Krishnasamy, R. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6974-7880
Hawley, C. M.
Jardine, M. J.
Roberts, M. A.
Cho, Y. J.
Wong, M. G.
Heath, A.
Nelson, C. L.
Sen, S.
Mount, P. F.
Pascoe, E. M.
Darssan, D.
Vergara, L. A.
Paul-Brent, P. A.
Toussaint, N. D.
Johnson, D. W.
Hutchison, C. A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Baxter Investigator Initiated Research Grant
Kidney Health Australia (via AKTN)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2017
Accepted: 22 March 2018
First Online: 17 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval has been obtained from Institutional Ethics Committees (IEC) for participating sites [Melbourne Health HREC (reference number: HREC/16/MH/228) for Australian sites and Northern B Health and Disability Ethics Committee (reference number: 16/NTB/126) for NZ sites] and local governance approval gained for each site. Informed signed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: This study is funded by Baxter Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) Grant.Each authors declaration:CAH has received research funding from Baxter and has participated on dialysis advisory boards for Baxter. MJJ is supported by a co-funded National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship and National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship; is responsible for research projects that have received unrestricted funding from Gambro, Baxter, CSL, Amgen, Eli Lilly, and Merck; has served on advisory boards and/or spoken at scientific meetings sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, Baxter, Amgen and Roche; and directs honoraria to clinical research programs.DWJ has received research funds, consultancy fees, speaker’s honoraria and travel sponsorships from Baxter Healthcare and Fresenius Medical Care. He is currently supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellowship. CMH has received research funds from Baxter Healthcare and Fresenius Medical Care. MGW is supported by Diabetes Australian Research Trust and has received fees for scientific lectures from AstraZeneca, Amgen and Baxter. YC has received research funds from Baxter Healthcare and Fresenius Medical Care. She is currently supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship. RK has received speaker’s honoraria from Shire.
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