PMID- 36460429 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221212 LR - 20221212 IS - 2013-2514 (Electronic) IS - 2013-2514 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 4 DP - 2022 Jul-Aug TI - Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors as the first universal treatment of chronic kidney disease. PG - 390-403 LID - S2013-2514(22)00086-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.nefroe.2022.08.001 [doi] AB - In the last five years, the medical community was astonishingly surprised by the sequential large outcome trials that displayed the renal effects of sodium glucose co-transporter inhibitors (SGLT2Is) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with or without chronic kidney disease (CKD). This favorable effect was later disclosed in non-diabetic CKD patients. The EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial was the first trial that showed a reduction for the need for dialysis in patients suffering diabetic kidney disease (DKD) by 55%. This figure is double the score achieved by the angiotensin receptor blocker, Losartan, in RENAAL trial. The need for dialysis in DAPA-CKD trial was reduced in diabetic and non-diabetic CKD patients by 33%. The renal-specific composite outcome was reduced by 39% in EMPA-REG trial, 40% in CANVAS study, 47% in DECLARE-TIMI 58 study, 34% in CREDENCE trial, and 44% in DAPA-CKD trial. The greater surprise is the significant favorable effect of SGLT2Is on overall mortality in CKD patients with or without T2DM. Similar survival benefit was not previously encountered with any of the medications used in CKD patients with or without diabetes. In this review, we disclose the results of the DAPA-CKD trial, the CREDENCE trial and those of several cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOT) that used different SGLT2Is and showed that patients with lower eGFR levels may have greater benefit with respect to cardiovascular morbidity than patients with normal kidney function. In addition, we discuss the different mechanisms of action that explain the renal beneficial effects of SGLT2Is. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Sociedad Espanola de Nefrologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. All rights reserved. FAU - Sharaf El Din, Usama Abdel Azim AU - Sharaf El Din UAA AD - Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Cairo University, Manial, Cairo 11759, Egypt. Electronic address: usamaaas@gmail.com. FAU - Salem, Mona Mansour AU - Salem MM AD - Department of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Cairo University, Manial, Cairo 11759, Egypt. FAU - Abdulazim, Dina Ossama AU - Abdulazim DO AD - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Cairo University, Manial, Cairo 11759, Egypt. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Spain TA - Nefrologia (Engl Ed) JT - Nefrologia JID - 101778581 RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - 9NEZ333N27 (Sodium) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/drug therapy MH - *Diabetic Nephropathies/drug therapy MH - Glucose MH - Renal Dialysis MH - *Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications/drug therapy MH - Sodium MH - Clinical Trials as Topic OTO - NOTNLM OT - CKD OT - DKD OT - Diabetic nephropathy OT - Enfermedad renal cronica OT - Enfermedad renal diabetica OT - Inhibidores de SGLT2 OT - Nefropatia diabetica OT - SGLT2 inhibitors EDAT- 2022/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/07 06:00 CRDT- 2022/12/02 21:07 PHST- 2020/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/03/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/02 21:07 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S2013-2514(22)00086-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.nefroe.2022.08.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nefrologia (Engl Ed). 2022 Jul-Aug;42(4):390-403. doi: 10.1016/j.nefroe.2022.08.001.