FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) — Kidney disease in black Americans often goes undetected until the latest stages, according to new research.
In a study that included more than 3,400 black Americans who were interviewed and given physical examinations, about 20 percent were found to have chronic kidney disease, but fewer than 15 percent (about 1 in 6) knew they had the condition.
“Much of the problem of patient awareness is due to a lack of Read the rest of this entry »
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Patients with advanced kidney cancer who were given the drugs sunitib and
sorafenib survived for an average of 22 months, compared with patients who
were refused the drug, who died after seven months.
Last month, interim guidance from the National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence (Nice) rejected both drugs as not being worth their
annual costs, which range from 26,000 to 36,000 per patient.
Nice admitted that the treatments Read the rest of this entry »
The clinical trial protocol has been reviewed by the FDA, and LifeCycle Pharma (LCP) expects to enroll approximately 300 stable kidney transplant patients in the program. The study will be conducted at approximately 50 sites in the US and Europe and the clinical trial results are expected by second half of 2010.
After having demonstrated positive Phase II pharmacokinetic (PK) data in stable transplant patients earlier in 2008, LCP had successful Read the rest of this entry »
A New York surgeon’s demand for the return of the kidney he donated to his now-estranged wife — or at least $1.5 million for it — has transplant experts wondering what he is thinking.
Richard Batista, a surgeon at Nassau University Medical Center on Long Island, says that he is seeking compensation for the kidney he donated to his wife, Dawnell, in 2001. Richard Batista says she began having an extramarital affair after the transplant.
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In one of its most criticised decisions so far, the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) said in draft guidance that patients with advanced kidney cancer should not receive new drugs that could extend their lives.
During the consultation on the draft guidance new evidence has been submitted and now Nice has delayed issuing another draft until well into 2009.
Some experts have said the delay is a good thing as it improves Read the rest of this entry »
A ban on drugs that can give kidney cancer patients many months of extra life is to be lifted. At least two, and possibly all four, of the medicines that had previously been deemed too expensive to prescribe will be approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) early next year.
The move is a major victory for campaigners, patients and cancer specialists. They had described Nice’s refusal to approve the drugs – which Read the rest of this entry »
ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- Pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG (NVS) said Tuesday its experimental drug RAD001 has been granted priority review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval as treatment for advanced kidney cancer, paving the way for possible approval early next year.
Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland, said the filing of the drug was based on a late-stage study which showed treatment with the drug on average extended the time Read the rest of this entry »
Allan Soriano needed a new kidney. His wife, Josephine Soriano, was willing to donate one of hers if it would get him off dialysis. But their blood types were incompatible.
It appeared Soriano would have to wait on the eight-year-long regional list to receive a kidney from a deceased donor. Or the San Jose couple could move to Florida, where the waiting list was closer to two years. But that would mean leaving their home and jobs. Allan, 44, is Read the rest of this entry »
BEIJING – A preliminary investigation confirmed the contaminated Sanlu baby milk powder as the cause of kidney stones in infants after a first-phase probe by experts, China’s Ministry of Health said here on Friday.
An investigation team jointly organized by departments including the health, public security, agriculture ministries and quality watchdog examined the urine and kidney stones of the infant patients and found the substance melamine therein. Read the rest of this entry »