This week we discussed the ASCEND trial published in Annals of Internal Medicine, on the comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and Sertraline in patients on dialysis with depression.

The article is available here.

The NephJC summary can be read here, with links to the visual abstract.

Links from the show:

In the background section, we mentioned the data from a recent JASN study on cardiovascular safety of different antidepressants. The contrast with the CAST trial came up as well. PDF links to the BDI, QIDS-SR and QIDS-C scores.

KIDNEYCon 2020 will be in April. Follow @KIDNEYCon to stay updated, as well for the links to the recorded sessions from #KIDNEYCon 2019.

Host: Joel Topf

Discussants: Swapnil Hiremath, Jennie Lin and Matt Sparks. We missed Samira Farouk who was travelling.