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Status of antidiabetic SGLT-2 inhibitors rise with use in HF

By | translator Alice Kang

22.10.12 06:00:32

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[Interview] Professor Javed Butler (University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson) and Professor Seok-Min Kang (Yonsei University College of Medicine)

SGLT-2i clinical data changes heart failure guidelines in the US... is recommended at a higher level in Korea

¡°Too early to determine whether it is a class effect of SGLT-2 inhibitors...Only Jardiance and Forxiga demonstrated an effect in heart failure yet"

SGLT-2 inhibitors that were initially released as a diabetes treatment have expanded their scope and risen as a representative heart drug. In addition to Heart Failure with reduced EF (HFrEF) and Heart Failure with mildly reduced EF (HFmrEF), SGLT-2 inhibitors have also demonstrated an effect in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), transforming heart failure guidelines in Korea and abroad.

The heart failure treatment effect of SGLT-2 inhibitors, which was first demonstrated with Jardiance (empagliflozin), was confirmed with Forxiga (dapagliflozin). In the EMPEROR-Preserved clinical trial on HFpEF patients, Jardiance succeeded in reaching the primary efficacy endpoint. Then, Forxiga demon

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