Jody A. Charnow

Idiopathic ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) that is double-positive for MPO-ANCA and PR3-ANCA is associated with worse remission rates compared with MPO-AAV and PR3-AAV, according to investigators.

Patients treated with avacopan for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) have high clinical remission rates at weeks 26 and 52, according to real-world study findings presented at Kidney Week 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Urinary CD4+ T cells can predict renal flares in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) better than current clinical standards, “and therefore

More and more clinical trials of cancer drugs involve assessments of patients’ views on how treatments are affecting them. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encourages the gathering and reporting of these patient-reported outcomes (PROs), which offer insight into the patient experience without biased interpretation by investigators. Still, PROs for cancer drugs are frequently absent from marketing approval requests submitted to the FDA, or they are inadequate. Recent studies have found that the FDA approves many novel cancer drugs without PROs, so these medications reach the market without patients’ perspectives on how these products influenced their quality of life.

Patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are at higher risk for death following kidney transplantation compared with patients who do not have AAV, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis. They also are more likely to experience post-transplant infection.

Nygaard L, Liboriussen C, Carlson N, et al. Prevalence and prognostic relevance of electrocardiographic abnormalities among patients with ANCA-associated

Crnogorac M, Strizić A, Durlen I, Djerek L, Galesic K, Horvatic I. Venous thromboembolic events in ANCA-associated vasculitis patients—data from

More than one-third patients with ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis (GN) have persistent albuminuria at 6 months after induction therapy, placing

Metabolic syndrome increases the 30-day risk for complications after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.

Li Z, Chen S, Tan Y, et al. The effect of preeclampsia on long-term kidney function among pregnant women with chronic kidney disease Nephrol Dial Transplant . Published online July 17, 2024. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfae172