Trial reportCirculation2021
Effect of Empagliflozin on Left Ventricular Volumes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, or Prediabetes, and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (SUGAR-DM-HF).
Trial report in Circulation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT03485092. Cited by 229 papers, 36 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Studies of Empagliflozin and Its Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Effects in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (or Pre-diabetes) and Heart Failure (SUGAR-DM-HF)
Canagliflozin Attenuates CMR-Quantified Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at High Cardiovascular Risk
"An Open-label Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Empagliflozin and Sacubitril/Valsartan in Adult Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Associated With Congenital Heart Disease"
Effect of Empagliflozin on Cardiac Remodeling in Non Diabetic Patients With Preserved Heart Failure
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229 citing papers in PubMed, 36 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 426 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors on haemoglobin and haematocrit levels in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.ESC heart failure · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Mortality Across Different Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Safety Profile of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Cardiopulmonary Remodeling In Nondiabetic Patients with Systolic Heart Failure Using Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Current cardiology reviews · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of new tetralogy drugs on ventricular remodeling in heart failure patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors on serum urate levels and gout in patients with and without type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on cardiac structure and function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on health-related quality of life and functional capacity in patients with heart failure with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2025Pooled it
- Pharmacotherapy in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Chinese medical journal · 2025Pooled it
- Long-term hemodynamic responses and reverse remodeling after pharmacotherapy in HFpEF versus HFrEF: a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Hypoglycemic Drugs on Patients with Heart Failure with or without T2DM: A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy and safety of different SGLT2 inhibitor-based combination strategies in HFrEF: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients with Heart Failure: A Model-Based Meta-Analysis.Clinical pharmacokinetics · 2024Pooled it
- Long-term surrogate cardiovascular outcomes of SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin in chronic heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of Empagliflozin on echocardiographic parameters in diabetic patients after acute myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of dapagliflozin and empagliflozin on 6-min walk distance in heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials involving 2624 patients.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors with cardiac arrhythmias in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2024Pooled it
- SGLT2 Inhibitors, Functional Capacity, and Quality of Life in Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on cardiac function and health status in chronic heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2024Pooled it
- Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2) in frail or older people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2024Pooled it
169 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduce the risk of heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular death in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, their effects on cardiac structure and function in HFrEF are uncertain.
methodsWe designed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (the SUGAR-DM-HF trial [Studies of Empagliflozin and Its Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Effects in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus, or Prediabetes, and Heart Failure]) to investigate the cardiac effects of empagliflozin in patients in New York Heart Association functional class II to IV with a left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ≤40% and type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to empagliflozin 10 mg once daily or placebo, stratified by age (<65 and ≥65 years) and glycemic status (diabetes or prediabetes). The coprimary outcomes were change from baseline to 36 weeks in LV end-systolic volume indexed to body surface area and LV global longitudinal strain both measured using cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Secondary efficacy outcomes included other cardiovascular magnetic resonance measures (LV end-diastolic volume index, LV ejection fraction), diuretic intensification, symptoms (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Total Symptom Score, 6-minute walk distance, B-lines on lung ultrasound, and biomarkers (including N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide).
resultsFrom April 2018 to August 2019, 105 patients were randomly assigned: mean age 68.7 (SD, 11.1) years, 77 (73.3%) male, 82 (78.1%) diabetes and 23 (21.9%) prediabetes, mean LV ejection fraction 32.5% (9.8%), and 81 (77.1%) New York Heart Association II and 24 (22.9%) New York Heart Association III. Patients received standard treatment for HFrEF. In comparison with placebo, empagliflozin reduced LV end-systolic volume index by 6.0 (95% CI, -10.8 to -1.2) mL/m
conclusionsThe sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor empagliflozin reduced LV volumes in patients with HFrEF and type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Favorable reverse LV remodeling may be a mechanism by which sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduce heart failure hospitalization and mortality in HFrEF. Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT03485092.
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