This Week in Nephrology — Oct 7, 2026

Editor's Pick: An individual patient meta-analysis assessed the associations between change in albuminuria and acute changes in the glomerular filtration rate in randomized controlled trials of chronic kidney disease progression (Kidney International, 2026)

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Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning diabetic kidney disease and what our markers really tell us, cardiovascular risk in dialysis, and prognosis in glomerular disease, with two practical reviews on r…

This week's papers: 1. Effects of semaglutide on kidney disease in type 2 diabetes: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. — Nature Medicine 2026 2. Superimposed FSGS Lesions Worsen Kidney Prognosis in Diabetic Nephropathy. — Kidney360 2026 3. An individual patient meta-analysis assessed the associations between change in albuminuria and acute changes in the glomerular filtration rate in randomized c… — Kidney International 2026 4. Comparative Cardiovascular Outcomes of Lanthanum Carbonate and Sevelamer in Dialysis. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 5. Beyond Kt/V: Redefining Dialysis Adequacy as Targeted Cardiovascular Risk Reduction. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 6. Heart failure in chronic kidney disease: what the second universal definition changes. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 7. Systematic Review of Persistent Microscopic Hematuria and Kidney Outcomes in IgAN. — Kidney International Reports 2026 8. Clinical and Pathologic Characteristics of Patients With ANCA-Associated Vasculitis With Renal Arteritis. — Kidney International Reports 2026 9. Resistant Hypertension: State of the Art Review. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 10. Delisting Strategies in Highly Sensitised Kidney Transplant Candidates. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026

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