PMID- 30787627 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200929 IS - 1178-7007 (Print) IS - 1178-7007 (Electronic) IS - 1178-7007 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2019 TI - Canagliflozin review - safety and efficacy profile in patients with T2DM. PG - 209-215 LID - 10.2147/DMSO.S184437 [doi] AB - Canagliflozin is a sodium glucose-cotransporter (SGLT) receptor inhibitor approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This article reviews the mechanism of action of SGLT-2 receptor inhibitors and the efficacy of canagliflozin as an antidiabetic agent, its cardiovascular and renal benefits, and safety profile. During the development of canagliflozin, Phase II trials showed an improvement in cardiac and renal biomarkers such as blood pressure, body weight, and albuminuria. The large CANVAS program showed that canagliflozin reduced the composite cardiovascular outcome of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke. The CANVAS program also showed a possible benefit of canagliflozin on a renal composite of sustained 40% reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate, the need for renal replacement therapy, or death from renal causes. The safety profile of canagliflozin has been well characterized, and known side effects such as mycotic genital infections were confirmed in CANVAS. However, an increased risk of amputations was observed in CANVAS that requires further study. Overall, canagliflozin is an effective antidiabetic medication with cardiovascular and likely renal benefits, and with a generally well-tolerated safety profile. Results from the CREDENCE trial will further evaluate the safety and potential renal benefits of canagliflozin in patients with established diabetic nephropathy. FAU - Jakher, Haroon AU - Jakher H AD - Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA, hjakher@stanford.edu. FAU - Chang, Tara I AU - Chang TI AD - Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. FAU - Tan, Marilyn AU - Tan M AD - Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. FAU - Mahaffey, Kenneth W AU - Mahaffey KW AD - Stanford Center for Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. LA - eng GR - K24 DK085446/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 DK007357/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20190201 PL - New Zealand TA - Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes JT - Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy JID - 101515585 PMC - PMC6363491 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CANVAS OT - Invokana(R) OT - canagliflozin OT - cardiac OT - diabetes OT - renal OT - sodium glucose-cotransporter COIS- Disclosure HJ reports no financial disclosures. KWM's financial disclosures can be viewed at http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/kenneth-mahaffey. TIC serves as the Co-US National Leader of CREDENCE and reports receiving consulting fees from Janssen Research and Development, LLC, and Novo Nordisk. MT reports no financial disclosures. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2019/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/23 06:01 PMCR- 2019/02/01 CRDT- 2019/02/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - dmso-12-209 [pii] AID - 10.2147/DMSO.S184437 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2019 Feb 1;12:209-215. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S184437. eCollection 2019.