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ArticleBMC nephrology2013

The rationale and design of Insight into Nephrotic Syndrome: Investigating Genes, Health and Therapeutics (INSIGHT): a prospective cohort study of childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Neesha Hussain, J Anastasia Zello, Jovanka Vasilevska-Ristovska, Tonny M Banh, Viral P Patel, Pranali Patel, Christopher D Battiston, Diane Hebert, Christoph P B Licht, Tino D Piscione and 1 more

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01605266 (INSIGHT), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01605266 recruitingnot on this map

INSIGHT (Insight Into Nephrotic Syndrome: Investigating Genes, Health and Therapeutics)

TypeobservationalSponsorThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenRan2011 to 2032Enrolled1,000ConditionsNephrotic Syndrome
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Steroid-sparing drugs in children and young adults with nephrotic syndrome: a target trial emulation.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2026
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  4. Machine learning prediction of childhood nephrotic syndrome outcomes.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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  10. Challenging Clinical Practice Guideline Definitions in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025
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  15. Common Risk Variants inKidney international reports · 2023
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  17. Relationship betweenCaspian journal of internal medicine · 2023
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  18. Evaluation ofMedical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Neesha HussainDivision of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, and University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Anastasia Zello
Jovanka Vasilevska-Ristovska
Tonny M Banh
Viral P Patel
Pranali Patel
Christopher D Battiston
Diane Hebert
Christoph P B Licht
Tino D Piscione
Rulan S Parekh
Canada Research Chairs · CAHospital for Sick Children · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences · CASickKids Foundation · CAUniversity of Saskatchewan · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNephrotic syndrome is one of the most commonly diagnosed kidney diseases in childhood and its progressive forms can lead to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and/or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). There have been few longitudinal studies among a multi-ethnic cohort to determine potential risk factors influencing disease susceptibility, treatment response, and progression of nephrotic syndrome. Temporal relationships cannot be studied through cross-sectional study design. Understanding the interaction between various factors is critical to developing new strategies for treating children with kidney disease. We present the rationale and the study design of a longitudinal cohort study of children with nephrotic syndrome, the Insight into Nephrotic Syndrome: Investigating Genes, Health and Therapeutics (INSIGHT) study. The specific aims are to determine: 1) socio-demographic, environmental, and genetic factors that influence disease susceptibility; 2) rates of steroid treatment resistance and steroid treatment dependence, and identify factors that may modify treatment response; 3) clinical and genetic factors that influence disease susceptibility and progression to CKD and ESRD; and 4) the interaction between the course of illness and socio-demographic, environmental, and clinical risk factors. METHODS/

designINSIGHT is a disease-based observational longitudinal cohort study of children with nephrotic syndrome. At baseline, participants complete questionnaires and provide biological specimen samples (blood, urine, and toenail clippings). Follow-up questionnaires and repeat biological specimen collections are performed annually for up to five years. DISCUSSION: The proposed cohort will provide the structure to test various risk factors predicting or influencing disease susceptibility, treatment response, and progression to CKD among children with nephrotic syndrome.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT01605266.

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Research DesignCausalityChildCohort StudiesComorbidityFemaleHumansMaleNephrotic SyndromeOntarioProspective StudiesRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRisk AssessmentRisk Factors

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