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Full data from the SELECT trial offer insight into the 20% relative risk reduction associated with use of semaglutide 2.4 mg in patients with overweight or obesity and preexisting cardiovascular disease at AHA 2023.

A trio of investigators discuss how research into bile acid interplay with the gut may lead to breakthroughs in treating conditions like NAFLD and NASH.

A trio of scientists discuss the inception of a daylong Liver Meeting symposium around a little-understood subject in hepatic disease.

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus exhibited comparable or higher incidence rates of infection in the placebo cohort compared with belimumab.

Presented at AAO 2023, Kendra Klein-Mascia, MD, discussed her team’s study, comparing faricimab with aflibercept. The study found 2 injections of faricimab gets rid of 75% of retina fluid by week 8, but for aflibercept, erasing the same amount of fluid takes 3 injections until week 12.

This new research presented at ACR Convergence 2023 led to several notable findings for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

At the end of year 2, 80% of patients on faricimab reached > q12 week dosing, and 63% achieved q16 dosing.

Marc Bonaca, MD, discusses an AHA 2023 study he led examining trends in discordance between LVEF and ICD-10 codes used in heart failure hospitalizations.

Paul Ridker, MD, MPH, discusses the evolving recognition of the role inflammation plays in driving cardiovascular risk among patients with atherosclerosis.

Phase 3 results from the GATHER2 trial show the treatment effect of avacincaptad pegol for geographic atrophy more than doubled over 2 years compared to year 1 of study.

Presented at AAO 2023, a study analyzed which race was associated more with having a glaucoma-associated diagnosis, as well as races’ knowledge, attitude, and beliefs about eye care.

Eligibility criteria prevents more Black individuals than White individuals from participating in clinical trials for diabetic macular edema.

Preliminary data from the SPARTAN study were presented at ASN Kidney Week 2023, demonstrating sparsentan’s impact on proteinuria and total body water over time.

Disparities in nephrology were at the forefront of multiple sessions, presentations, and conversations at ASN Kidney Week 2023.

Check out perspective from a pair of ASN Kidney Week 2023 interviews with leading trialists discussing the evolution of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and how pharmacotherapy has propelled the growing recognition.

Results called attention to a greater risk of hospitalization among patients with CKD who exhibited depressive symptoms, regardless of treatment with dialysis.

Presented at AAO 2023, new data show dual Ang-2/VEGF-A inhibition with faricimab improved pigment epithelial detachment outcomes versus aflibercept.

Data presented at ASN Kidney Week 2023 highlighted the patient-reported difficulty of implementing physician-recommended lifestyle changes but noted significant impacts on physical health, mental health, and overall quality of life when done successfully.

In a pooled subcohort analysis of YOSEMITE and RHINE, faricimab showed comparable vision outcomes with fewer injections than aflibercept in DME eyes with baseline BCVA of ≤ 20/50.

At ASN Kidney Week 2023, we collected perspectives from 10 key opinion leaders in nephrology on what they see as the most significant news in their specialty from the past year.

Results presented at ASN Kidney Week 2023 highlighted the importance of eGFR and albuminuria measurements for identifying risk of major adverse kidney disease events.

Richard Johnson, MD, discusses the results of a study from ASN Kidney Week 2023 detailing the effects of urate-lowering therapy on blood pressure among patients with gout.

Six-month RIPPLE-1 results show treatment with the IBE-814 intravitreal implant led to CST reduction and BCVA improvement in patients with DME or RVO.

Presented at AAO 2023, Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD, discussed Abacus study and how KIO-301 targets low vision and end stage retinitis pigmentosa with visual acuity of light perception.

Two studies presented at AAO demonstrate that low dose atropine is associated with slowing myopia progression, but another study finds that this is not true. Thus, there are mixed results on this relationship.

Presented at AAO 2023, first-time results suggest home OCT may have a significant effect on treatment burden in the management of nAMD.

First-year results from ALTITUDE suggest RGX-314 was well-tolerated and provided meaningful improvements in disease severity at dose levels 1 and 2.

An analysis of data from 26 patients with repeat kidney biopsies in the AURORA program suggests voclosporin (Lupkynis) reduces proteinuria without causing harm in lupus nephritis patients.

The study, presented at ASN Kidney Week 2023, sought to assess the impact of sociodemographic stress on outcomes in home dialysis among patients with ESRD.

Patrick Rossignol, MD, PhD, provides additional perspective on the results of the ALCHEMIST trial from Kidney Week 2023.