Brooks, Ellen R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3468-8117
Haymond, Shannon
Rademaker, Alfred
Pierce, Christopher
Helenowski, Irene
Passman, Rod
Vicente, Faye
Warady, Bradley A.
Furth, Susan L.
Langman, Craig B.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD074596)
Article History
Received: 17 April 2017
Revised: 27 October 2017
Accepted: 2 November 2017
First Online: 7 December 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
: All aspects of this investigation were carried out using standards of professional and ethical conduct of human research in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. This included maintaining the confidentiality of de-identified data and specimens. This investigation was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Award R01HD074596 and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital (Lurie Children’s) of Chicago, Illinois. pCKD patients originally provided consent and were enrolled into the CKiD study at 55 IRB approved study sites across North America, which included consent for specimen archival and use of specimens for future unknown research.
: The authors have no personal, financial, or non-financial conflict of interests or compensation with any organizations, businesses or individuals that could have direct, indirect, or potential influence or impart bias regarding this research, its design, implementation, results, or conclusions presented herein.