Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast

Episode 72: Nefecon for IgAN, The NefIgArd part B trial

Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast

Show Notes

The Filtrate: Joel Topf Josh Waitzman With Special Guest: Brad Rovin (@BradRovin) Chief of nephrology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, one of the authors of the Nefigard trial. Koyal Jain (@koyaljainMD) Program director of the GN Fellowship at University of North Carolina Roger Rodby (@NephRodby) Associate program director of the Rush University Nephrology Fellowship Editor Sophia Ambruso Show Notes The manuscript (The Lancet | PubMed | NephJC) The Results of Part A (Kidney Int | PubMed) Edmund (Ed) Louis memorium by Steve Korbet in KI Steve Korbet Do not miss this tweet TESTING Freely Filtered #48 with Sean Barbour Iptapocan at the World Congress of Nephrology: WCN24-1506 Efficacy And Safety Of Iptacopan In Patients With IgA Nephropathy: Interim Results From The Phase 3 APPLAUSE-IgAN Study FDA and mandatory post-marketing studies. What happens when the study is negative (or not completed) (UNDARK) Who should treat lupus nephritis: rheumatologists or nephrologists? (Nature Reviews Nephrology) Protein and albumin-to-creatinine ratios in random urines accurately predict 24 h protein and albumin loss in patients with kidney disease (PubMed) MEST Scores in NephJC Risk scores in IgAN in NephJC Repeat renal biopsy improves the Oxford classification-based prediction of immunoglobulin A nephropathy outcome (NDT) Tarpeyo pills 4 mg. Four pills once a day. (WellRx has a picture of the pills) IgA nephropathy in African Americans: uncommon but possible (PubMed Central) Aberrantly Glycosylated IgA1 in IgA Nephropathy: What We Know and What We Don’t Know (PubMed Central) Effectiveness of Mycophenolate Mofetil Among Patients With Progressive IgA Nephropathy (JAMA Network Open) Tubular Secretions Joel: Constellation on Apple TV (Wikipedia). Not good. Dune audio books are excellent. (Audible) Josh: Podcasts about donating a kidney One Is Enough Podcast (National Kidney Registry) Donor Diaries (National Kidney Donation Organization) Roger Iceland (Wikipedia) Koyal India (Wikipedia) Brad Fishing in Dubai

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