Episode 69:DUPLEX Sparsentan, it’s no Acthar Gel

The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathPriya Yenebere Nayan AroraWith Special Guest:Brendon Neuen Super smart guy and clinical trialistMichelle Rheault Lead author of DUPLEX and friend of the podShow NotesSparsentan versus Irbesartan in Focal Segmental GlomerulosclerosisNephJC Summary | PubMed | NEJMKDIGO FSGS Guidelines 2021 (PDF)Characterization of the Clinical Evidence Supporting Repository Corticotropin Injection for FDA-Approved Indications, A Scoping Review (JAMA Internal Medicine)DUET: A Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Sparsentan in Patients with FSGS (PubMed)Vlado Perkovic, mentor and sponsor extradenoire (UNSW Sydney)Shimer Its a floor wax and a desert topping (TikTok)SONAR: Atrasentan and renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. (NephJC)Travere Therapeutics Announces FDA Accelerated Approval of FILSPARIᵀᴹ (sparsentan), the First and Only Non-immunosuppressive Therapy for the Reduction of Proteinuria in IgA Nephropathy (Travere press release)GFR Slope: Chronic vs Total slope: A meta-analysis of GFR slope as a surrogate endpoint for kidney failure (Nature Medicine)There are dozens of us! Dozens! (Know your Meme)Brendon’s Neuen’s tweet about total versus chronic slope (X | Twitter)Julie R. Ingelfinger, deputy editor for the New England Journal of Medicine (Wikipedia)You know nothing, John Snow (YouTube shorts)Tubular SecretionsSwapnil Foundation season two on Apple TV Wheel of Time season two Amazon PrimeBrendon Andor Priya Poverty, by America Mattew DesmondNayan The Armor of Light: A Novel by Ken FollettMichelle Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus