Kidney Care Community News

Phase 3 results from the Illuminate-B study suggest lumasiran, an investigational RNA interference therapeutic, may be safe and effective for treating pediatric patients who have primary hyperoxaluria type 1.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins found both Black and white women who were obese at midlife had increased risks for eGFR decline and end-stage kidney disease after 30 years of follow-up.

The association of donor-recipient size mismatch on long-term graft survival is influenced greatly by recipient and donor age, according to findings from a recently published study.

After a peritoneal dialysis education program, the number of staff at a Veterans Affairs center who scored their knowledge level on the topic as “high” and “very high” increased, according to presented research.

Using the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criteria, researchers found patients with type 2 diabetes who were at higher risk for adverse cardiovascular and kidney outcomes reaped the most benefits from canagliflozin.

Patients meet clinical quality targets equally at dialysis facilities that participate vs. centers that do not participate in randomized clinical trials, according to presented research.

With the closing of its initial public offering of 10,293,777 shares of common stock last week, dialysis machine manufacturer Outset Medical Inc. has raised $277.9 million, the company announced.

CMS released the final version of its ESRD Treatment Choices payment model today, aimed at incentivizing dialysis providers to place more patients with end-stage renal disease on home dialysis or refer them for a kidney transplant.

Ardelyx Inc. recently announced the FDA has accepted its new drug application of tenapanor for the control of serum phosphorus in adult patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.

A 2-year randomized controlled trial has found that belimumab plus standard therapy is superior to standard therapy alone in patients with lupus nephritis, according to data published in the New England Journal of Medicine.