Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19)
The Kidney Health Initiative is committed to supporting the kidney community in it's efforts to protect people with kidney diseases from infection and innovate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Partner Resources
Our partners at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ASN Alliance for Kidney Health are working with other government agencies and international partners to address COVID-19 and support the kidney community.
The most up to date recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can be found here.For Patients
COVID-19 resource pages for people with kidney diseases:
- COMBATCOVID.HHS.GOV
- COMBATECOVID.HHS.GOV (Español)
- American Association of Kidney Patients
- American Kidney Fund
- National Kidney Foundation
- NephCure Kidney International
For Industry
- Including People with Kidney Diseases in COVID-19 Trials: Opportunity for Participation in Vaccine Trials, September 14, 2020
- Making the Case for Change: Including People with Kidney Diseases in COVID-19 Trials, May 14, 2020
- Accelerating Technology Development During a Pandemic to Bring More People with Kidney Failure Home, May 8, 2020
For Clinical Trialists and Clinicians
- COMBATCOVID.HHS.GOV
- COMBATECOVID.HHS.GOV (Español)
- Kidney Week Reimagined session: COVID-19 Clinical Trials: The Critical Need to Include People with Kidney Diseases, October 2020
- Moderna Vaccine Trial Protocol , September 2020
- Pfizer Vaccine Trial Protocol , September 2020
- AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Protocol , September 19, 2020
- Janssen Vaccine Trial Protocol , September 23, 2020
- NIH Corona Virus Prevention Network
- FasterCures COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Tracker
- Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic, FDA, Updated September 21, 2020
- Impacts of COVID-19 on the Conduct of Clinical Trials, NIH Collaboratory, March 24
- Guidance for Clinical Trials Affected by COVID-19, NIH, March 16 For People with Kidney Disease
- Current List of COVID-19 Trials on ClinicalTrials.org