A Study of the Effects of Canagliflozin (JNJ-28431754) on Renal Endpoints in Adult Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of canagliflozin compared to placebo on progression of albuminuria in participants with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus receiving standard care but with inadequate glycemic control and at elevated risk of cardiovascular events.

Timeline

Start

2014-01-16

Primary completion

2017-02-23

Completion

2017-02-23

Publications

• Heerspink HJL, Collier WH, Chaudhari J, Miao S, Tighiouart H, Appel GB, Caravaca-Fontan F, Floege J, Hannedouche T, Imai E, Jafar TH, Lewis JB, Li PKT, Locatelli F, Maes BD, Neuen BL, Perkovic V, Perrone RD, Remuzzi G, Schena FP, Wanner C, Greene T, Inker LA. A meta-analysis of albuminuria as a surrogate endpoint for kidney failure. Nat Med. 2026 Jan;32(1):281-287. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-04057-z. Epub 2025 Nov 6.
• Januzzi JLJ, Sattar N, Vaduganathan M, Magaret CA, Rhyne RF, Liu Y, Masson S, Butler J, Hansen MK. A validated multivariable machine learning model to predict cardio-kidney risk in diabetic kidney disease. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2025 May 15;24(1):213. doi: 10.1186/s12933-025-02779-5.
• Doi Y, Hamano T, Yamaguchi O, Isaka Y. Canagliflozin may increase thromboembolic events in males with erythrocytosis but not in females. Blood Adv. 2025 Jul 8;9(13):3202-3212. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025016320.
• Nguyen TN, Yu J, Perkovic V, Jardine M, Mahaffey KW, Chow CK, Arnott C, Lindley RI. The Efficacy and Safety of Canagliflozin by Frailty Status in Participants of the CANVAS and CREDENCE Trials. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jun;73(6):1787-1796. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19444. Epub 2025 Mar 19.
• Vaduganathan M, Cannon CP, Jardine MJ, Heerspink HJL, Arnott C, Neuen BL, Sarraju A, Gogate J, Seufert J, Neal B, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW, Kosiborod MN. Effects of canagliflozin on total heart failure events across the kidney function spectrum: Participant-level pooled analysis from the CANVAS Program and CREDENCE trial. Eur J Heart Fail. 2024 Sep;26(9):1967-1975. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3292. Epub 2024 Jun 26.
• Tangri N, Ferguson TW, Bamforth RJ, Leon SJ, Arnott C, Mahaffey KW, Kotwal S, Heerspink HJL, Perkovic V, Fletcher RA, Neuen BL. Machine learning for prediction of chronic kidney disease progression: Validation of the Klinrisk model in the CANVAS Program and CREDENCE trial. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024 Aug;26(8):3371-3380. doi: 10.1111/dom.15678. Epub 2024 May 28.
• Natale P, Tunnicliffe DJ, Toyama T, Palmer SC, Saglimbene VM, Ruospo M, Gargano L, Stallone G, Gesualdo L, Strippoli GF. Sodium-glucose co-transporter protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for people with chronic kidney disease and diabetes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 May 21;5(5):CD015588. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015588.pub2.
• Sharma A, Razaghizad A, Joury A, Levin A, Bajaj HS, Mancini GBJ, Wong NC, Slee A, Ang FG, Rapattoni W, Neuen BL, Arnott C, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW. Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular and Kidney Prevention With Canagliflozin: Insights From the CANVAS Program and CREDENCE Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Feb 6;13(3):e031586. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.031586. Epub 2024 Jan 19.
• Yu J, Sweeting AN, Gianacas C, Houston L, Lee V, Fletcher RA, Perkovic V, Li Q, Neuen BL, Berwanger O, Heerspink HJL, de Zeeuw D, Arnott C. The effects of canagliflozin in type 2 diabetes in subgroups defined by population-specific body mass index: Insights from the CANVAS Program and CREDENCE trial. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2023 Dec;25(12):3724-3735. doi: 10.1111/dom.15267. Epub 2023 Sep 6.
• Fletcher RA, Arnott C, Rockenschaub P, Schutte AE, Carpenter L, Vaduganathan M, Agarwal R, Bakris G, Chang TI, Heerspink HJL, Jardine MJ, Mahaffey KW, Neal B, Pollock C, Jun M, Rodgers A, Perkovic V, Neuen BL. Canagliflozin, Blood Pressure Variability, and Risk of Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Mortality Outcomes: Pooled Individual Participant Data From the CANVAS and CREDENCE Trials. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jul 4;12(13):e028516. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.028516. Epub 2023 Jun 22.
• Borisov AN, Kutz A, Christ ER, Heim MH, Ebrahimi F. Canagliflozin and Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: New Insights From CANVAS. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Oct 18;108(11):2940-2949. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgad249.
• Ferrannini G, Pollock C, Natali A, Yavin Y, Mahaffey KW, Ferrannini E. Extremes of both weight gain and weight loss are associated with increased incidence of heart failure and cardiovascular death: evidence from the CANVAS Program and CREDENCE. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2023 Apr 29;22(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s12933-023-01832-5.
• Nunes JC, Yu J, Arnott C, Jardine MJ, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW. Canagliflozin, mental health adverse events and diabetes: Exploratory analysis of the CREDENCE trial and CANVAS Program. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2022 Dec;24(12):2459-2464. doi: 10.1111/dom.14832. Epub 2022 Aug 19. No abstract available.
• Young TK, Li JW, Kang A, Heerspink HJL, Hockham C, Arnott C, Neuen BL, Zoungas S, Mahaffey KW, Perkovic V, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Neal B, Jardine M. Effects of canagliflozin compared with placebo on major adverse cardiovascular and kidney events in patient groups with different baseline levels of HbA1c, disease duration and treatment intensity: results from the CANVAS Program. Diabetologia. 2021 Nov;64(11):2402-2414. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05524-1. Epub 2021 Aug 26.
• Yu J, Li J, Leaver PJ, Arnott C, Huffman MD, Udell JA, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Matthews DR, Shaw W, Rosenthal N, Neal B, Figtree GA. Effects of canagliflozin on myocardial infarction: a post hoc analysis of the CANVAS programme and CREDENCE trial. Cardiovasc Res. 2022 Mar 16;118(4):1103-1114. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvab128.
• Yu J, Arnott C, Neuen BL, Heersprink HL, Mahaffey KW, Cannon CP, Khan SS, Baldridge AS, Shah SJ, Huang Y, Li C, Figtree GA, Perkovic V, Jardine MJ, Neal B, Huffman MD. Cardiovascular and renal outcomes with canagliflozin according to baseline diuretic use: a post hoc analysis from the CANVAS Program. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Apr;8(2):1482-1493. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13236. Epub 2021 Feb 17.
• Neuen BL, Ohkuma T, Neal B, Matthews DR, de Zeeuw D, Mahaffey KW, Fulcher G, Blais J, Li Q, Jardine MJ, Perkovic V, Wheeler DC. Relative and Absolute Risk Reductions in Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes With Canagliflozin Across KDIGO Risk Categories: Findings From the CANVAS Program. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Jan;77(1):23-34.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.06.018. Epub 2020 Sep 21.
• Oshima M, Neal B, Toyama T, Ohkuma T, Li Q, de Zeeuw D, Heerspink HJL, Mahaffey KW, Fulcher G, Canovatchel W, Matthews DR, Perkovic V. Different eGFR Decline Thresholds and Renal Effects of Canagliflozin: Data from the CANVAS Program. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Oct;31(10):2446-2456. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019121312. Epub 2020 Jul 21.
• Matthews DR, Wysham C, Davies M, Slee A, Alba M, Lee M, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW, Neal B. Effects of canagliflozin on initiation of insulin and other antihyperglycaemic agents in the CANVAS Program. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020 Nov;22(11):2199-2203. doi: 10.1111/dom.14143. Epub 2020 Aug 24.
• Li J, Woodward M, Perkovic V, Figtree GA, Heerspink HJL, Mahaffey KW, de Zeeuw D, Vercruysse F, Shaw W, Matthews DR, Neal B. Mediators of the Effects of Canagliflozin on Heart Failure in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Jan;8(1):57-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.08.004. Epub 2019 Oct 29.
• Zhou Z, Jardine M, Perkovic V, Matthews DR, Mahaffey KW, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Desai M, Oh R, Simpson R, Watts NB, Neal B. Canagliflozin and fracture risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes: results from the CANVAS Program. Diabetologia. 2019 Oct;62(10):1854-1867. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-4955-5. Epub 2019 Aug 10.
• Figtree GA, Radholm K, Barrett TD, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Matthews DR, Shaw W, Neal B. Effects of Canagliflozin on Heart Failure Outcomes Associated With Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Circulation. 2019 May 28;139(22):2591-2593. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040057. Epub 2019 Mar 17. No abstract available.
• Zhou Z, Lindley RI, Radholm K, Jenkins B, Watson J, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Shaw W, Oh R, Desai M, Matthews DR, Neal B. Canagliflozin and Stroke in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Stroke. 2019 Feb;50(2):396-404. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.023009.
• Neuen BL, Ohkuma T, Neal B, Matthews DR, de Zeeuw D, Mahaffey KW, Fulcher G, Desai M, Li Q, Deng H, Rosenthal N, Jardine MJ, Bakris G, Perkovic V. Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes With Canagliflozin According to Baseline Kidney Function. Circulation. 2018 Oct 9;138(15):1537-1550. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035901.
• Perkovic V, de Zeeuw D, Mahaffey KW, Fulcher G, Erondu N, Shaw W, Barrett TD, Weidner-Wells M, Deng H, Matthews DR, Neal B. Canagliflozin and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes: results from the CANVAS Program randomised clinical trials. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2018 Sep;6(9):691-704. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(18)30141-4. Epub 2018 Jun 21.
• Wittbrodt ET, Eudicone JM, Bell KF, Enhoffer DM, Latham K, Green JB. Eligibility varies among the 4 sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor cardiovascular outcomes trials: implications for the general type 2 diabetes US population. Am J Manag Care. 2018 Apr;24(8 Suppl):S138-S145.
• Radholm K, Figtree G, Perkovic V, Solomon SD, Mahaffey KW, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Barrett TD, Shaw W, Desai M, Matthews DR, Neal B. Canagliflozin and Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Results From the CANVAS Program. Circulation. 2018 Jul 31;138(5):458-468. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034222.
• Mahaffey KW, Neal B, Perkovic V, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Erondu N, Shaw W, Fabbrini E, Sun T, Li Q, Desai M, Matthews DR; CANVAS Program Collaborative Group. Canagliflozin for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: Results From the CANVAS Program (Canagliflozin Cardiovascular Assessment Study). Circulation. 2018 Jan 23;137(4):323-334. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032038. Epub 2017 Nov 13.
• Neal B, Perkovic V, Mahaffey KW, de Zeeuw D, Fulcher G, Erondu N, Shaw W, Law G, Desai M, Matthews DR; CANVAS Program Collaborative Group. Canagliflozin and Cardiovascular and Renal Events in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 17;377(7):644-657. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1611925. Epub 2017 Jun 12.

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