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ArticlePediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2023

Trajectories of eGFR after kidney transplantation according to trajectories of eGFR prior to kidney replacement therapies in children with chronic kidney disease.

Sunjae Bae, George J Schwartz, Susan R Mendley, Bradley A Warady, Susan L Furth, Alvaro Muñoz, CKiD Study Investigators

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Article in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00327860 (Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Prospective Cohort Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Prospective Cohort Study (CKiD)

TypeobservationalSponsorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthRan2003 to 2028Enrolled1,300ConditionsChronic Kidney Disease
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients: association with graft function and comparison to patients on dialysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Sunjae BaeDepartment of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 1 Park Avenue, 6th Fl, New York, NY, 10016, USA. sunjae.bae@nyulangone.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-8816
George J SchwartzDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Susan R MendleyNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Bradley A WaradyDivision of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Susan L FurthChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Alvaro MuñozDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
CKiD Study Investigators
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USChildren's Mercy Hospital · USJohns Hopkins University · USNational Institutes of Health · USNew York University · USUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study (C-Kid)U01DK066174 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SUSAN L. FURTH · 2003 to 2026
$25.1M
CKiD Cardiovascular Testing Travel SupplementU01DK066143 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSP (KANSAS CITY, MO) · PI Bradley Alan Warady · 2003 to 2026
$24.2M
The Kidney Disease in Children Data Management and Analysis Center (KIDMAC)U24DK066116 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Derek K Ng · 2018 to 2026
$12.6M
Central Biochemistry Laboratory of the CKID ConsortiumU24DK082194 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI SCHWARTZ, GEORGE J · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK066143NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK066174NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK066116NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK082194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), certain risk factors are associated with faster eGFR decline and earlier kidney failure. Whether these factors have lingering effects on post-transplant eGFR trajectory remains unclear. We characterized pre- and post-transplant eGFR trajectories in pediatric kidney transplant recipients by their pre-kidney replacement therapy (KRT) risk factors.

methodsWe studied eGFR trajectories before KRT initiation and after transplantation among Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study participants. We used mixed-effects models to compare pre-KRT versus post-transplant eGFR trajectories within individual participants by 7 pre-KRT risk factors: glomerular/non-glomerular etiology, race, preemptive transplant, proteinuria, albuminuria, and systolic/diastolic blood pressure (SBP/DBP).

resultsWe analyzed 1602 pre-KRT and 592 post-transplant eGFR measurements from 246 transplant recipients. Mean annual eGFR decline was decreased from 18.0% pre-KRT (95%CI, 16.1-19.8) to 5.0% post-transplant (95%CI, 3.3-6.7). All 7 pre-KRT risk factors showed strong associations with faster pre-KRT eGFR decline, but not with post-transplant eGFR decline; only albuminuria, high SBP, and high DBP reached statistical significance with notably attenuated associations. In our multivariable model of the pre-KRT risk factors, post-transplant eGFR decline was more rapid only when albuminuria and high SBP were both present.

conclusionseGFR decline substantially slows down after transplant even among children with rapidly progressing forms of CKD. Nonetheless, those who had albuminuria and high SBP before KRT might continue to show faster eGFR decline after transplant, specifically when both risk factors were present. This subgroup might benefit from intensive pre-transplant management for at least one of the two risk factors. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.

Indexed as

Kidney TransplantationRenal Insufficiency, ChronicAlbuminuriaChildGlomerular Filtration RateHumansRenal Replacement TherapyChildrenEstimated glomerular filtration rateRisk factorsTransplantation

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PMID37353626
PMCPMC10591981
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