Chronic Kidney Disease: FSGS, Genetic Testing, and APOL1 Medscape InDiscussion: Chronic Kidney Disease

Join Drs Matthew Sparks and Kirk Campbell as they dive into the murky waters of focal segmental glomerular sclerosis. How do you diagnose? How do you treat? Tune in to find out.
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Resources
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/238798-overview
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/245915-overview
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/240056-overview
Membranous Glomerulonephritis https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/239799-overview
Collapsing Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Viral Infections https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35095882/
Novel Treatment Paradigms: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36644367/
Glomerular Diseases (GD) https://kdigo.org/guidelines/gd/
A Review of Podocyte Biology https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29852492/
APOL1 Nephropathy: From Genetics to Clinical Applications https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32616495/
A Study to Test BI 764198 in People With a Type of Kidney Disease Called Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05213624
Efficacy and Safety of ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Therapies in Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35518835/
Sodium-Glucose Transport Protein 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK576405/
Calcineurin Inhibitors in the Treatment of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Protocol of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530282/
Effect of Dapagliflozin on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, With and Without Cardiovascular Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33186054/
IgA Nephropathy https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/239927-overview
Impact of Diabetes on the Effects of Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors on Kidney Outcomes: Collaborative Meta-Analysis of Large Placebo-Controlled Trials https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36351458/
African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/228613-overview
Lupus Nephritis https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/330369-overview
Inaxaplin for Proteinuric Kidney Disease in Persons With Two APOL1 Variants https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36920755/
Phase 2/3 Adaptive Study of VX-147 in Adults and Adolescents With APOL1-Mediated Proteinuric Kidney Disease https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05312879
Antisense Oligonucleotides: An Emerging Area in Drug Discovery and Development https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32604776/
Janus Kinase-STAT Inhibition to Reduce APOL1 Associated Kidney Disease (JUSTICE) https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05237388
APOL1 Long-Term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) (APOLLO) https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03615235
Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) https://repository.niddk.nih.gov/studies/neptune/