Nephrology Talks
Industry trends and clinical advancements in nephrology
In nephrology, there are currently few approved treatment options outside dialysis and kidney transplants – which are expensive and high risk. The significant unmet need for this therapeutic area is finally being recognized as an area of opportunity in clinical development.
Over the past few years, an increased understanding of disease pathophysiology has led to a 70% increase in clinical development activity with the testing of potential new drugs with novel mechanism of actions. From 2017 to 2020, the number of early development clinical trials in Phase I and II doubled, as well.
Our expert series explores the latest industry trends and clinical advancements through interviews with leaders in nephrology.
Kidney health and research in the Caribbean
Kidney disease is a common problem in the Caribbean and Jamaica, however as with the rest of the world, many people with kidney disease don’t know. Prior efforts for registries in the Caribbean have been limited in their scope due to the voluntary nature of the registries and therefore there is no current data on the prevalence of CKD in the Caribbean. Based on data from the last renal registry publication in 2011, Hypertension is the most common attributed cause of CKD in many countries in the Caribbean.
Listen into this latest nephrology talk as Sarah Stump, oversight director and member of PPD nephrology experts’ team, discusses kidney health and research considerations specific to the Caribbean with Dr. Lori-Ann Fisher. Dr. Fisher completed her residency and fellowship training in the United States in internal medicine, nephrology and critical care medicine, after which she returned to Jamaica, driven by her passion for increasing awareness of kidney disease and improving quality of care for those living with kidney disease in the Caribbean.
Polystic Kidney Disease (PKD) and the PKD Foundation talk
The foundation was originally founded in 1982 by Jared Grantham (a PKD researcher at the University of Kansas) and Joseph Bruening (a member of the patient community) as the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation with the main goal to fund dedicated research projects to find treatments and a cure for polycystic kidney disease (PKD). In this recent nephrology talk, Davide Garrisi and Elise Hoover review the PKD Foundation’s history, its mission and programs to help families with the disease.
Diversity in chronic Kidney Disease talk
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has become recognized globally as an important cause of premature morbidity and mortality. According to the National Kidney Foundation, African Americans experience some of the highest rates of CKD in comparison to other racial ethic groups. In fact, compared to the white population, the rate of kidney failure in the United States is almost four times more prevalent among African Americans and 1.3 times more common among Hispanics. While African Americans make up 13.5% of the population, they make up more than 35% of dialysis patients.
Nadine Brown and Drs. Rose Blackburne and Carmichael Angeles discuss why in this episode of Nephrology Talks.
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