Abstract
Trials in children with chronic kidney disease do not consistently report outcomes that are critically important to patients and caregivers. This can diminish the relevance and reliability of evidence for decision making, limiting the implementation of results into practice and policy. As part of the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology—Children and Adolescents (SONG-Kids) initiative, we convened 2 consensus workshops in San Diego, California (7 patients, 24 caregivers, 43 health professionals) and Melbourne, Australia (7 patients, 23 caregivers, 49 health professionals). This report summarizes the discussions on the identification and implementation of the SONG-Kids core outcomes set. Four themes were identified; survival and life participation are common high priority goals, capturing the whole child and family, ensuring broad relevance across the patient journey, and requiring feasible and valid measures. Stakeholders supported the inclusion of mortality, infection, life participation, and kidney function as the core outcomes domains for children with chronic kidney disease.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 553-565 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Kidney international |
Volume | 98 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The study was funded by The University of Sydney Research Accelerator Grant and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant Better Evidence and Translation in Chronic Kidney Disease (BEAT-CKD) (ID 1092957). CSH is supported by the NHMRC Program (grant ID1092957). AT is supported by a NHMRC Fellowship (ID 1106716). SAC is supported by the NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (ID 1168994). AKV is supported by a Jacquot Research Establishment Fellowship and a Princess Alexandra Research Foundation grant. EHA is supported by a NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (ID 1168606) and a Royal Australian College of Physicians Jacquot NHMRC Award for Excellence. TG is supported by a NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (ID 1169149). The authors thank the International Society of Nephrology for supporting the SONG-Kids Consensus workshop at the World Congress of Nephrology on April, 13, 2019, in Melbourne, Australia. We acknowledge, with permission, all the attendees listed in the Appendix who attended the consensus workshops.
Funding Information:
The study was funded by The University of Sydney Research Accelerator Grant and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant Better Evidence and Translation in Chronic Kidney Disease (BEAT-CKD) (ID 1092957). CSH is supported by the NHMRC Program (grant ID1092957 ). AT is supported by a NHMRC Fellowship (ID 1106716 ). SAC is supported by the NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (ID 1168994 ). AKV is supported by a Jacquot Research Establishment Fellowship and a Princess Alexandra Research Foundation grant. EHA is supported by a NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (ID 1168606) and a Royal Australian College of Physicians Jacquot NHMRC Award for Excellence. TG is supported by a NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (ID 1169149).
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- children
- chronic kidney disease
- core outcomes set
- dialysis
- outcomes
- patient-centered care
- transplant
- trials