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‹ Fri · 31 Jul 2026
Promising but preliminary

Real-World Effectiveness and Safety of Finerenone in People With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Spanish Multicentre Retrospective Observational Study (MEDFINE-RWD).

Real-world evidence confirms a newer kidney-protective drug works safely in diabetic kidney disease patients outside clinical trials.

First real-world multicenter Spanish evidence for finerenone (non-steroidal MRA) effectiveness and safety in T2DM with CKD, providing confirmatory data beyond the FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD phase 3 trials in a routine clinical population. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
multicenter retrospective observational study (MEDFINE-RWD, Spain)
Category
glp1_sglt2_cardiometabolic
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Diabetes Obes Metab

Why it surfaced

Finerenone represents a paradigm shift in CKD/T2DM cardiorenal protection, but real-world evidence is sparse. This multicenter study provides the first substantial Spanish real-world dataset for this drug class, relevant to formulary decisions and clinical practice guidelines.

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