR, 0.86 (95% CI: 0.74, 0.99)

3-point MACE:
  • Canagliflozin, 26.9 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • Placebo, 31 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • HR, 0.86 (95% CI: 0.75, 0.97)

Key secondary outcomes HF hospitalisation or CV death:
  • Empagliflozin, 5.7%

  • Placebo, 8.5%

  • HR, 0.66 (95% CI: 0.55, 0.79) CV death:

  • Empagliflozin, 5.9%

  • Placebo, 12.4%

  • HR, 0.62 (95% CI: 0.49, 0.77) Death from any cause:

  • Empagliflozin, 5.9%

  • Placebo, 12.4%

  • HR, 0.68 (95% CI: 0.57, 0.82) Hospitalisation for HF:

  • Empagliflozin, 4.1%

  • Placebo, 2.7%

  • HR, 0.65 (95% CI: 0.50, 0.85) Incident or worsening nephropathy:

  • Empagliflozin, 12.7%

  • Placebo, 18.8%

  • HR, 0.61 (95% CI: 0.53, 0.70)

Estimates for the fatal secondary outcomes were not significant for canagliflozin versus placebo:
  • Death from any cause: HR, 0.87 (95% CI: 0.74, 1.01)

  • CV death: HR, 0.87 (95% CI: 0.72, 1.06) Hospitalisation for HF:

  • Canagliflozin, 5.5 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • Placebo, 8.4 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • HR, 0.67 (95% CI: 0.52, 0.87)

  • CV death or HF hospitalisation Progression of albuminuria:

  • Canagliflozin, 89.4 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • Placebo, 128.7 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • HR, 0.73 (95% CI: 0.67, 0.79)

Safety Total population
  • Any adverse event: empagliflozin 4,230/4,687 (90.2%); placebo 2,139/2333 (91.7%)

  • Any confirmed hypoglycaemic adverse event: empagliflozin 27.8%; placebo 27.9%

  • Urinary tract infection (men/women): empagliflozin 10.5%/36.4%; placebo 9.4%/40.6%

  • Genital infection (men/women): empagliflozin 5.0%/10.0%; placebo 1.5%/2.6%

  • Bone Fracture: empagliflozin 3.8%; placebo 3.9%

  • Any confirmed hypoglycaemic adverse event/1,000 patient-years: canagliflozin, 60.1; placebo, 51.7%

  • Genital infection/1,000 patient-years (men/women): canagliflozin, 36.8/81.7; placebo, 10.6/20.1

  • Urinary tract infection/1,000 patient-years: canagliflozin, 37.6; placebo, 38.7 Low-trauma fracture:

  • Canagliflozin, 11.58 with event/per 1,000 patient-years

  • Placebo, 9.17 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • HR, 1.23 (95% CI: 0.99, 1.52) Atraumatic lower limb amputation (CANVAS): History of amputation:

  • Canagliflozin, 96.3 with event/per 1,000 patient-years

  • Placebo, 59.16 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • HR, 2.15 (95% CI: 1.11, 4.19) No history of amputation:

  • Canagliflozin, 4.68 with event/per 1,000 patient-years

  • Placebo, 2.48 with event/1,000 patient-years

  • HR, 1.88 (95% CI: 1.27, 2.78)

Special populations Chronic kidney disease at baseline:
  • Any adverse event: empagliflozin, 91.3%; placebo, 95.1%

  • Serious adverse event: empagliflozin, 45.5%; placebo, 52.9% HF at baseline:

  • Any adverse event: empagliflozin, 89.4%; placebo, 94.3%

  • Serious adverse event: empagliflozin, 43.7%; placebo, 51.6%

3-point MACE = Major Adverse Cardiac Events (defined as a composite outcome of death from CV causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction or nonfatal stroke); CANVAS = canagliflozin cardiovascular assessment; CANVAS-PROGRAM = integrated analysis of CANVAS and CANVAS-R; CANVAS-R = CANVAS-renal; CI = confidence interval; CV = cardiovascular; EMPA-REG OUTCOME = empagliflozin, cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in type 2 diabetes study; HF = heart failure; HR = hazard ratio; T2D = type 2 diabetes.