150,000 patients tracked: does finerenone protect hearts in kidney disease and diabetes?
NCT ID NCT06608212
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This observational study follows 150,000 people with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes to see how finerenone (Kerendia) works in everyday medical care. Researchers will compare those taking finerenone to those not taking it, looking at rates of heart attacks and heart failure hospitalizations. No extra visits or tests are required—only existing health records are used.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- finerenone (Kerendia)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could confirm that finerenone is safe and effective for preventing heart attacks and heart failure hospitalizations in real-world patients with CKD and T2D.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so results may be influenced by other factors. It only looks at existing data, so it cannot prove cause and effect.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 150,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adults with CKD and T2D who are eligible for finerenone prescription after the approval of finerenone in the US. The study cohort will identify patients who initiate finerenone and a comparator group of individuals with CKD and T2D not using finerenone. All eligible adult individuals (aged ≥ 18 years) in the data source will be selected for the study cohort without sampling from the source population. There will be no restrictions of the study population based on sex, race, or ethnicity.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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 on or before Time 0 (Time 0 = finerenone initiation date) : * Active registration or continuous enrolment for at least 365 days in the data source before Time 0 (days \[-365, 0\]) * No recorded use of finerenone before Time 0 (days \[-all available, 0\]) * Aged 18 years or older on Time 0 * Diagnosis of T2D at any time on or before Time 0 (days \[-all available, 0\]) * Having a diagnosis code indicating CKD stage 1, 2, 3, 4, or stage unspecified on or before Time 0 (days \[-all available, 0\]) Exclusion criteria on or before Time 0: * Finerenone users who are hospitalized or admitted for an emergency department visit on Time 0 * Type 1 diabetes (T1D) at any time on or before Time * Evidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) at any time on or before Time 0 * A diagnosis of kidney cancer at any time on or before Time 0 * A diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency at any time on or before Time 0 * Evidence of hepatic impairment at any time on or before Time 0 * An eGFR measurement \< 25 mL/min/1.73 m2 on or in the 90 days before Time 0 * Evidence of recent increased serum potassium or hyperkalaemia * Use of a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor on or in the 183 days before Time 0 * Evidence of pregnancy measured on or in the 40 weeks before Time 0
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bayer
Whippany, New Jersey, 07981, United States
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