Acute Kidney Injury News

The FDA has approved voclosporin as the first oral treatment for lupus nephritis in adult patients who are receiving background immunosuppressive therapy, according to a press release from Aurinia Pharmaceuticals.

Swedish patients who had a stress-related disorder were more likely to experience chronic kidney disease progression and AKI compared with a population-matched control group.

Already commercially available in the United Kingdom, the SC+ portable hemodialysis system from Quanta Dialysis Technologies has received 510(k) clearance “setting the stage for [a] U.S. market launch,” according to a press release.

Kidney transplantation with organs from donors who died after developing AKI conferred similar outcomes as transplant with non-AKI organs, according to study results.

For patients with type 2 diabetes, SGLT2 inhibitors conferred a lower risk of developing AKI than use of GLP-1 receptor agonists or dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, according to a network meta-analysis of clinical trials.

The FDA has approved belimumab in intravenous and subcutaneous formulations for the treatment of lupus nephritis in adult patients who are receiving standard therapy, according to a press release from GlaxoSmithKline.

Research presented at the virtual ASN Kidney Week suggested 30% of patients hospitalized with AKI received inadequate follow-up, with medical risk factors being the “primary determinants” of care after hospitalization.

A study of U.S. veterans hospitalized with COVID-19 showed 32% developed AKI, with many not fully recovering kidney function by discharge. Black individuals were at greatest risk for AKI and resulting mortality.

Adding belimumab to standard therapy improves renal outcomes, biomarker levels and overall disease activity among patients with lupus nephritis, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2020.

Researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found a machine-learning model performed well in predicting risk for AKI and need for dialysis in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.