This is an observational study in which data from people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) are collected and studied. In observational studies, only observations are made without participants receiving any advice or any changes to healthcare. CKD is a long-term condition in which the kidneys' ability to work properly gradually decreases over time. It is common in people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), a condition in which glucose levels rise in the blood. People who have T2D and CKD may also develop heart disease over time. The study drug, finerenone, is already approved for doctors to prescribe to people with CKD and T2D in the US. It blocks the activity of a protein involved in worsening kidney function. The participants in this study are allowed to take finerenone as part of their regular care from their doctors. The main purpose of the study is to learn about how safe finerenone is and how well it works in people with CKD and T2D in routine medical care. To do this, researchers will collect information about the time to first occurrence of any of the following heart-related problems for participants in the US who are taking finerenone and those who are not taking it: * Heart attacks * Hospitalization due to heart failure The data will come from the electronic healthcare records of people with CKD and T2D in the US who are allowed to take finerenone after July 2021. Researchers will track participants' data and will follow them until the occurrence of heart-related problems, the participant's data is no longer available, there is a change in the participant's treatment strategy, or the end of the study. In this study, only available data from routine care are collected. No visits or tests are required as part of this study.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
150,000
Follow clinical practice/administration.
Follow clinical practice/administration. The non-use finerenone treatment strategy will require individuals to be free of finerenone use.
Bayer
Whippany, New Jersey, United States
Time to the first occurrence of composite cardiovascular outcome
The composite cardiovascular outcome includes an inpatient hospital diagnosis of fatal or nonfatal acute myocardial infarction or an inpatient hospitalisation with a primary diagnosis of heart failure.
Time frame: Retrospective analysis from July 2021 to June 2025
Time to the first occurrence of an inpatient hospital diagnosis of fatal or nonfatal acute myocardial infarction
Time frame: Retrospective analysis from July 2021 to June 2025
Time to the first occurrence of an inpatient hospitalisation with a primary diagnosis of heart failure
Time frame: Retrospective analysis from July 2021 to June 2025
Time to the first occurrence of an inpatient hospital or emergency department diagnosis of heart failure for participants without a history of heart failure
Time frame: Retrospective analysis from July 2021 to June 2025
Time to occurrence of specific Urine Albumin-Creatine Ratio (UACR) decline thresholds
Time frame: Retrospective analysis from July 2021 to June 2025
Time to the first occurrence of a hospitalisation or emergency department visit with a diagnosis code for hyperkalaemia
Time frame: Retrospective analysis from July 2021 to June 2025
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