David M Charytan, Scott D Solomon, Peter Ivanovich, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Mark E Cooper, Janet B McGill, Hans-Henrik Parving, Patrick Parfrey, Ajay K Singh, Emmanuel A Burdmann, Andrew S Levey, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, John J V McMurray, Larry A Weinrauch, Jiankang Liu, Brian Claggett, Eldrin F Lewis, Marc A Pfeffer
AIMS: Metformin could have benefits on cardiovascular disease and kidney disease progression but is often withheld from individuals with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) because of a concern that it may increase the risk of lactic acidosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, cardiovascular events (death, hospitalization for heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke or myocardial ischemia), end stage renal disease (ESRD) and the kidney disease composite (ESRD or death) were compared in metformin users and non-users with diabetes and CKD enrolled in the Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp (darbepoeitin-alfa) Therapy (TREAT) (NCT00093015)...
May 2019: Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism