Presentations
Opening Remarks
Panel Presentations
During the six structured Panel Presentations, researchers presented their proposed nephrology pragmatic RCTs embedded in hemodialysis care. Excellent group discussions and expert panel feedback were facilitated, which provided meaningful advice to improve the presented trials and nurture new ideas.For presentation-related biographies and further information on each proposed trial presentation, click on titles below each video.
PREFERRED – Preventing fractures in renal disease
Dr. Kristin Clemens
BP in HD – Finding the Right Blood Pressure Target for Patients on Dialysis
Presenter/Co-Investigator: Dr. Karthik Tennankore
PI: Navdeep Tangri
Expanded vs. Conventional Hemodialysis
Drs. Pavel Roshanov & Gihad Nesrallah
Impact of diuretic use on Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis Who Have Residual Renal Function
Dr. Melissa Schorr
Sodium fOr diaLysis oUTcome rEduction – SOLUTE Trial
Dr. Conor Judge
Dial-Bicarb – Outcomes of a Higher vs. Lower Hemodialysate Bicarbonate Concentration
Drs. Amber Molnar & Samuel Silver
Educational Presentations
Over four days, ten educations sessions were presented by seventeen experts covering a range of topics including Pragmatic RCT study design, statistics, ethics, equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), as well as practical experiences learned from conducting pragmatic trials. For Speaker Bios, select the speakers’ names.
The Ottawa Statement
implementation guidance
document for CRTs in the
HemoDialysis setting
(OSimple-HD)
Dr. Cory Goldstein, Dr. Monica Taljaard, and Dr. Charles Weijer
Western University’s Accelerating Randomized Trials (ART) Platform and the HDRN Canada Pragmatic Trials Training Program
Ms. Catherine Joyes & Dr. Taylor McLinden
For more information on the ART Platform or the HDRN Training Program