{"title":"ALIGNing the treatment of IgA nephropathy: Reducing proteinuria with endothelin A receptor inhibition.","authors":"Lisa Willcocks","doi":"10.1016/j.medj.2024.11.017","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ALIGN trial<sup>1</sup> demonstrates that atrasentan, an endothelin A (ETA) receptor antagonist, reduces proteinuria in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), a key goal to slow progressive renal disease. These results are consistent with those from sparsentan,<sup>2</sup><sup>,</sup><sup>3</sup> a combined ETA and angiotensin inhibitor, in IgAN, suggesting two-year data will show atrasentan improves renal outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":29964,"journal":{"name":"Med","volume":"6 1","pages":"100564"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Med","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2024.11.017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The ALIGN trial1 demonstrates that atrasentan, an endothelin A (ETA) receptor antagonist, reduces proteinuria in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), a key goal to slow progressive renal disease. These results are consistent with those from sparsentan,2,3 a combined ETA and angiotensin inhibitor, in IgAN, suggesting two-year data will show atrasentan improves renal outcomes.
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