Cardiometabolic & kidneySecondary analysis

Effectiveness of Finerenone in Slowing Chronic Kidney Disease Progression After Hospitalization for Heart Failure: A FIDELITY Subgroup Analysis

Eur J Heart FailPublished

  • Post hoc subgroup analysis of the FIDELITY pooled dataset (FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD randomised trials)
  • pooled phase 3 trials
  • randomized 1:1

Authors' conclusion

Treatment with finerenone is associated with clinically meaningful attenuation of CKD progression in people with CKD and T2D before HHF, and persists post-HHF

Study context

Population
Adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and T2D on optimized renin-angiotensin system inhibitor treatment who were hospitalised for HF between 4 months post randomization and study end
Comparison
Finerenone vs placebo
Primary endpoint
Change in chronic eGFR slope (creatinine-based eGFR) before and after HHF; eGFR values ±90 days from HHF excluded in primary analysis

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Mean change in eGFR slope, pre-HHF and post-HHF
Finerenone vs PlaceboBetween-group difference, mL/min/1.73 m2/year (95% CI)
pre-HHF
2.68(0.87–4.49)
post-HHF
0.96(−0.99 to 2.91)

Original publication

Effectiveness of Finerenone in Slowing Chronic Kidney Disease Progression After Hospitalization for Heart Failure: A FIDELITY Subgroup Analysis. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 28 September 2026. doi:10.1093/ejhf/xuag299

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it