Dapagliflozin a glucose-regulating drug with diuretic properties in subjects with type 2 diabetes
H J Lambers Heerspink, D de Zeeuw, L Wie, B Leslie, J List, H J Lambers Heerspink, D de Zeeuw, L Wie, B Leslie, J List
Abstract
Aims: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) reabsorbs glucose and sodium in the renal proximal tubule. Dapagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, targets hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes by increasing renal glucose excretion. To investigate whether the parallel occurring sodium loss would have diuretic-like physiologic effects, we compared dapagliflozin and hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) effects on 24-h blood pressure (BP), body weight, plasma volume and glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
Methods: In this randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, 75 subjects with type 2 diabetes were assigned placebo, dapagliflozin 10 mg/day, or HCTZ 25 mg/day. Changes from baseline BP, body weight, plasma volume and GFR were assessed after 12 weeks of treatment.
Results: Subjects' mean age was 56 years, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) duration 6.3 years, and haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) 7.5%. Treatment with placebo, dapagliflozin or HCTZ resulted in changes from baseline in 24-h ambulatory mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) of -0.9 (95%CI -4.2, +2.4), -3.3 (95%CI -6.8, +0.2), and -6.6 (95%CI -9.9, -3.2) mmHg, respectively at week 12, adjusted for baseline SBP. Body weight decreased with dapagliflozin and HCTZ. In a sub-study plasma volume appeared to decrease with dapagliflozin but did not change with placebo or HCTZ treatment. Dapagliflozin induced a greater reduction in GFR (-10.8%; 95%CI -14.6, -6.7) relative to placebo (-2.9%; 95% CI -6.9, +1.2) or HCTZ (-3.4%; 95%CI -7.3, +0.6).
Conclusions: Dapagliflozin-induced SGLT2 inhibition for 12 weeks is associated with reductions in 24-h BP, body weight, GFR and possibly plasma volume. Cumulatively, these effects suggest that dapagliflozin may have a diuretic-like capacity to lower BP in addition to beneficial effects on glycaemic control.
Keywords: HbA1c; blood pressure; dapagliflozin; renal function; type 2 diabetes.
© 2013 The Authors. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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