March 7, 2023
March is National Kidney Month, and we at Labcorp are committed to improving the renal health of patients worldwide. The field of nephrology clinical research has been steadily adding new interventional trials over the last five years at an average pace of 176 trials per year. This activity reflects the continued interest in and importance of developing new drugs to treat renal disease. The recent approvals of Farxiga® (dapagliflozin) and Kerendia® (finerenone) have also moved the field forward with new treatments to delay kidney disease progression. However, the operational conduct of kidney disease studies—whether they be for chronic kidney disease or rare renal diseases such as IgA nephropathy or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis—remains challenging due to low recruitment rates, a widely competitive geographic spread and long development timelines. Within the Operational Strategy and Development Group at Labcorp, we are deploying various tactics to improve the efficiency of renal studies by focusing on the patient.