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The clinical implications and cost-effectiveness of the provision of medical in addition to surgical catheter insertion for peritoneal dialysis in people with kidney failure (2025)
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Hill, H., Rawdin, A., Wailoo, A., Briggs, V., Lambie, M., McCullough, K., …Fotheringham, J. (in press). The clinical implications and cost-effectiveness of the provision of medical in addition to surgical catheter insertion for peritoneal dialysis in people with kidney failure. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608251314976

Background High-quality and timely peritoneal access is essential for effective peritoneal dialysis (PD). Existing comparisons of medical compared to surgical catheter insertion have focused on the incidence of catheter events, but the cost-effective... Read More about The clinical implications and cost-effectiveness of the provision of medical in addition to surgical catheter insertion for peritoneal dialysis in people with kidney failure.

Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial (2025)
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Coyle, D., Ormandy, P., Fernandes da Silva, N., & Davies, S. J. (in press). Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial. Health Technology Assessment, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3310/DOTR5903

For people receiving haemodialysis, a balance has to be struck between removing sufficient but not too much fluid during a treatment session and maintaining any remaining kidney function they might have. In the BISTRO trial, this study sought to esta... Read More about Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial.

How does organisational culture facilitate uptake of home dialysis? An ethnographic study of kidney centres in England (2024)
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Allen, K., Shaw, K. L., Spry, J. L., Dikomitis, L., Coyle, D., Damery, S., …Davies, S. (2024). How does organisational culture facilitate uptake of home dialysis? An ethnographic study of kidney centres in England. BMJ Open, 14(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085754

Objective: The proportion of people having home dialysis for kidney disease varies considerably by treating centre, socioeconomic deprivation levels in the area and to some extent ethnicity. This study aimed to gain in-depth insights into cultural an... Read More about How does organisational culture facilitate uptake of home dialysis? An ethnographic study of kidney centres in England.

The International Society of Nephrology collaborative quality framework to support safe and effective dialysis provision in resource-challenged settings. (2024)
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Davies, S., Naicker, S., Liew, A., Vachharajani, T., Pecoits-Filho, R., Jha, V., …Harris, D. C. (2024). The International Society of Nephrology collaborative quality framework to support safe and effective dialysis provision in resource-challenged settings. Kidney International Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.11.1366

Global under-provision of affordable dialysis results in inequitable access to safe and effective treatment. Identified as a key priority for the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Kidney Failure Strategy, the need was identified for a dialysi... Read More about The International Society of Nephrology collaborative quality framework to support safe and effective dialysis provision in resource-challenged settings..

The future of peritoneal dialysis (2024)
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Davies, S. (in press). The future of peritoneal dialysis. Clinical Kidney Journal, 17(Supplement_2), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfae277

Peritoneal dialysis (PD), long established as the leading form of home dialysis, has comparatively good 5-year outcomes and cost-utility analyses have consistently demonstrated benefits to both patients and payers. Future improvements should still be... Read More about The future of peritoneal dialysis.

Establishing a peritoneal dialysis technique survival core outcome measure: A standardised outcomes in nephrology-peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report (2024)
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Elphick, E. H., Manera, K. E., Viecelli, A. K., Craig, J. C., Cho, Y., Ju, A., …Lambie, M. (in press). Establishing a peritoneal dialysis technique survival core outcome measure: A standardised outcomes in nephrology-peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608241287684

Background Technique survival, also reported with negative connotations as technique failure or transfer from peritoneal dialysis to haemodialysis, has been identified by patients, caregivers and health professionals as a critically important outcome... Read More about Establishing a peritoneal dialysis technique survival core outcome measure: A standardised outcomes in nephrology-peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report.

Centre-level fluid management practices in the BISTRO trial and their lack of association with participant fluid status and blood pressure in non-anuric haemodialysis patients (2024)
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Johal, N., Sharma, R., Belcher, J., Coyle, D., Lindley, E. J., Keane, D., …Davies, S. J. (2024). Centre-level fluid management practices in the BISTRO trial and their lack of association with participant fluid status and blood pressure in non-anuric haemodialysis patients. BMC Nephrology, 25(1), Article 398. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-024-03837-y

Introduction: Fluid assessment and management is a key aspect of good dialysis care and is affected by patient-level characteristics and potentially centre-level practices. In this secondary analysis of the BISTRO trial we wished to establish whether... Read More about Centre-level fluid management practices in the BISTRO trial and their lack of association with participant fluid status and blood pressure in non-anuric haemodialysis patients.

Preparing for responsive management versus preparing for renal dialysis in multimorbid older people with advanced chronic kidney disease (Prepare for Kidney Care): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. (2024)
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Worthington, J., Soundy, A., Frost, J., Rooshenas, L., MacNeill, S. J., Realpe Rojas, A., …Caskey, F. J. (2024). Preparing for responsive management versus preparing for renal dialysis in multimorbid older people with advanced chronic kidney disease (Prepare for Kidney Care): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 25(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08509-8

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence is steadily increasing, in part due to increased multimorbidity in our aging global population. When progression to kidney failure cannot be avoided, people need unbiased information to inform decis... Read More about Preparing for responsive management versus preparing for renal dialysis in multimorbid older people with advanced chronic kidney disease (Prepare for Kidney Care): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial..

Impact of the Preservation of Residual Kidney Function on Hemodialysis Survival: Results from the BISTRO Trial (2024)
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Belcher, J., Coyle, D., Lindley, E. J., Keane, D., Caskey, F. J., Dasgupta, I., …Davies, S. J. (2024). Impact of the Preservation of Residual Kidney Function on Hemodialysis Survival: Results from the BISTRO Trial. Kidney360, https://doi.org/10.34067/kid.0000000596

Preservation of residual kidney function (RKF) in dialysis patients has been associated with improved survival. RKF in the BISTRO trial was relatively well preserved and here we describe its association with survival during the trial and extended fol... Read More about Impact of the Preservation of Residual Kidney Function on Hemodialysis Survival: Results from the BISTRO Trial.

Cost-effectiveness of bioimpedance-guided fluid management in patients undergoing haemodialysis: the BISTRO RCT (2024)
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Zanganeh, M., Belcher, J., Fotheringham, J., Coyle, D., Lindley, E. J., Keane, D. F., …Andronis, L. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of bioimpedance-guided fluid management in patients undergoing haemodialysis: the BISTRO RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 1-45. https://doi.org/10.3310/jypr4287

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The BioImpedance Spectroscopy to maintain Renal Output randomised controlled trial investigated the effect of bioimpedance spectroscopy added to a standardised fluid management protocol on the risk of anuria and preservation of residual k... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of bioimpedance-guided fluid management in patients undergoing haemodialysis: the BISTRO RCT.

Rationale and design of ELIXIR, a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of XyloCore, a glucose-sparing solution for peritoneal dialysis. (2024)
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Bonomini, M., Davies, S., Kleophas, W., Lambie, M., Reboldi, G., Liberato, L. D., …Arduini, A. (2024). Rationale and design of ELIXIR, a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of XyloCore, a glucose-sparing solution for peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608241274106

Peritoneal dialysis adoption and technique survival is affected by limitations related to peritoneal membrane longevity and metabolic alterations. Indeed, almost all peritoneal dialysis fluids exploit glucose as an osmotic agent that rapidly diffuses... Read More about Rationale and design of ELIXIR, a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of XyloCore, a glucose-sparing solution for peritoneal dialysis..

Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on the Processes of Care and Long-Term Mortality of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Cohort Study and Long-Term Follow-Up. (2024)
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Weight, N., Moledina, S., Ullah, M., Wijeysundera, H. C., Davies, S., Chew, N. W. S., …Mamas, M. A. (in press). Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on the Processes of Care and Long-Term Mortality of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Cohort Study and Long-Term Follow-Up. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(16), Article e032671. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.032671

A growing population of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) presents with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, although little is known about their longer-term mortality. Using the MINAP (Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project)... Read More about Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on the Processes of Care and Long-Term Mortality of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Cohort Study and Long-Term Follow-Up..

Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England (2024)
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Damery, S., Lambie, M., Williams, I., Coyle, D., Fotheringham, J., Solis-Trapala, I., …Davies, S. J. (2024). Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608241232200

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Disparities in home dialysis uptake across England suggest inequity and unexplained variation in access. We surveyed staff at all English kidney centres to identify patterns in service organisation/delivery and explore correlations with... Read More about Centre variation in home dialysis uptake: A survey of kidney centre practice in relation to home dialysis organisation and delivery in England.

The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system. (2024)
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Talbot, B., Davies, S., Burman, J., Ritchie, A., Snelling, P., Lynch, S., …Knight, J. (in press). The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608231209850

The global unmet need for kidney replacement therapy means that millions of people die every year as they cannot afford treatment. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers comparable survival to haemodialysis and is often more affordable, but one barrier to i... Read More about The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system..

Effects of Empagliflozin on Fluid Overload, Weight and Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease (2023)
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Mayne, K. J., Staplin, N., Keane, D. F., Wanner, C., Brenner, S., Cejka, V., …Herrington, W. G. (2023). Effects of Empagliflozin on Fluid Overload, Weight and Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 35(2), 202-215. https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.0000000000000271

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with fluid excess which can be estimated by bioimpedance spectroscopy. We aimed to assess effects of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition on bioimpedance-derived “Fluid Overload” and adipos... Read More about Effects of Empagliflozin on Fluid Overload, Weight and Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (2023)
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Luyckx, V. A., Alasfar, S., Bajpai, D., Atwater, C. E., Knight, J., Talbot, B., …Niang, A. (2024). Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Kidney International, 105(2), 259-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.09.034

Healthcare on a global scale significantly contributes to carbon emissions, with high-income countries being the primary culprits. Within healthcare, dialysis plays a significant role as a major source of emissions. Low- and middle-income countries h... Read More about Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in Low- and Middle-Income Countries..

Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
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Istanbuly, O., Belcher, J., Tabinor, M., Solis-Trapala, I., Lambie, M., & Davies, S. J. (in press). Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Nephrology, 24(1), Article 312. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03370-4

Background: Systemic inflammation, measured as circulating Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels, is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in chronic kidney disease. However, this has not been convincingly demonstrated in a systematic review o... Read More about Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis.