In 1200 patients with solid tumors, creatinine-based eGFR identified CKD in 10.2% vs 18.9% by measured GFR, often missing chemotherapy dosing cutoffs.

Lorundrostat cut systolic BP by 9.6 mm Hg and UACR by 52.2% vs placebo in participants with CKD and uncontrolled hypertension in Launch-HTN.

In TRANSCEND-CKD, retatrutide reduced UACR by 49.2% vs placebo and lowered intraglomerular pressure and kidney fat without changing measured GFR at 24 weeks.

An NHANES analysis finds 82.3% of 9.1 million US adults eligible for kidney-protective GLP-1 RA therapy are unaware of their CKD, with no improvement over a decade.

Phase 2 BESTOW patient-reported outcomes show greater quality-of-life gains and fewer medication-related symptoms with tegoprubart vs tacrolimus at 1 year.

Katherine Tuttle, MD, joins Brendon Neuen, MBBS, PhD, and Shikha Wadhwani, MD, MS, to unpack new FIND-CKD finerenone analyses from ASN 2026.

Jicheng Lv, MD, joins Brendon Neuen, MBBS, PhD, and Shikha Wadhwani, MD, MS, to discuss 2-year TELIGAN data for telitacicept in IgAN.

A PROTECT biomarker analysis shows sparsentan reduced urinary sCD163, BAFF, C5b-9, and IL-6 vs irbesartan through 110 weeks in IgA nephropathy.