ASN Kidney Week 2026: key results and trends

What the 4,352 abstracts at ASN Kidney Week 2026 reported, drug by drug: the readouts that stood out and the targets and modalities that dominated, and how this edition compares with earlier years.

abstracts
4,352
1% fewer than 2025
drug-linked abstracts
1,667
companies
240
from Phase 3 studies
52

Drug-linked abstracts by phase

  • Phase 1 23
  • Phase 1/2 1
  • Phase 2 34
  • Phase 2/3 5
  • Phase 3 52
  • Phase 4 1

Key results

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  1. Phase 3IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD)Amgen

    inebilizumab

    Safety and Efficacy of Inebilizumab in IgG4-Related Disease: Subgroup Analysis from MITIGATE

    The proportion of patients achieving flare-free, corticosteroid-free complete remission was higher with INEB vs PBO (57.1% vs 21.1%; odds ratio 5.08, nominal p=0.0281).

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  2. Phase 3HypercholesterolemiaMerck

    enlicitide

    Enlicitide, an Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor, for Lipid Lowering: Pooled Analysis of the Phase 3 CORALreef Lipids and HeFH Trials by Baseline eGFR

    At Week 24, in enlicitide-treated pts with eGFR <60, 80.5% achieved LDL-C <70 mg/dL (81.5% eGFR ≥60) and 74.9% achieved <55 mg/dL (74.7% eGFR ≥60), all significantly greater than placebo ( P <0.001).

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  3. Phase 3Hyper IgM syndrome type 1 (HIGM1)Novartis

    atrasentan

    Atrasentan in Patients (Pts) with IgAN from East (E) Asia: Phase 3 ALIGN Final Data

    Fluid retention adverse events occurred in 7 (10.3%) pts on atrasentan vs 4 (5.7%) on placebo; none led to discontinuation.

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  4. Phase 3Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)Travere Therapeutics

    sparsentan

    Sparsentan (SPAR) vs. Irbesartan (IRB) in Patients (Pts) with FSGS Without Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) in the Phase 3 DUPLEX Trial

    More pts in the SPAR vs IRB arm achieved CR (20% vs 6%), UPCR <0.7 g/g (43% vs 22%), and <1.5 g/g (79% vs 50%); nominal P <.01 for all thresholds.

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  5. Phase 3Hyper IgM syndrome type 1 (HIGM1)Novartis

    Iptacopan

    Efficacy and Safety of Iptacopan in East Asian Patients with IgAN: Final 24-Month Results from the Phase 3 APPLAUSE-IgAN Trial

    AE rates were similar (iptacopan: 92.2% vs PBO: 89.1%); most were mild to moderate.

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  6. Phase 3Hyper IgM syndrome type 1 (HIGM1)Calliditas Therapeutics

    nefecon

    Slowing of Kidney Function Decline to Physiological Rates with Nefecon in Patients with IgAN: A NefIgArd Subanalysis

    Of the 182 patients in each arm of the NefIgArd trial, significantly more patients receiving nefecon (61%) than placebo (33%) experienced a reduction in eGFR loss to <1 mL/min/1.73 m 2 at 9 months.

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  7. Phase 3Hypertension (HTN)Mineralys Therapeutics

    lorundrostat

    Blood Pressure and Albuminuria Reduction with Lorundrostat in CKD Stages 1 to 3 in the Launch-HTN Trial

    Placebo-adjusted reduction in AOSBP was -12.2 mmHg and -9.6 mmHg in participants without and with CKD, respectively.

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  8. Phase 2End-stage kidney disease (ESKD)Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

    lumasiran

    Effects of Lumasiran in Patients with Hyperoxalemia on Maintenance Haemodialysis

    At month 6 the pooled pairwise comparison of placebo versus lumasiran was estimated at -11.32% change in plasma oxalate without significant a treatment effect (p= 0.174, 95% CI [-27.64, 5.00]).

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What the abstracts covered

Share of the 1,667 drug-linked abstracts, by the target, modality, disease and company of each drug. An abstract can count in more than one row, so a list can add up to more than 100%.

Top targets

  1. CD201429% from 6% in 2025
  2. GR1177%
  3. C5543%
  4. SGLT2513% from 5% in 2025
  5. MR493%
  6. AGTR1392%
  7. GLP1R372%
  8. CD38New352%
  9. AVPR2312%
  10. EDNRA292%

Top modalities

  1. Small molecules1,05563% from 66% in 2025
  2. Monoclonal antibodies36722% from 17% in 2025
  3. Peptides1117%
  4. Non-antibody therapeutic proteins644% from 6% in 2025
  5. Oligonucleotide and RNA therapeutics282%
  6. Carbohydrate, lipid and polymer therapeutics231%
  7. Blood, tissue and cell-derived products221%
  8. Cell therapies201%

Top diseases

  1. Acute kidney failure (AKF)43426%
  2. Chronic kidney disease (CKD)43226%
  3. End-stage kidney disease (ESKD)17711%
  4. Hyper IgM syndrome type 1 (HIGM1)17210%
  5. Nephrosis1429%
  6. Hypertension (HTN)1207%
  7. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)1056%
  8. Kidney allograft rejection936%
  9. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)754%
  10. Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN)714%

Most active companies

  1. Genentech1318%
  2. Pfizer855%
  3. AstraZeneca805%
  4. Bayer724%
  5. Novartis684%
  6. Roche614%
  7. Merck583%
  8. Alexion Pharmaceuticals533%
  9. Johnson & Johnson463%
  10. Bristol Myers Squibb412%

ASN over the years

  1. 20264,352 abstracts · this edition
  2. 20254,399 abstracts

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