PMID- 36051422 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220907 IS - 1948-9358 (Print) IS - 1948-9358 (Electronic) IS - 1948-9358 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 7 DP - 2022 Jul 15 TI - Renin-angiotensin system blockers-SGLT2 inhibitors-mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in diabetic kidney disease: A tale of the past two decades! PG - 471-481 LID - 10.4239/wjd.v13.i7.471 [doi] AB - Several pharmacological agents to prevent the progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) have been tested in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the past two decades. With the exception of renin-angiotensin system blockers that have shown a significant reduction in the progression of DKD in 2001, no other pharmacological agent tested in the past two decades have shown any clinically meaningful result. Recently, the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT-2i), canagliflozin, has shown a significant reduction in the composite of hard renal and cardiovascular (CV) endpoints including progression of end-stage kidney disease in patients with DKD with T2DM at the top of renin-angiotensin system blocker use. Another SGLT-2i, dapagliflozin, has also shown a significant reduction in the composite of renal and CV endpoints including death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), regardless of T2DM status. Similar positive findings on renal outcomes were recently reported as a top-line result of the empagliflozin trial in patients with CKD regardless of T2DM. However, the full results of this trial have not yet been published. While the use of older steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) such as spironolactone in DKD is associated with a significant reduction in albuminuria outcomes, a novel non-steroidal MRA finerenone has additionally shown a significant reduction in the composite of hard renal and CV endpoints in patients with DKD and T2DM, with reasonably acceptable side effects. CI - (c)The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Singh, Awadhesh Kumar AU - Singh AK AD - Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, G.D Hospital & Diabetes Institute, Kolkata 700013, West Bengal, India. draksingh_2001@yahoo.com. FAU - Singh, Ritu AU - Singh R AD - Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, G.D Hospital & Diabetes Institute, Kolkata 700013, West Bengal, India. LA - eng PT - Editorial PL - United States TA - World J Diabetes JT - World journal of diabetes JID - 101547524 PMC - PMC9329844 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cardiovascular outcomes OT - Chronic kidney disease OT - Diabetic kidney disease OT - Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist OT - Renal outcomes OT - Renin-angiotensin system blockers OT - SGLT-2 inhibitors COIS- Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2022/09/03 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/03 06:01 PMCR- 2022/07/15 CRDT- 2022/09/02 02:31 PHST- 2022/03/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/06/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/02 02:31 [entrez] PHST- 2022/09/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/03 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.4239/wjd.v13.i7.471 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World J Diabetes. 2022 Jul 15;13(7):471-481. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v13.i7.471.