Chronic Kidney Disease Eligible for SGLT2 Inhibitors Through the Integration of Italian Administrative and Primary Care Data

Study identification

• EU PAS number:
  EUPAS1000000269
• Study ID:
  1000000269
• Official title and acronym:
  Chronic Kidney Disease Eligible for SGLT2 Inhibitors Through the Integration of Italian Administrative and Primary Care Data
• DARWIN EU® study:
  No
• Study countries:
  Italy
• Study description:
  Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be successfully treated with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2-Is), regardless of diabetes. Fondazione Ricerca e Salute’s (ReSD) administrative and Health Search’s (HSD) primary care databases were combined in the Database Consortium ReS-HS to quantify and describe patients with CKD potentially eligible for SGLT2-Is and assess costs charged to the Italian National Health Service (SSN). Patients aged ≥18 with CKD and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min in 2018, without dialysis and/or renal transplantation, were included. HSD was used to develop and validate algorithms for estimating eGFR, based on covariates, within the ReSD. Comorbidities, dispensed drugs, and direct healthcare costs were assessed. In 2018, 66,297 (5.0% of HSD population) and 211,494 (4.4% of ReSD population) patients with CKD potentially eligible for SGLT2-Is were identified (females ≥58%). Prevalence increased with age with a peak at 75-84 years. Within HSD and ReSD cohorts, respectively: 31.0% and 41.5% had diabetes; in the observation periods, >82% and >96% received ≥1 pharmacological treatment, of which ≥50% and ≥25% received cardiovascular/blood agents and antidiabetics, respectively. From ReSD, mean per capita direct SSN cost was € 3,825 (CI 95%, € 3,655-€ 4,000): 50.1% due to hospitalizations, and 40.2% to pharmaceuticals (31.6% to cardiovascular drugs and 10.1% to antidiabetics).
• Study status:
  Finalised

Research institutions and networks

Institutions

Health Search, Italian College of General Practicioners

Italy

Fondazione ReS (Ricerca e Salute), CINECA partner

Italy

Study timelines

Date when funding contract was signed

Actual: 16/10/2022

Study start date

Actual: 16/03/2023

Date of final study report

Actual: 16/07/2023

Sources of funding

Pharmaceutical company and other private sector 

More details on funding

Astra Zeneca SpA

Regulatory

• Was the study required by a regulatory body?:
  No
• Is the study required by a Risk Management Plan (RMP)?:
  Not applicable