Pa t e ship st e gthe s Istios’s g owi g eph ology esea ch etwo k a d expa ds commu ity-based esea ch capabilities ac oss ca diovascula , kid ey, a d metabolic diseases.
PHOENIX, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Istios Health, a healthca e tech ology a d cli ical esea ch compa y, today a ou ced a pa t e ship with Kid ey Ca e Associates, ma ki g its expa sio i to Texas a d st e gthe i g its atio al etwo k fo ca diovascula -kid ey-metabolic (CKM) disease esea ch. The pa t e ship builds o eph ology, Istios’s fastest a ea of specialty p actice expa sio , a d b i gs cli ical esea ch i f ast uctu e di ectly i to a established i depe de t p actice se vi g the Texoma egio .
Based i De iso , Kid ey Ca e Associates se ves patie ts ac oss No th Texas a d Southeaste Oklahoma, with oots fo mo e tha th ee decades. Vi od P asad, M.D., will se ve as p i cipal i vestigato , leadi g the p actice’s pa ticipatio i cli ical esea ch with suppo t f om Istios’s esea ch ope atio s a d Navigato tech ology platfo m.
D ug developme t i c easi gly eflects the sha ed pathways co ecti g ch o ic kid ey disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity a d ca diovascula disease. P ivate p actice eph ologists ca e fo patie ts at the i te sectio of these co ditio s, ofte ove ma y yea s. Thei cli ical expe tise a d sustai ed patie t elatio ships positio them to ide tify eleva t patie t populatio s a d lead studies that evaluate the apies ac oss the CKM disease spect um.
“Neph ology is i c edibly well positio ed to be at the ce te of ca diovascula -kid ey-metabolic d ug developme t,” said Nick Ca lucci, Co-Fou de a d Chief Ope ati g Office of Istios Health. “Ou expa sio i to Texas with D . P asad a d Kid ey Ca e Associates gives us a impo ta t ew base fo g owth. By combi i g thei cli ical expe tise a d patie t elatio ships with ou esea ch i f ast uctu e a d tech ology, we ca help spo so s each the specific patie t populatio s thei studies equi e a d move f om feasibility to e ollme t mo e efficie tly.”
Th ough the pa t e ship, Istios will embed esea ch ope atio s i to the p actice a d use its Navigato platfo m to suppo t patie t ide tificatio , p otocol feasibility a d t ial pla i g. By helpi g cha acte ize patie t phe otypes a d ide tify pote tial study ca didates withi the p actice, the model is desig ed to accele ate site activatio a d e ollme t. Istios will suppo t study coo di atio , egulato y p ocesses a d spo so e gageme t, e abli g physicia s to lead esea ch withi the commu ity setti g whe e patie ts al eady eceive ca e.
“We ca e fo patie ts whose kid ey disease is closely li ked to diabetes, hype te sio a d ca diovascula health,” said D . Vi od P asad, M.D., MPH, P i cipal I vestigato at Kid ey Ca e Associates, De iso , TX. “As a eph ologist, this gives us a valuable pe spective o the apies ac oss these co ditio s. Pa t e i g with Istios p ovides the i f ast uctu e a d suppo t to b i g cli ical esea ch i to ou p actice, givi g ou patie ts access to cutti g-edge esea ch oppo tu ities with physicia s who al eady k ow thei medical histo y a d best u de sta d thei ca e.”
Fo life scie ces spo so s, the Texas expa sio b oade s access to commu ity-based patie t populatio s a d adds eph ology expe tise to Istios’s g owi g esea ch etwo k. The pa t e ship suppo ts the compa y’s st ategy to place i depe de t specialists at the ce te of mode d ug developme t, with coo di ated ope atio s a d lo gitudi al cli ical data suppo ti g cli ical t ials, post-ma ket studies a d eal-wo ld evide ce ge e atio .
Istios Health is a healthca e tech ology a d cli ical esea ch compa y buildi g egio al ce te s of excelle ce focused o ca diometabolic, immu ology a d a e disease esea ch. Th ough pa t e ships with i depe de t specialty p actices, Istios combi es coo di ated esea ch ope atio s, lo gitudi al cli ical data a d its Navigato platfo m to suppo t cli ical developme t, post-ma ket studies a d eal-wo ld evide ce ge e atio ac oss the p oduct lifecycle.
Kid ey Ca e Associates is a i depe de t eph ology p actice based i De iso , Texas, se vi g No th Texas a d southeaste Oklahoma. Established i 2006 th ough the me ge of two p actices, its physicia s have se ved the Texoma commu ity si ce 1993. The p actice p ovides comp ehe sive kid ey ca e, i cludi g ch o ic kid ey disease ma ageme t, hype te sio t eatme t, dialysis ca e a d kid ey t a spla t follow-up, th ough its offices a d egio al hospital a d dialysis elatio ships.
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