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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inebilizumab
Safety and Efficacy of Inebilizumab in IgG4-Related Disease: Subgroup Analysis from MITIGATE
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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).
enlicitide
Enlicitide, an Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor, for Lipid Lowering: Pooled Analysis of the Phase 3 CORALreef Lipids and HeFH Trials by Baseline eGFR
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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).
atrasentan
Atrasentan in Patients (Pts) with IgAN from East (E) Asia: Phase 3 ALIGN Final Data
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Fluid retention adverse events occurred in 7 (10.3%) pts on atrasentan vs 4 (5.7%) on placebo; none led to discontinuation.
sparsentan
Sparsentan (SPAR) vs. Irbesartan (IRB) in Patients (Pts) with FSGS Without Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) in the Phase 3 DUPLEX Trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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.
Iptacopan
Efficacy and Safety of Iptacopan in East Asian Patients with IgAN: Final 24-Month Results from the Phase 3 APPLAUSE-IgAN Trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)AE rates were similar (iptacopan: 92.2% vs PBO: 89.1%); most were mild to moderate.
nefecon
Slowing of Kidney Function Decline to Physiological Rates with Nefecon in Patients with IgAN: A NefIgArd Subanalysis
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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.
lorundrostat
Blood Pressure and Albuminuria Reduction with Lorundrostat in CKD Stages 1 to 3 in the Launch-HTN Trial
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)Placebo-adjusted reduction in AOSBP was -12.2 mmHg and -9.6 mmHg in participants without and with CKD, respectively.
lumasiran
Effects of Lumasiran in Patients with Hyperoxalemia on Maintenance Haemodialysis
Read the abstract (opens in a new tab)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]).
Trends at ASN 2026
Monoclonal antibodies accounted for 22% of drug-linked abstracts, up from 17% in 2025. CD20, the most frequent target, accounted for 9% of drug-linked abstracts, up from 6% in 2025. CD38 (2%) was new to the top targets compared with 2025.
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
- CD201429% from 6% in 2025
- GR1177%
- C5543%
- SGLT2513% from 5% in 2025
- MR493%
- AGTR1392%
- GLP1R372%
- CD38New352%
- AVPR2312%
- EDNRA292%
Top modalities
- Small molecules1,05563% from 66% in 2025
- Monoclonal antibodies36722% from 17% in 2025
- Peptides1117%
- Non-antibody therapeutic proteins644% from 6% in 2025
- Oligonucleotide and RNA therapeutics282%
- Carbohydrate, lipid and polymer therapeutics231%
- Blood, tissue and cell-derived products221%
- Cell therapies201%
Top diseases
- Acute kidney failure (AKF)43426%
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)43226%
- End-stage kidney disease (ESKD)17711%
- Hyper IgM syndrome type 1 (HIGM1)17210%
- Nephrosis1429%
- Hypertension (HTN)1207%
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)1056%
- Kidney allograft rejection936%
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)754%
- Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN)714%
Most active companies
- Genentech1318%
- Pfizer855%
- AstraZeneca805%
- Bayer724%
- Novartis684%
- Roche614%
- Merck583%
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals533%
- Johnson & Johnson463%
- Bristol Myers Squibb412%
ASN over the years
- 20264,352 abstracts · this edition
- 20254,399 abstracts
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