DAPA-CKD Stopped Early for Overwhelming Efficacy
Here is a brief preview of this blast: AstraZeneca announced that an independent data monitoring committee (DMC) has recommended stopping the DAPA-CKD study early due to overwhelming efficacy. According to CT.gov, the early trial closeout is ~8 months ahead of the full trial completion date (initially scheduled to complete in November 2020). Below, FENIX provides thoughts on DAPA-CKD in the context of Janssen's CREDENCE, which was also stopped early, as well as potential read through to BI/Lilly and Lexicon.