Effect of empagliflozin on ventricular arrhythmias in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: the EMPA-ICD trial

Autor: Shinya Fujiki, Kenichi Iijima, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Masaaki Okabe, Kengo Kusano, Shingen Owada, Yusuke Kondo, Kenichi Tsujita, Wataru Shimizu, Hirofumi Tomita, Masaya Watanabe, Morio Shoda, Masafumi Watanabe, Takashi Tokano, Toyoaki Murohara, Takashi Kaneshiro, Takeshi Kato, Hidemori Hayashi, Koji Maemura, Shinichi Niwano, Tomio Umemoto, Hisako Yoshida, Keiko Ota, Takahiro Tanaka, Nobutaka Kitamura, Koichi Node, Tohru Minamino, for the EMPA ICD investigators
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular Diabetology, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1475-2840
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-024-02309-9
Popis: Abstract Background Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and cardiovascular death with type 2 diabetes; however, their effect on arrhythmias is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of empagliflozin on ventricular arrhythmias in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods A total of 150 patients with type 2 diabetes who were treated with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (ICD/CRT-D) were randomized to once-daily empagliflozin or placebo for 24 weeks. The primary endpoint was the change in the number of ventricular arrhythmias from the 24 weeks before to the 24 weeks during treatment. Secondary endpoints included the change in the number of appropriate device discharges and other values. Results In the empagliflozin group, the number of ventricular arrhythmias recorded by ICD/CRT-D decreased by 1.69 during treatment compared to before treatment, while in the placebo group, the number increased by 1.79. The coefficient for the between-group difference was − 1.07 (95% confidence interval [CI] − 1.29 to − 0.86; P
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