Chronic Kidney Disease News

CMS issued a final rule increasing the End-stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System base rate to dialysis facilities by about 2.7% to $273.82 beginning Jan. 1, 2025, according to an agency press release.

SAN DIEGO — Pegcetacoplan may offer a clinical strategy to stabilize kidney function and reduce proteinuria significantly for patients with C3 glomerulopathy or primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, data show.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, nephrologists underscore the beneficial potential of using of high-volume hemodiafiltration therapy in the United States.

SAN DIEGO — Semaglutide was associated with lower risk for major kidney complications for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease without regard to baseline kidney function, data show.

SAN DIEGO — Black veterans who develop chronic kidney disease at a young age may be at a higher risk for eGFR decline than white veterans, according to data presented at Kidney Week.

The FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee recommended not approving sotagliflozin for glucose control as an adjunct to insulin in adults with type 1 diabetes and CKD.

The Kidney Transplant Collaborative expressed disappointment at the delayed CMS launch of the Increasing Organ Transplant Access model, according to a press release from the organization.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Jeffrey Silberzweig, MD, FACP, FASN, discusses the work the American Society of Nephrology’s Emergency Partnership Initiative is doing to respond to major health emergencies.

Five years after receiving a complete response letter from the agency, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals brought sotagliflozin back before an FDA advisory panel to seek an indication to treat patients with type 1 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive from ASN Kidney Week, Healio | Nephrology News & Issues Editorial Board Member Sheila Deziel, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF, discusses issues facing dialysis nurses.