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Bayer’s Finerenone Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase III FIGARO-DKD Cardiovascular Outcomes Study in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

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Whippany, N.J., May 10, 2021 – Bayer’s Phase III cardiovascular outcomes study FIGARO-DKD, evaluating the efficacy and safety of the investigational drug finerenone versus placebo when added to standard of care in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) has met its primary endpoint. The study showed finerenone significantly reduced the composite risk of time to first occurrence of cardiovascular (CV) death or non-fatal CV events (myocardial infarction, stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure). The Phase III FIGARO-DKD study included more patients with earlier stage CKD and T2D compared to the FIDELIO-DKD study, which was the first of two Phase III studies investigating finerenone in patients with CKD and T2D.1,3


“Up to 40 percent of people with type 2 diabetes develop chronic kidney disease, and they are at high risk of experiencing cardiovascular events, as well as progressing to kidney failure,”4,5,6,7 said Prof. Luis M. Ruilope, Professor at the Public Health and Preventative Medicine department of the Autonoma University and co-principal investigator of the FIGARO-DKD trial. “The FIGARO-DKD study delivers important insights into the potential effects on cardiovascular outcomes of finerenone in the management of people with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.”