Freely Filtered 030: DAPA-CKD

Episode 030: Dapagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

The Filtrate:

Matt Sparks

Joel Topf

Swapnil Hiremath

And two special guests:

Sue Quaggin Director, Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute. Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension in the Department of Medicine. Charles H. Mayo, MD, Professor of Medicine and Northwestern University. President of the American Society of Nephrology

Adeera Levin Professor of Medicine, Head Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia. Former president of the International Society of Nephrology

Show Notes:

NephJC coverage of DAPA-CKD

In the NEJM: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2024816

NephMadness: https://ajkdblog.org

EMPEROR HF trial (went down to GFR 20 for enrolment) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2022190

EMPA-KIDNEY Rationale https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30524708/ ; Link to protocol https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03594110 (also goes down to GFR 20, and includes non-diabetic and non-proteinuric patients)

NDT paper with baseline data and CKD etiology breakdown on DAPA-CKD https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/35/10/1700/5899227

FDA gives breakthrough designation to Dapaglifozin in DM/nonDM CKD (based on press release)

Meta-analysis from Brendon Neuen et al, Flozin effect similar with/without background RAS blockade: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31495651/

Are Flozins beta-blockers for the kidney https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27663956/

The Sotagliflozin trials

TOPCAT Spironolactone story https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmc1612601

Checkpoint now Podcast: https://checkpointnow.org/

Programming Note: After 30 episodes, Matt and Samira have their sea-legs and are moving on to new projects (hopefully including a new kidney podcast!) Swap, Jennie and I wish them luck. But don’t worry Freely Filtered is going to continue with the same format and some familiar voices who will join as new filtrates to rib Joel and keep Swap in line.