Kidney Disease

The phase 3 DAPA-CKD trial assessing the benefit of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin in adults with chronic kidney disease will be stopped early after investigators reported an “overwhelming benefit” for reduction in worsening renal function or renal death compared with placebo, according to a press release from AstraZeneca.

A healthy diet and lifestyle intervention utilizing daily text messages may help improve the behaviors of patients with chronic kidney disease, according to results of a pilot intervention that were presented at the virtual National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Cricket Health will expand its collaboration efforts with Cigna to provide better care for Cigna’s patients with late-stage chronic kidney disease, according to a company press release. The expanded partnership will begin in May.

The American Kidney Fund has set up an emergency program to provide financial assistance to low-income patients on dialysis or who have undergone kidney transplantation, a group of patients who can be seriously impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.

A long-term follow-up of Australian adults with diabetes suggests the age-adjusted incidence rate of chronic kidney disease was six new cases per 100 person-years during a span of 11 years, with comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity and depression all driving the higher risk for renal function decline, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

The American Kidney Fund has released a plan to bring greater awareness to kidney health during the month of March, according to a press release.

The use of oral anticoagulation was low and may not be safe or effective in patients with atrial fibrillation and end-stage renal disease, according to a retrospective study of a propensity-matched cohort published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Eliminating race from equations estimating GFR was associated with error and underestimation, primarily for African American patients, according to a research letter.

Cricket Health’s virtual care program can improve patient knowledge about chronic kidney disease, increase interest in home dialysis and may increase the proportion of dialysis starts in the outpatient setting, according to a study.

CVS Kidney Care has partnered with Satellite Healthcare to bolster its efforts in improving care for patients with kidney disease, according to a press release from CVS Health. Ascend Clinical, a company that provides clinical laboratory testing services for dialysis clinics, will also take part in these efforts.