Symposium: Refocussing Clinical Research in CKD
Sunday 7, June 2020: 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Topics and Speakers:

• The unique complexity of the clinical presentation of patients seen by nephrologists - Lucia Del vecchio
• Identifying and addressing symptoms most burdensome to persons with advanced CKD – Elodie Speyer
• Smoothing the transition to ESKD to improve early dialysis outcomes – Elke Schaeffner

Oral Presentations

• Association of erythropoietin resistance and fibroblast growth factor 23 in dialysis patients: Results from the J-DOPPS (Oral # TH-OR030)
• International peritoneal dialysis training practices and the risk of peritonitis (Oral # FR-OR109)
• Peritoneal dialysis modality and interference in daily life: Results from the PDOPPS (Oral # FR-OR108)
• Hyperkalemia excursions and mortality in hemodialysis patients: Results from the DOPPS (Oral # SA-OR067)
• Urban segregation and hospitalization outcomes in patients on hemodialysis (Oral # SA-OR060)

Poster Presentations

• Pruritus and mortality in hemodialysis patients: Results from the international DOPPS (Poster # TH-PO243)
• Pruritus and patient reported outcomes (PROs): Associations between the Skindex-10 and PROs in hemodialysis patients (Poster # TH-PO244)
• PTH levels prior to initiating hemodialysis: Associations with prescription of PTH-lowering therapies and risk of uncontrolled PTH during the first (Poster # FR-PO128)
• Etelcalcetide utilization and CKD-MBD marker responses in US hemodialysis patients (Poster # FR-PO135)
• Dialysate citrate and mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (Poster # FR-PO484)
• International variation in outcomes after peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis (Poster # FR-PO534)
• Patterns of care for lipid management in CKD Stage 3-5 patients: Results from the CKDopps (Poster # SA-PO883)

Topic and Speaker:
The DOPPS Odyssey: Reducing unwarranted practice variation really does improve dialysis patient outcomes! – Bruce Robinson
Wednesday, October 2, 2019: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM