Extension des indications pour les antidiabetiques avec protection cardio-renale dans les dernieresrecommandations internationales pour la prise en charge du patient diabetique de type 2 a risque.

The strategy for the management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been updated late 2019-2020 by a group of experts of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). The indications of two pharmacological classes that have demonstrated a cardiovascular and renal protection, i.e. sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1AR), are now extended because of the favourable results of recent clinical trials. In patients with T2D at high cardiovascular risk (even without previous event, but with indicators of atherosclerotic disease), the addition of these antidiabetic agents to metformin background therapy is now recommended independently of the glycated haemo notglobin (HbA1c) level. For SGLT2i, the prescription may be extended to patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate down to 30 (instead of 60) ml/min/1.73 m(2), in particular in patients with progressive renal disease and albuminuria and in patients at risk of heart failure, especially if left ventricular ejection fraction is reduced. However, these new proposals could not be applied stricto sensu because of strict reimbursement criteria based upon HbA1c currently applied in our country.