Research projects

Studies in paediatric nephrology running at Canadian sites. Where a link is available, it leads to more detail on collaborating or participating.

This list was last revised in 2016 and is being refreshed. Several of the studies below have since closed to recruitment or been published. If you lead a study that should appear here, or one listed here has finished, please write to contact@capneph.ca.

Canadian studies

  • ABLE

    Applying Biomarkers to Long-term Effects of cancer therapy

    Lead: Michael Zappitelli, McGill

  • AKI biomarkers in the PICU

    Lead: Michael Zappitelli, McGill

  • Long-term outcomes after acute kidney injury

    Leads: Michael Zappitelli, McGill, and Catherine Morgan, Edmonton

  • CHILDNEPH

    Childhood nephrotic syndrome study, a CANN-NET initiative

  • TAKE IT TOO

    Lead: Bethany Foster, McGill

  • PROBE

    Paediatric Renal transplant Optimization using Biomarkers Examining urine

    Lead: Tom Blydt-Hansen, Vancouver

  • POSITIVE

    Lead: Seema Mital, Toronto. Adherence sub-study lead: Bethany Foster, McGill

  • Cystinosis, nonsense mutations

    Lead: Paul Goodyer, McGill

  • CKD in Can-SOLVE CKD

    Leads: Michael Zappitelli, McGill, and Susan Samuel, Calgary

Registries and networks

  • CKiD

    Chronic Kidney Disease in Children, a long-running North American prospective cohort.

  • Cure Cystinosis International Registry

    Lead in Canada: Paul Goodyer, McGill

  • Neonatal Kidney Collaborative

    Research collaborative focused on kidney disease in newborns.

  • NAPRTCS

    North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies.

  • Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium

  • PEDSnet and GLEAN

CAPN members leading multicentre work are encouraged to list it here, whether or not recruitment is open. Write to contact@capneph.ca with a sentence of description and a contact.