Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D) that increases the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular (CV) disease. Data from CV outcomes trials suggest that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists have kidney-protective effects. The FLOW trial (NCT03819153) will evaluate kidney outcomes with OW semaglutide in subjects with T2D and CKD. FLOW is an ongoing randomized, double-blinded, multinational, phase 3b trial. Subjects (N=3,535) with T2D, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥25-≤75 mL/min/1.73 m2, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio >100-<5,000 mg/g were assigned 1:1 to OW semaglutide 1.0 mg or placebo, plus standard-of-care. The primary endpoint is time to first occurrence of kidney failure (as measured by persistent eGFR <15 mL/min/1.73 2 or initiation of chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation) ; ≥50% persistent eGFR reduction compared with baseline; kidney or CV death. At baseline, 68.6% of subjects had HbA1c >7.0%, diabetes complications were common, and 15.5% were taking a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor (Table) . The majority of subjects (68.2%) were at very high risk for CKD progression (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criteria) . Subjects enrolled in FLOW had substantial diabetes burden and risk for CKD progression. FLOW will assess kidney outcomes with OW semaglutide in this population.

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