Kenny Walter

In a late-breaking abstract, investigators observed a 28% reduction in kidney disease progression or cardiovascular deaths compared to placebo.

With the population aging, there is a need for more home environmental treatment options for patients with kidney disease.

In a late-breaking abstract, investigators assess how pantoprazole 40 mg daily effects long-term kidney function.

In a late-breaking abstract, investigators assess how discontinuation of ACEi or ARBs impact disease progression for advanced CKD.

The study shows vitamin D levels do not necessarily forecast the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Approximately 1 out of every 6 patients with COVID-19 had a reduced eGFR.

Females generally have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared to males.

Data presented during ASN 2022 shows how heart failure impacts risk factors for renal outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease.

Patients with obesity have higher costs and longer hospital stays for IBD.

Only 7% of trials included a patient-reported outcome measure as a primary outcome measure.

A 1-unit increase in mean weekly SPD scores was linked to a 1.4-times increase in clinic visits for itch among adults aged 65 years or old.

Up to 2% of patients with IBD also have EoE.

Guselkumab bested placebo in clinical results of patients with ulcerative colitis.

"The best test is the 1 that gets done," Williams said.

In a late-breaking abstract, the investigators compared antibody levels at month 6 compared to month 1.

A greater proportion of the upadacitinib 15 mg and upadacitinib 30 mg group achieved clinical remission based on the Crohn’s Disease Activity Index

The agency has set an April 26, 2023 action date for the live microbiotic therapeutic for the prevention of recurrent CDI.

Dupilumab represents the first ever approved treatment for EoE.

The median DeMeester score decreased from 32-3.7 following LTF.

If approved by the FDA, RBX2660 would be the first approved live microbiota therapeutic for the treatment of recurrent CDI.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt the effort of colorectal cancer screenings.

The approval of risankizumab represents the first IL-23 approved for IBD.

Falloon presented new data at ACG 2022 on identifying biomarkers for pouch inflammation.

Patients with NAFLD were more likely to have comorbidities, including diabetes, hypertension, chronic respiratory disease, hypothyroidism, chronic kidney disease, sleep apnea, and hyperlipidemia.

The rate of serious infections was 5.9 events per 100 person-years in the placebo group, compared to 5.0 events in the upadacitinib 15 mg cohort and 3.2 upadacitinib 30 mg group.

In data presented during ACG, investigators found patients with malnutrition and CDI had higher mortality and increased hospitals costs compared to those without malnutrition.

The study results are consistent with previous meta-analyses that show the efficacy of FMT in patients with IBD compared to placebo.

Bezlotoxumab is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for the prevention of recurrent CDI.

Dermatologists and primary care physicians believe there is a significant unmet need for treatments for patients with mild or moderate atopic dermatitis.

Risk factors associated with inpatient mortality, included increasing age, ulcerative colitis, IBD-related surgery, pneumonia, chronic lung disease, acute kidney injury, malnutrition, frailty, heart failure, blood transfusion, sepsis/septic shock, and thromboembolism.