Watch for Severe Hypocalcemia in Dialysis Patients on Prolia, FDA Warns Agency said potential risk may require more frequent blood calcium monitoring Nov 22, 2022
Saline Goes Head-to-Head With Balanced Crystalloid IV Fluids for Kidney Transplant Researcher argued saline should be reconsidered as the standard IV fluid used Nov 07, 2022
Not So Cool After All: No CV Benefit With Lower-Temp Dialysate in Hemodialysis Some patients in MyTEMP trial even complained cooler dialysate was "worst possible feeling" Nov 06, 2022
Empagliflozin Protects At-Risk Patients From CKD Progression Also cut risk for cardiovascular-related death and worsening kidney function Nov 04, 2022
Stop RAS Inhibitors in Advanced CKD? STOP ACEi Trial Sheds Some Light Findings do not support discontinuation to improve kidney function, researchers say Nov 03, 2022
FDA Panel Gives Thumbs Up to Anemia Pill for CKD Patients on Dialysis But thumbs quickly turn down for the non-dialysis subset Oct 27, 2022
Another CKD-Related Anemia Drug Goes Under the Microscope of FDA Advisors After a panel turned down roxadustat last year, will daprodustat be recommended for approval? Oct 25, 2022
Diabetes-Related CKD Rates Dropped Slightly in Recent Years But high incidence, especially in certain racial groups, remains a concern Oct 12, 2022
The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change Oct 11, 2022
CMS' Financial Incentives Didn't Move the Dial on Home Dialysis Incentives may just not be strong enough, say some Oct 07, 2022
Salt Pills During Diuresis: Acute HF Patients Neither Helped Nor Harmed Small randomized trial challenges conventional thinking about sodium Oct 05, 2022
House Bill Would Fix Glitch in Medicare Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport Program Measure would require states to help some "dual eligibles" who have trouble accessing the benefit Sep 15, 2022
Is Remdesivir OK for COVID Patients With Severe Renal Impairment? Small trial in hospitalized patients didn't see any toxic kidney effects Aug 29, 2022
Age-Related Kidney Function Loss Differs Significantly by Gender Age- and sex-adjusted definitions of chronic kidney disease may be necessary, researchers say Aug 17, 2022
Aldosterone Linked to Kidney Failure Risk, Irrespective of Diabetes Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism could be effective for more patients, study suggests Aug 08, 2022
Kids Treated at For-Profit Dialysis Centers Less Likely to Receive Transplant They also waited longer to be put on a waitlist Aug 02, 2022
Hurricane Aftermath Deadly for Dialysis Patients Emergency planning mitigates risk from storm-related service disruptions Jul 14, 2022
Wide-Ranging Inconsistencies Seen in Estimated, Measured GFR Researchers recommend clinicians opt for measured glomerular filtration rate Jul 05, 2022
Kidney Failure May Drive COVID Deaths in People With Sickle Cell Trait COVID-19 severity strongly linked with sickle cell anemia as well Jun 27, 2022
Tirzepatide Reduced Albuminuria in T2D Patients With Heart Risk Subanalysis of SURPASS-4 trial compared the GLP-1/GIP agonist against insulin glargine Jun 06, 2022
Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and CKD Face Poor COVID Outcomes Severity of kidney disease ups risk of ICU time, in-hospital mortality, and more May 15, 2022
SGLT2 Inhibitor Safe for Kidneys in Hospitalized COVID Patients But trial may have been underpowered to see acute kidney injury differences Apr 29, 2022
Novel Agents Promising in Pruritus, Rare Metabolic Disease, and More A round-up of noteworthy research from the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings Apr 10, 2022
Novel Drug Cuts Proteinuria in APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease Significant UPCR reductions in just a few weeks in phase II study Apr 10, 2022
Even With CKD, Patiromer Helped Heart Failure Patients Keep Hyperkalemia at Bay Promising findings from prespecified renal analysis of the DIAMOND trial Apr 09, 2022
Which Factors Predict Rapid Decline in Polycystic Kidney Disease? Researchers pinpointed six clinical variables predictive of rapid decline to ESRD Apr 08, 2022
Flu a Consistent Threat to ESRD Patients Those with advanced-stage kidney disease had 28% higher risk of in-hospital death Apr 08, 2022
COVID-Related AKI Chronically Hard on Kidneys More critically ill COVID patients developed CKD versus bacterial pneumonia patients Apr 08, 2022
Cost-Analysis Fuels Debate on Transplant Waitlists Without available kidneys, expense of longer lists not justified, researchers argue Mar 10, 2022
GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Survival in Type 2 Diabetes With Renal Disease Real-world comparison with DPP-4 inhibitors adds to evidence differentiating the two classes Mar 07, 2022
Kidney Disease Gene Risk Info Aids Prevention in Primary Care Trial showed benefits in hypertensive patients of African descent Mar 04, 2022
Persistent Shoulder Pain in a Dialysis Patient? Consider metastatic or ectopic calcification in diagnosing unexplained symptoms in ESRD patients Feb 07, 2022
Doc Touts Long COVID 'Cure'; COVID's Perfect Victims; Prenatal Tests Wrong This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 05, 2022
FDA OKs First Proteinuria Drug for IgA Nephropathy Supporting trial found budesonide lowered proteinuria by 34% when added to a RAS inhibitor Dec 16, 2021
FDA Panel Shoots Down Drug for Alport Syndrome CKD Flawed trial design, safety signals turned all thumbs down for bardoxolone Dec 09, 2021
FDA Picks Apart Drug for Alport Syndrome CKD Ahead of Advisory Meeting Data fail to show bardoxolone's ability to slow decline in kidney function, say agency reviewers Dec 07, 2021
Avacopan Helps Vasculitis Patients With Renal Impairment Wean Off Steroids Patients saw better eGFR recovery compared with prednisone Nov 08, 2021
Steroids Cut Risk for Serious Renal Events in IgA Nephropathy Researcher says TESTING study findings support new KDIGO guidelines Nov 08, 2021
Injectable PH1 Therapy Also Effective in Advanced CKD Trial looked at patients with stages 3B through 5 chronic kidney disease Nov 07, 2021
More Good News for Empagliflozin in Patients With Heart Failure Slower renal function decline with SGLT-2 inhibitor in EMPEROR-Preserved trial Nov 06, 2021