Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study (CKiD)
Marciana Laster
Primary Investigator
Brief description of study
Detailed description of study
Eligibility of study
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
- Conditions: Chronic kidney disease, CKD, Riley
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Age: 6 months - 17 years
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Gender: All
Inclusion criteria
• Age between 1 and 16 years (before 17th birthday) for Cohorts 1 and 2;
age between 6 months and 16 years (before 17th birthday) for Cohort 3
• Estimated (based on SCr) Schwartz GFR between 30 and 90 ml/min|1.73m2 for Cohort 1 OR an estimated GFR between 45 and 90 ml/min|1.73m2 based on the updated Schwartz formula for Cohort 2
• Willingness and ability to provide informed consent and assent
• For Cohort 2, an equal distribution of children with glomerular and non-glomerular causes of disease were enrolled (i.e., 150 within each) and the study placed an upper limit of 60% for the percent of enrolled with non-glomerular disease.
Exclusion Criteria
Among the children who fulfill the inclusion criteria, certain medical conditions and/or the inability to assess exposures of interest will deem them ineligible. Specifically, the following conditions comprise the exclusion criteria:
• Renal, other solid organ, bone marrow or stem cell transplantation
• Dialysis treatment within the past three months
• Cancer diagnosis or HIV diagnosis/treatment within last twelve months
• Current pregnancy or pregnancy within past twelve months
• Inability to complete major data collection procedures
• Current enrollment in a randomized clinical trial in which the specific treatment is unknown
• Not fluent in English or Spanish
• Plans to move out of area of any participating CKiD site (Families can be transferred to another CKiD site if they move)
• History of structural heart disease
• Genetic syndromes involving the central nervous system (e.g., Downs syndrome)
• History of severe to profound mental retardation (i.e., IQ<40, significant impairment in adaptive function and/or inability to independently execute self-care skills)
• For cohort 3, children who are expected to receive kidney replacement therapy within 6 months of date of enrollment will not be recruited.