Cardiorenal benefits of finerenone: protecting kidney and heart

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[González-Juanatey JR] Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario Santiago de Compostela, Centro de investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Santiago de Compostela, Spain. [Górriz JL] Nephrology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. [Ortiz A] Nephrology Department, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. [Valle A] Cardiology Department, Hospital La Salud, Valencia, Spain. [Soler MJ] Servei de Nefrologia, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain. [Facila L] Cardiology Department, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus

Publication date

2023-03-03T13:33:11Z

2023-03-03T13:33:11Z

2023-01-31



Abstract

Albuminuria; Enfermedad renal crónica; Finerenona


Albuminúria; Malaltia renal crònica; Finerenona


Albuminuria; Chronic kidney disease; Finerenone


Persons with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high residual risk of developing cardiovascular (CV) complications despite treatment with renin-angiotensin system blockers and sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors. Overactivation of mineralocorticoid receptors plays a key role in the progression of renal and CV disease, mainly by promoting inflammation and fibrosis. Finerenone is a nonsteroidal selective mineralocorticoid antagonist. Recent clinical trials, such as FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD and the combined analysis FIDELITY have demonstrated that finerenone decreases albuminuria, risk of CKD progression, and CV risk in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and CKD. As a result, finerenone should thus be considered as part of a holistic approach to kidney and CV risk in persons with T2D and CKD. In this narrative review, the impact of finerenone treatment on the CV system in persons with type 2 diabetes and CKD is analyzed from a practical point of view.

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English

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Taylor & Francis

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