An influential U.S. panel has added screening for chronic kidney disease to its list of preventive services under active consideration, a move that could help identify patients eligible for new drugs that treat the disease earlier
and Boehringer Ingelheim's Jardiance was stopped in March after it became clear the drug was beneficial for kidney disease patients.
"Most of kidney and cardiovascular disease is silent ... until something happens and then it is catastrophic," said Dr. Anjay Rastogi, director of the University of California Los Angeles kidney health program. People with conditions such as hypertension and diabetes are at high risk of kidney disease, and several medical societies already recommend screening them for CKD. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, accounting for about 40% of new cases, the Kidney Foundation estimates.Until recently, treatment for those identified with early CKD consisted largely of decades-old blood pressure medicines.
Screening for kidney disease typically consists of a blood test for levels of a waste product called creatinine and a urine test for albumin, a type of protein.
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