Sparsentan versus irbesartan in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

MN Rheault, CE Alpers, J Barratt, S Bieler… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background An unmet need exists for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) treatment.
In an 8-week, phase 2 trial, sparsentan, a dual endothelin–angiotensin receptor antagonist …

Efficacy and safety of sparsentan versus irbesartan in patients with IgA nephropathy (PROTECT): 2-year results from a randomised, active-controlled, phase 3 trial

BH Rovin, J Barratt, HJL Heerspink, CE Alpers, S Bieler… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Sparsentan, a novel, non-immunosuppressive, single-molecule, dual
endothelin angiotensin receptor antagonist, significantly reduced proteinuria versus …

Applications of SGLT2 inhibitors beyond glycaemic control

DV O'Hara, CSP Lam, JJV McMurray, TW Yi… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were initially developed for
their glucose-lowering effects and have shown a modest glycaemic benefit in people with …

Kidney outcomes and preservation of kidney function with obinutuzumab in patients with lupus nephritis: A post hoc analysis of the NOBILITY Trial

BH Rovin, RA Furie, JA Ross Terres… - Arthritis & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine whether adding obinutuzumab to standard‐of‐care lupus nephritis
(LN) therapy could improve the likelihood of long‐term preservation of kidney function and …

Interpretation of GFR slope in untreated and treated adult Fabry patients

A Pisani, F Pieruzzi, CL Cirami, E Riccio… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Nephropathy is one of the main features of Fabry disease (FD) that leads, in untreated
patients with classical mutations, to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from the third to the fifth …

Effects of empagliflozin on progression of chronic kidney disease: a prespecified secondary analysis from the EMPA-KIDNEY trial

N Staplin, R Haynes, PK Judge, C Wanner… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Sodium–glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce progression of
chronic kidney disease and the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a wide range …

A hierarchical kidney outcome using win statistics in patients with heart failure from the DAPA-HF and DELIVER trials

T Kondo, PS Jhund, SB Gasparyan, M Yang… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Win statistics offer a new approach to the analysis of outcomes in clinical trials, allowing the
combination of time-to-event and longitudinal measurements and taking into account the …

[HTML][HTML] Secular trend in GFR decline in non-dialysis CKD based on observational data from standard of care arms of trials

C Garofalo, S Borrelli, ME Liberti, P Chiodini… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rationale & Objective The standard of care (SoC) group of randomized controlled trials
(RCTs) is a useful setting to explore the secular trends in kidney disease progression …

Effect of serum creatinine difference between the Jaffe and the enzymatic method on kidney disease detection and staging

K Boss, S Stolpe, A Müller, B Wagner… - Clinical Kidney …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Background Serum creatinine (SCr), mainly determined by the Jaffe or an
enzymatic method, is the central marker to assess kidney function. Deviations between …

Effect of intensive blood pressure control on kidney outcomes: long-term electronic health record–based post-trial follow-up of SPRINT

PE Drawz, KM Lenoir, NK Rai, A Rastogi… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering in SPRINT produced acute decreases
in kidney function and higher risk for acute kidney injury. We evaluated the effect of intensive …