<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Iptacopan on Rheumatology Digest</title><link>https://rheumatologydigest.org/tags/iptacopan/</link><description>Recent content in Iptacopan on Rheumatology Digest</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0530</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://rheumatologydigest.org/tags/iptacopan/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>APPLAUSE-IgAN: Iptacopan in IgA Nephropathy — 24-Month Data</title><link>https://rheumatologydigest.org/posts/applause-iptacopan-igan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://rheumatologydigest.org/posts/applause-iptacopan-igan/</guid><description>Final 24-month data from APPLAUSE-IgAN: the oral factor B inhibitor iptacopan roughly halved the rate of eGFR decline in high-risk IgA nephropathy (−3.10 vs −6.12 ml/min/1.73 m²/year) and cut hard kidney-failure events from 33.5% to 21.4%, converting an accelerated approval based on proteinuria into evidence on preserved kidney function — with serious infection the trade-off to manage.</description></item></channel></rss>