Chronic Kidney Disease

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center is soliciting applicants for its second round of the Kidney Care Choices model, according to a press release.

AKI and chronic kidney disease prevalence is high among transgender patients, but this is rarely researched, according to a cross-sectional study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended approval of Kapruvia as the first therapy in Europe for chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus in patients on hemodialysis, according to a release.

In a remote Australian Aboriginal community with high rates of kidney disease, researchers found that eGFR directly correlated with birthweight and increasingly worsening albuminuria among adults.

The FDA has told Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. that it needs to conduct further studies to show its treatment for Alport syndrome is effective in slowing the progression of kidney disease, according to a company press release.

I find it valuable to conduct an introspection of our specialty – and ourselves – amid our daily efforts to assess patients with chronic kidney disease and to provide treatment.

A composite end point that includes low eGFR, declining eGFR and kidney replacement therapy proved to be useful when studying chronic kidney disease progression, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Although older adult women with chronic kidney disease reported a lower health-related quality of life at baseline, men experienced decline almost twice as fast.

DaVita Kidney Care has appointed Mihran Naljayan, MD, as its new chief medical officer of home modalities, according to a press release.

Patients on hemodialysis are likely to utilize ED care if they have limited access to care and high comorbid condition burdens, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.