The analysis was based on AE data reported by investigators from 36 studies that included 40,600 participants who did not have advanced, pre-existing renal disease. Rates of renal AEs were determined based on time to first occurrence of renal impairment or renal failure.
Renal impairment or renal failure was reported in 536 study participants during 72,488 patient-years of follow-up. Renal event rates were higher in patients with history of heart failure (n = 5011), hypertension (n = 21,864), diabetes (n = 5165), or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (n = 9507) at baseline but did not differ with rosuvastatin compared with placebo or with rosuvastatin 40 mg compared with rosuvastatin 10 mg. Relative risk (RR) estimates obtained from pooled analysis of placebo-controlled trials were RR: 1.03 (95%CI: 0.86-1.23, p = 0.777) for any reported renal impairment or renal failure event, RR: 1.02 (95%CI: 0.76-1.37, p = 0.894) for serious renal AEs, and RR: 0.70 (95%CI: 0.36-1.35, p = 0.282) for renal AEs leading to death.
These findings suggest that intensive LDL-C-lowering treatment with rosuvastatin does not affect the risk of developing renal insufficiency or renal failure in patients who do not have advanced, pre-existing renal disease.