The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a measure of how well your kidneys are removing waste from your blood, which can be determined using an estimated GFR (eGFR) test. The test gets its name ...

Declines in eGFR after transition to sacubitril/valsartan ... valsartan 97 mg/103 mg twice daily (in PARADIGM-HF) or valsartan 80 mg twice daily and then sacubitril/valsartan 49 mg/51 mg twice ...

EGFR is a type of protein that can be found in ... annual tests and scans are recommended for people between ages 50 to 80 who have a 20-pack-a-year smoking history. “That means either one ...

and eGFR 80 to 89 for those aged 50 to 65 years. MACE+ risk increased as eGFR declined to 80-89 and below for younger adults aged 18-39 years, Dr Sood and colleagues reported. Among individuals ...

Belimumab, a monoclonal antibody, added to standard therapy may treat a broader range of patients with lupus nephritis than previously appreciated.

Two studies presented at ASCO's annual meeting used ctDNA testing to determine which patient might benefit from anti-EGFR retreatment.

5 EGFR-TKI therapies are standard for patients ... Results for median PFS favored pembrolizumab, 5.6 months vs 5.5 months (HR 0.80; 95% CI, 0.65–0.97); P = 0.0122) but did not reach statistical ...

We determined that the enrollment of 410 patients (205 per trial group) would provide a power of 80% to determine a minimum relevant between-group difference in the eGFR of 5 ml per minute per 1. ...

Tagrisso significantly improves overall survival in unresectable stage 3 EGFR-mutant NSCLC, surpassing placebo in the ... [tyrosine kinase inhibitor], specifically [Tagrisso], nearly 80%.” “And we ...

BOSTON -- Some equations used to calculate estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) may alter chemotherapy dosing in cancer patients, a prospective study indicated. Nearly 300 adults beginning ...

Development of an 80-mg dosage for rosuvastatin was dropped ... 1.15). Patients with eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m 2 had an approximately 2-fold higher risk for hematuria and 9-fold higher risk for ...