1. Establishing a Core Outcome Measure for Peritoneal Dialysis-related Peritonitis: A Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology—Peritoneal Dialysis Consensus Workshop Report
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Shen, Jenny I, Cho, Yeoungjee, Manera, Karine E, Brown, Fiona, Dong, Jie, Sahlawi, Muthana Al, Acevedo, Rafael G, Htay, Htay, Ito, Yasuhiko, Kanjanabuch, Talerngsak, Nessim, Sharon J, Ngaruiya, Grace, Piraino, Beth, Szeto, Cheuk-Chun, Teitelbaum, Isaac, Amir, Noa, Craig, Jonathan C, Baumgart, Amanda, Gonzalez, Andrea M, Scholes-Robertson, Nicole, Viecelli, Andrea K, Wilkie, Martin, Tong, Allison, Perl, Jeffrey, Committee, SONG Executive, Craig, Jonathan, Wang, Angela, Hemmelgarn, Brenda, Manns, Braden, Wheeler, David, Gill, John, Tugwell, Peter, Pecoits-Filho, Roberto, Crowe, Sally, Harris, Tess, Van Biesen, Wim, Winkelmayer, Wolfgang, Group, SONG-PD Steering, Johnson, David W, Brown, Edwina, Brunier, Gillian, Manera, Karine, Mehrotra, Rajnish, Dunning, Sue-Ann, Dunning, Tony, Group, SONG-PD Infection Expert Working, Perl, Jeff, Szeto, CC, Forfang, Derek, Gomez, Rafael, Nessim, Sharon, Shen, Jenny, Committee, SONG Coordinating, Martin, Adam, Bernier-Jean, Amelie, Gonzalez, Andrea Matus, Viecelli, Andrea, Ju, Angela, Teixera-Pinto, Armando, Sautenet, Benedicte, Hanson, Camilla, Guha, Chandana, Sumpton, Daniel, Hannan, Elyssa, O’Lone, Emma, Au, Eric, Kerklaan, Jasmijn, Dunn, Louese, Howell, Martin, Nataatmadja, Melissa, Evangelidis, Nicole, Natale, Patrizia, Cazzolli, Rosanna, Anumudu, Samaya, Carter, Simon, Gutman, Talia, and Vastani, Thomas Vastani Rahim
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Health Services and Systems ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Health Sciences ,Clinical Research ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Neurodegenerative ,core outcome measure ,peritoneal dialysis ,peritonitis ,trial design ,SONG-PD Infection Workshop Investigators ,Biomedical and clinical sciences ,Health sciences - Abstract
IntroductionPeritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis is one of the leading causes of discontinuation of PD and is considered a critically important outcome for patients on PD. However, there is no universally accepted method of measuring this outcome in clinical trials.MethodsWe convened an online consensus workshop to establish a core outcome measure for PD-related peritonitis in clinical trials.ResultsA total of 53 participants, including 18 patients and caregivers, from 12 countries engaged in breakout discussions in this workshop. Transcripts were analyzed thematically. We identified the following 3 themes: (i) feasibility and applicability across diverse settings, which reflected the difficulty with implementing laboratory-based measures in resource-limited environments; (ii) ensuring validity, which included minimizing false positives and considering the specificity of symptoms; and (iii) being meaningful and tangible to patients, which meant that the measure should be easy to interpret, reflect the impact that symptoms have on patients, and promote transparency by standardizing the reporting of peritonitis among dialysis units.ConclusionA core outcome measure for PD-related peritonitis should include both symptom-based and laboratory-based criteria. Thus, the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) definition of peritonitis is acceptable. However, there should be consideration of reporting suspected peritonitis in cases where laboratory confirmation is not possible. The measure should include all infections from the time of catheter insertion and capture both the rate of infection and the number of patients who remain peritonitis free. A core outcome measure with these features would increase the impact of clinical trials on the care and decision-making of patients receiving PD.
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- 2022