AI-Powered trial asks: does adding a second drug cut heart failure risk?
NCT ID NCT07719621
First seen Jul 22, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study uses computer simulations to compare two treatment strategies for people with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes. Researchers will model whether adding empagliflozin to finerenone reduces heart failure, hospitalizations, and cardiovascular death more than finerenone alone. No human participants are involved — artificial intelligence recreates a large virtual population based on real clinical data.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a combination of finerenone and empagliflozin
- What this could lead to
- If the combination outperforms finerenone alone, it could point to a more effective treatment strategy for preventing heart failure in people with kidney disease and diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a computer simulation, not a real-patient trial, so results may not fully reflect real-world outcomes. The findings depend on the accuracy of the underlying data and assumptions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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100,000 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
A massive synthetic cohort (N = 50,000 to 100,000 virtual subjects) will be structured and parameterized to faithfully reproduce the characteristics of the reference population, using a four-phase instantiation framework designed to ensure biological plausibility. Each virtual patient will be cloned to experience both treatment trajectories simultaneously, acting as their own absolute control and eliminating inter-individual variability bias.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: The same characteristics of the reference population: CONFIDENCE trial (NCT05254002). In brief: * Patients with chronic kidney disease (eGFR 30-90 ml/min/1.73 m²) * Persistent albuminuria (UACR 100-5000 mg/g) * Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) under stable blockade of the renin-angiotensin system (ACEi/ARB) Exclusion Criteria: The same characteristics of the reference population: CONFIDENCE trial (NCT05254002). In brief: * Participants with type 1 diabetes (T1D). * Participant with hepatic insufficiency classified as Child-Pugh C. * Participants currently treated or who were treated with Finerenone (Kerendia©) within 8 weeks prior to the screening visit.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Clínico San Carlos
Madrid, Spain
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