Duke Nephrology Journal Club is held remote weekly on
Thursday morning, 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (EST).
Date | Presenter | Article |
August 3, 2023 | Rasheeda Hall | Discrepancies between Cystatin C–Based and Creatinine-Based eGFR PMID 37339177 |
August 10, 2023 | Patrick Pun | Effect of Hemodiafiltration or Hemodialysis on Mortality in Kidney Failure PMID: 37326323 |
August 17, 2023 | John Middleton |
Zilebesiran, an RNA Interference Therapeutic Agent for Hypertension PMID: 37467498 |
August 24, 2023 | Blake Cameron |
Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin Across the Spectrum of Kidney Function: Patient-Level Network Meta-Analyses From COMBINE AF PMID: 37042255 |
September 7, 2023 | David Ortiz-Melo |
Identification and validation of urinary CXCL9 as a biomarker for diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis PMID: 37395276 |
September 14, 2023 | Anjali Muraleedharan | Circulating Angiogenic Factor Levels in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy |
September 21, 2023 | Steve Smith | |
September 28, 2023 | Timothy Hopper | |
October 5, 2023 | Sarah Nystrom | "Precision nephrology identified tumor necrosis factor activation variability in minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis" PMID: 36442540 |
October 12, 2023 | John Musgrove |
Ceftobiprole for Treatment of Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia PMID: 37754204 |
October 19, 2023 | Scott Sanoff |
Survival after kidney transplantation compared with ongoing dialysis for people over 70 years of age: A matched-pair analysis PMID: 37460010 Intention-to-treat Analysis of Patients Aged 70 Years and Older Awaiting Kidney Transplantation in Post-Kidney Allocation System Era PMID: 37322588 |
October 26, 2023 | Wissam Kourany |
Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Adults Hospitalized With Acute Infection: The ACORN Randomized Clinical Trial PMID: 37837651 Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Adults Hospitalized With Acute Infection: The ACORN Randomized Clinical Trial | Critical Care Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network (JAMA. 2023;330(16):1557-1567. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.20583) |
November 2, 2023 | ASN Kidney Week | No Journal Club |
November 9, 2023 | Matthew Sparks |
Sparsentan versus Irbesartan in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis PMID: 37921461 |
November 16, 2023 | Benjamin Catanese |
Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes PMID: 37952131 |
November 23, 2023 | No Journal Club | Thanksgiving |
November 30, 2023 | Mary Foster | Pulmonary surfactants and the respiratory-renal connection in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome of childhood PMID: 35847557 |
December 7, 2023 | Daniel Edmonston | |
December 14, 2023 | Allison Ashley-Koch | |
December 21, 2023 | No Journal Club | Holiday |
December 28, 2023 | No Journal Club | Holiday |
January 4, 2024 | Susan Murray | |
January 11, 2024 | Michael Berkoben | |
January 18, 2024 | Goni Katz | |
January 25, 2024 | Michael Turk | |
February 1, 2024 | Palavi Vaidya | |
February 8, 2024 | John Duronville | |
February 15, 2024 | Sachin Sreenivasan | |
February 22, 2024 | James Torain | |
February 29, 2024 | Komal Safdar | |
March 7, 2024 | Aruna Phekoo | |
March 14, 2024 | Anika Lucas | |
March 21, 2024 | Matt Ellis | |
March 28, 2024 | Rasha Raslan | |
April 4, 2024 | Rebecca Frazier | |
April 11, 2024 | David Butterly (also ASN In Training Exam) |
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April 18, 2024 | Tomokazu Souma | |
April 25, 2024 | Robert Spurney | |
May 2, 2024 | Steven Crowley | |
May 9, 2024 | Irma Husain | |
May 16, 2024 | NKF Spring Clinical Meeting | No Journal Club |
May 23, 2024 | Gentzon Hall | |
May 30, 2024 | Shweta Punj | |
June 6, 2024 | Matthew Sinclair | |
June 13, 2024 | Anna Strasma | |
June 20, 2024 | Eugene Kovalik | |
June 27, 2024 | End of Year |
Past Journal Clubs and Articles
Date | Speaker | Articles |
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7/15/21
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Strasma |
Gaudry et al. Comparison of two delayed strategies for renal replacement therapy initiation for severe acute kidney injury (AKIKI 2): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet. 2021 Apr 3;397(10281):1293-1300. |
7/22/21 |
Husain |
No article available |
7/29/21
|
Pun Souma |
Keiichi Sumida et al. Laxative Use and Risk of Dyskalemia in Patients with Advanced CKD Transitioning to Dialysis. JASN April 2021, 32 (4) 950-959 Rudman-Melnick et al. Single-Cell Profiling of AKI in a Murine Model Reveals Novel Transcriptional Signatures, Profibrotic Phenotype, and Epithelial-to-Stromal Crosstalk. JASN December 2020, 31 (12) 2793-2814 |
8/12/21 |
Cameron |
Chertow et al. Vadadustat in Patients with Anemia and Non–Dialysis-Dependent CKD. N Engl J Med. 2021 Apr 29;384(17):1589-1600. |
8/19/21 |
Savedchuk |
The Overview of Tolvaptan Trials for ADPKD. |
8/26/21 |
Grand |
Ogata et al. Effect of Treating Hyperphosphatemia With Lanthanum Carbonate vs Calcium Carbonate on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis: The LANDMARK Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 May 18;325(19):1946-1954. |
9/2/21 |
Pun |
Research in Progress |
9/9/21 |
Murray Foster |
Pyfrom et al. The dynamic epigenetic regulation of the inactive X chromosome in healthy human B cells is dysregulated in lupus patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jun 15;118(24):e2024624118. |
9/16/21 |
Roberts |
Anker et al. Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 27. Online ahead of print. Packer et al. Empagliflozin and Major Renal Outcomes in Heart Failure. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 27. Online ahead of print. |
9/23/21 |
Geherty
Sanoff |
Pitt et al. Cardiovascular Events with Finerenone in Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 28. Online ahead of print. Reese et al. Assessment of the Utility of Kidney Histology as a Basis for Discarding Organs in the United States: A Comparison of International Transplant Practices and |
9/30/21 |
Smith Sparks |
Cooper et al. Stenting and Medical Therapy for Atherosclerotic Renal-Artery Stenosis. Watanabe et al. Renin Cell Baroreceptor, a Nuclear Mechanotransducer Central for Homeostasis. Circ Res. 2021 Jul 9;129(2):262-276. |
10/14/21 |
Cameron |
Liu et al. Accounting for Age in the Definition of Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Oct 1;181(10):1359-1366. |
10/21/21 |
Kovalik |
Sun et al. Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Kidney Function in Adults with Prediabetes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Aug;16(8):1201-1209. |
11/4/21 |
Berkoben |
Sterns et al. Osmotic demyelination syndrome following correction of hyponatremia. N Engl J Med. 1986 Jun 12;314(24):1535-42. |
11/11/21 |
Yang |
Research in Progress |
11/18/21 |
Kourany
Jones |
Agarwal et al. Chlorthalidone for Hypertension in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 5. Zampieri et al. Effect of Intravenous Fluid Treatment With a Balanced Solution vs 0.9% Saline Solution on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: The BaSICS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021;326(9):818–829. |
12/2/21 |
Middleton
Lehrich |
Heerspink et al. A pre-specified analysis of the Dapagliflozin and Prevention of Adverse Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease (DAPA-CKD) randomized controlled trial on the incidence of abrupt declines in kidney function. Kidney Int. 2021 Sep 22;S0085-2538(21)00865-6. Sibbel et al. Real-World Effectiveness and Immunogenicity of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV2 Vaccines in Patients on Hemodialysis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Nov 17;ASN.2021060778. |
12/9/21 |
R. Hall |
Kimura et al. Association of Polypharmacy with Kidney Disease Progression in Adults with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Nov 15;CJN.03940321. |
12/16/21 |
Diamantidis
Crowley |
Killian et al. Evaluation of Community-Level Vulnerability and Racial Disparities Thomas et al. IL-18 (Interleukin-18) Produced by Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Promotes Renal Inflammation and Injury During Deoxycorticosterone/Salt-Induced |
12/30/21 |
CANCELLED |
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1/6/22 | CANCELLED | |
1/13/22 |
Nystrom Katz-Greenberg |
Watts AJB, et al. Discovery of Autoantibodies Targeting Nephrin in Minimal Change Disease Supports a Novel Autoimmune Etiology. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Jan;33(1):238-252. PMID: 34732507. Asrani et al. Mission accomplished? Early data from the simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation allocation policy. Am J Transplant. 2021 Nov;21(11):3513-3515. |
1/20/22 |
Opeyemi Olabisi |
Research in Progress |
1/27/22 |
Smith
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Wang et al. Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Dec 28. Online ahead of print. |
2/3/22 |
Duronville Onukwuli |
Singh et al. Daprodustat for the Treatment of Anemia in Patients Undergoing Dialysis. N Engl J Med 2021; 385:2325-2335 Gerstein et al. Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Efpeglenatide in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2021; 385:896-907. |
2/10/22 |
Ashley-Koch |
Research in Progress |
2/17/22 |
Robbins Middleton |
Fernández-Juárez G, et al STARMEN Investigators. The STARMEN trial indicates that alternating treatment with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide is superior to sequential treatment with tacrolimus and rituximab in primary membranous nephropathy. Kidney Int. 2021 Apr;99(4):986-998. PMID: 33166580. Johansen KL, et al. Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections among Patients on Hemodialysis: Progress before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Feb 2:CJN.11360821. doi: 10.2215/CJN.11360821. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35110377. |
2/24/22 |
Ellis Schub |
Ibrahim H et al. Intermediate Renal Outcomes, Kidney Failure, and Mortality in Obese Kidney Donors. JASN. 2021 Nov; 32(11) 2933-2947. Paige M. et al. First clinical-grade porcine kidney xenotransplant using a human decedent model. American Journal of Transplantation. 2022 Jan. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35049121. |
3/3/22 |
Wang |
MacIntyre et al. Regular Acetaminophen Use and Blood Pressure in People With Hypertension: The PATH-BP Trial. Circulation. 2022;145 (6):416–423. PMID: 35130054. |
3/10/22 |
Diamantidis |
Research in Progress |
3/17/22 |
Kourany |
Chow CK et al. Initial treatment with a single pill containing quadruple combination of quarter doses of blood pressure medicines versus standard dose monotherapy in patients with hypertension (QUARTET): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, active-controlled trial. Lancet. 2021 Sep 18;398(10305):1043-1052. PMID: 34469767 |
3/24/22 |
Berkoben Sanoff |
Stremke ER, Wiese GN, Moe SM, et al. Intestinal Phosphorus Absorption in Moderate CKD and Healthy Adults Determined Using a Radioisotopic Tracer. J Am Soc Nephrol 32: 2057-2069, 2021. PMID: 34244325 Budde et al. Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitor– to Belatacept-Based Maintenance Immunosuppression in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Phase 3b Trial. |
4/14/22 |
Butterly Edmonston |
Shaman et al. Effect of the Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Semaglutide and Liraglutide on Kidney Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Pooled Analysis of SUSTAIN 6 and LEADER. Circulation. 2022 Feb 22;145(8):575-585. PMID: 34903039 Massy et al. Association of Serum Phosphate with Efficacy of Statin |
4/21/22 |
Kovalik Sinclair |
Kramers et al. Effects of Hydrochlorothiazide and Metformin on Aquaresis and Nephroprotection by a Vasopressin V2 Receptor Antagonist in ADPKD: A Randomized Crossover Trial. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Apr;17(4):507-517. Fried et al. High unmet treatment needs in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes: real-world evidence from a US claims database. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2022 Apr 7 |
4/28/22 |
Spurney |
Research in Progress |
5/5/22 |
Katz-Greenberg Musgrove |
Wayda et al. Optimal patient selection for simultaneous heart-kidney Provenzano et al. Albuminuria-Lowering Effect of Dapagliflozin, Eplerenone, and their Combination in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Cross-over Clinical Trial. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Apr 19 |
5/12/22 |
Ortiz |
Arnaud et al. Tumor Lysis Syndrome and AKI: Beyond Crystal Mechanisms. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Jun;33(6):1154-1171. |
5/19/22 |
Crowley |
Research In Progress |
5/26/22 |
Foster |
Research in Progress |
6/2/22 |
Lucas |
Tita et al. Treatment for Mild Chronic Hypertension during Pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 2022 May 12;386(19):1781-1792. |
6/9/22 |
Souma |
Research in Progress |
6/16/22 |
Edmonston |
Research in Progress |
6/23/22 | Sinclair |
Research in Progress |
6/30/22 | G. Hall |
Research in Progress |