Bardoxolone Methyl and Kidney Function in CKD with Type 2 Diabetes

Bardoxolone Methyl and Kidney Function in CKD with Type 2 Diabetes: (N Engl J Med 2011)

Pablo E. Pergola, M.D., Ph.D., Philip Raskin, M.D., Robert D. Toto, M.D., Colin J. Meyer, M.D., J. Warren Huff, J.D., Eric B. Grossman, M.D., Melissa Krauth, M.B.A., Stacey Ruiz, Ph.D., Paul Audhya, M.D., Heidi Christ-Schmidt, M.S.E., Janet Wittes, Ph.D., and David G. Warnock, M.D. for the BEAM Study Investigators

June 24, 2011 (10.1056/NEJMoa1105351)

BACKGROUND

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, with both inflammation and oxidative stress contributing to disease progression. Bardoxolone methyl, an oral antioxidant inflammation modulator, has shown efficacy in patients with CKD and type 2 diabetes in short-term studies, but longer-term effects and dose response have not been determined.