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ArticleKidney medicine2026

Cost-Effectiveness of Dapagliflozin in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease in Denmark.

Thea Tanderup Kjær, Morten Lindhardt, Anders Hammerich Riis, Henrik Birn, Lars Holger Ehlers

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Thea Tanderup KjærNordic Institute of Health Economics, Aarhus, Denmark.
Morten LindhardtDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Anders Hammerich RiisEnversion A/S, Aarhus, Denmark.
Henrik BirnDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Renal Medicine, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lars Holger EhlersNordic Institute of Health Economics, Aarhus, Denmark.

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Abstract

Rationale & Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing burden worldwide and in Denmark, with substantial clinical and economic consequences. Although national guidelines recommend sodium/glucose transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for patients with CKD, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or heart failure (HF), underdiagnosis limits the use of SGLT2i. This study aims to inform decision makers in health care about the cost-effectiveness of current guidelines for CKD in Denmark focusing on SGLT2i dapagliflozin added to standard of care (SoC) versus SoC alone in patients with CKD. Study Design: Cost-effectiveness analysis based on a Markov model with a lifetime horizon. Setting & Participants: Danish health care payer perspective including a broad population with CKD and subgroups stratified by urinary albumin-creatine ratio (UACR), T2D status, and HF history. Exposures: Dapagliflozin plus SoC versus SoC alone. Outcomes: Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), life-years, total costs, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). Analytical Approach: A published Markov model was populated using data from the DAPA-CKD and DECLARE-TIMI 58 trials. Analyses were conducted for the overall population and stratified subgroups. Results were evaluated against an assumed willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of €24,158 per QALY. Results: Dapagliflozin treatment resulted in health benefits (QALYs) and life-years versus SoC irrespective of T2D/HF status or UACR levels. Dapagliflozin was cost-effective for the total population with an ICER of €7,499/QALY and dominant for subgroups with high UACR (≥200 mg/g) regardless of T2D/HF status. ICERs were below WTP threshold for all subgroups. However, for patients with CKD and low UACR (<200 mg/g) without T2D/HF, time to cost-effectiveness was long, and estimates were uncertain. Limitations: Results are limited by generalizability, long-term uncertainty, simulated subgroup data, cost uncertainty, and lack of a Danish WTP threshold. Conclusions: This study indicates that dapagliflozin added to SoC is cost-effective across CKD subgroups as recommended in the current Danish guideline recommendations.

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Albuminuriachronic kidney diseasecosts and cost analysisdisease progressionsodium/glucose transporter 2 inhibitors

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PMID42831007
PMCPMC13634386

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