Chronic Kidney Disease News

Bhavika Gandhi, MD, understands the difficulty patients with advanced chronic kidney disease may face when it is time to make a decision about going on dialysis.

In the 1990s, leadership of the Renal Physicians Association and the American Society of Nephrology authorized development of Shared Decision-Making in the Appropriate Initiation of and Withdrawal from Dialysis.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to acquire Alpine Immune Sciences Inc., a company developing a drug to treat IgA nephropathy, according to a press release.

ATLANTA — A remote, team-based approach with immediate initiation of necessary medications improved guideline-directed medical therapy use at 6 months for patients with diabetes at high CV or renal risk, researchers reported.

Higher ambient heat exposure may be associated with accelerated eGFR decline in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a post-hoc analysis of the Dapagliflozin and Prevention of Adverse Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease trial.

Using an electronic health record algorithm and practice facilitators in primary care did not reduce hospitalizations in adults with chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and hypertension, according to results of a study.

Eurofins Scientific has acquired Ascend Clinical LLC, the largest independent laboratory for dialysis testing in the United States, according to a press release. Terms were not disclosed.

An international consensus statement calling for urgent action to address chronic kidney disease has been published in Nature Reviews Nephrology.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and normoalbuminuria had higher risk for disease progression that increased in a linearly relationship with higher albuminuria levels, according to data.

A kidney failure risk equation model had acceptable discrimination and calibration, and “better clinical utility” than an eGFR-based strategy to assess kidney failure rates in Chinese patients, according to a study in Kidney Medicine.