In 2020, a large-sized randomized study provided reassuring results about the cardiovascular safety of febuxostat, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor used for the treatment of symptomatic hyperuricemia.
The cardiovascular and renal benefits of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors were confirmed in 2020, and their indications even extended. Notably, the DAPA-CKD trial demonstrated that dapagliflozin is strongly nephroprotective in both proteinuric diabetics and non-diabetics. Thus, the standard of care for managing these patients is likely to soon include an SGLT2- inhibitor in addition to an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker.
Key Words
Dapagliflozin, SGTL2 inhibitor, canagliflozin, hyperuricemia, gout, febuxostat