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Do you think there would be benefit in using sparsentan over irbesartan for FSGS given a higher percentage of patients with partial remission of proteinuria on sparsentan despite no significant difference in eGFR slope in the DUPLEX Trial?

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Nephrology · General Nephrology At Strong Memorial Hospital

I think yes. The between-group difference in proteinuria reduction is compelling and still stands as an important surrogate endpoint in a disease in which effective treatments are lacking. Although the between-group differences in eGFR slope were not significant, there were several factors that may ...

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Nephrology · Loyola University Medical Center

No advantage of sparsentan.

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Do you think there would be benefit in using sparsentan over irbesartan for FSGS given a higher percentage of patients with partial remission of proteinuria on sparsentan despite no significant difference in eGFR slope in the DUPLEX Trial? | Mednet