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NKF Launches Educational Animated Video Series on Kidney Cancer in Eight Languages

~Foundation Educates Patients Around the World on link between Kidney Disease and Kidney Cancer~

(October 25, 2023, New York, NY) – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) launched an educational animated patient-friendly video series on kidney cancer initially...

Only 40% of Diabetes Patients Get Recommended Kidney Health Testing

~ Study Reveals Alarming Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Testing and Highlights Path to Equitable Care for Americans living with Diabetes ~

(August 30, 2023, New York, NY) — Not enough diabetes patients are getting their recommended kidney health screenings, according to a new study by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

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Interim Analysis of the Phase 3 PROTECT Study of FILSPARI™ (Sparsentan) in IgA Nephropathy Presented by Travere Therapeutics at NKF Spring Clinical Meetings

(April 12, 2023, New York, NY) — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will feature a late-breaking plenary session by Travere Therapeutics on the interim analysis of efficacy and safety data from the ongoing Phase 3 PROTECT Study evaluating FILSPARI™ (sparsentan) in adults with IgA nephropathy (IgAN). “Rapid and Sustained Proteinuria Reduction with Sparsentan in Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (IgAN): PROTECT Study Interim Results...

New Study Shows Promising Results for Patients with Inherited Kidney Disease

March 31, 2022, New York, NY — Researchers will present at the National Kidney Foundation’s Spring Clinical Meetings the results of a clinical trial of a new therapy that gives hope to people with a specific genetic mutation that can cause kidney damage.

APOL1-mediated kidney disease (AMKD) is a serious disease caused by mutations in the APOL1 gene that lead to damage in certain...

Clinical Trials for Diabetic Kidney Disease Patients

If you’ve been diagnosed with or told you are at risk for diabetic kidney disease (DKD), or if you have been told that you have high protein levels in your urine, you may want to consider these clinical research studies.

6 Tips To Be “Water Wise” for Healthy Kidneys

Keep your kidneys healthy by being “water wise.” This means drinking the right amount of water for you. A common misconception is that everyone should drink eight glasses of water per day, but since everyone is different, daily water needs will vary by person. How much water you need is based on differences in age, climate, exercise intensity, as well as states of pregnancy, breastfeeding, and illness.

About 60-70% of your body weight...

Creatinine

Can my GFR get better?

U.S. Laboratories Endorse Race-Free Equations

February 8, 2022

The United States Pathology and Laboratory Society Leadership has endorsed the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Joint Task Force recommendation to use a new race-free equation to diagnose kidney diseases, also known as chronic kidney disease. Serum creatinine with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFRcr) is frequently measured and reported by United States clinical...