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Brian Rifkin
Fish Oil in Dialysis: A Big Catch or an Empty ...

Holy Mackerel! This week we will discuss fish oil use in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Could this be the one thing that bends the curve on CV mortality, or is it just a red herring?

Fish Oil in Dialysis: A Big Catch or an Empty Net
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Brian Rifkin
Attacking the Origin of IgAN: ORIGIN3 and ...

This week, we will discuss the phase 3 ORIGIN3 trial of atacicept, an APRIL/BAFF inhibitor for use in IgAN.

Attacking the Origin of IgAN: ORIGIN3 and Atacicept
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Kidney Week in Houston: Day 3

Day 3 of Kidney Week. Sibeprenlimab and Balcinrenone on NEJM and Lancet, plus a couple of other non-kidneywk studies.

Kidney Week in Houston: Day 3
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Kidney Week in Houston: Day 2

in this edition: Fish Oil, GBD, Flozination meta-analysis, CHW intervention in Hispanic/Latino patients, and much more

Kidney Week in Houston: Day 2
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Kidney Week in Houston: Day 1

in this edition: Atacicept in IgAN; Albuminuria as a surrogate outcome, Renal Remission and additional CONFIDENCE analysis

Kidney Week in Houston: Day 1

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Longer is Better, Except when it is Not, Really: Hemodialysis Edition

Longer is Better, Except when it is Not, Really: Hemodialysis Edition

The ACTIVE trial tested the hypothesis that longer dialysis would be better for quality of life. Sadly, this did not turn out to be the case. Is the end of longer being better? Join us as we dissect the study at the next NephJC.

IgA Nephropathy: Testing Steroids Again

IgA Nephropathy: Testing Steroids Again

Stop-IgAN suggested steroids may not be useful in patients with intermediate range proteinuria. Now, in a different population with more proteinuria, TESTING finds a mixed result: some benfit + more adverse events. Should we keep on TESTING? 

Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: The ISPD Advice

Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: The ISPD Advice

This week, we will discuss the fresh-off-the-press ISPD guidelines on encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. We are happy to have support from the ISPD for organizing this - and making the manuscript open, and also the ISPD Vancouver 2018 team, who will be co-hosting the #NephJC chat. 

Can Canaglifozin Communicate Consistency with CANVAS?

Can Canaglifozin Communicate Consistency with CANVAS?

Were the EMPA-REG Renal results chance, or is this a class effect? Let's take a deep dive into CANVAS, published in the NEJM recently, which examined the cardiovascular safety of canaglifozin in type 2 diabetes.