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. 2022 Aug;33(8):1569–1580. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022020207

Table 3.

Number of patients with adverse events by treatment periods

Adverse Event Type Dapagliflozin Eplerenone Dapagliflozin-Eplerenone Wash-out
Any adverse event 12 17 13 1
Serious adverse event 0 1 (2.2) 1 (2.2) 0
Death 0 1 (2.2) 1 (2.2) 0
Adverse events
 Hyperkalemia 0 8 (17.4) 2 (4.3)* 0
 Hypotension 0 1 (2.2) 3 (6.5) 0
 Acute renal insufficiency 0 0 1 (2.2) 0
 Urinary tract infection 1 (2.2) 1 (2.2) 0 0
 Asymptomatic bacteriuria 9 (19.6) 2 (4.3) 4 (8.7) 0
 Hypoglycemia 0 0 0 0
 Dyspnea 1 (2.2) 0 0 0
 Mild abdominal pain 1 (2.2) 0 0 0
 Constipation 0 1 (2.2) 0 1 (2.2)
 Toothache 0 1 (2.2) 0 0
 Renal colic 0 1 (2.2) 0 0
 Lipothymia 0 0 1 (2.2) 0

Among 32 patients with type 2 diabetes, 7 and 2 hyperkalemia adverse events were recorded during eplerenone and dapagliflozin-eplerenone treatment, respectively. Urinary tract infections were reported in one patient with type 2 diabetes during treatment with dapagliflozin and in one patient without diabetes during treatment with eplerenone.

*

P value across treatment groups, 0.00328.