Research Project

Project Title:	International Pediatric Dialysis Network (IPDN)
Project Type:	Registry
Disease group(s):	Pediatric CKD & dialysis
Project Summary:	The International Pediatric Dialysis Network is a global consortium of pediatric nephrology centers dedicated to the care of children on chronic dialysis. The IPDN aims to improve the quality of pediatric dialysis care worldwide, collect information regarding pediatric dialysis practices and outcomes, provide useful tools and management algorithms for daily dialysis practice, and provide global benchmarking of pediatric dialysis outcomes. The IPDN entertains two registries: The IPPN registry for children on chronic peritoneal dialysis, and the IPHN registry for children on hemodialysis. At present, 229 institutions in 43 countries participate in the network and 530 individual members actively contribute data to the network. To date, around 3,300 pediatric PD patients in 120 pediatric dialysis units and 750 HD patients in 80 units have been enrolled in the IPDN Registries.
Lead principal investigator(s):	Franz Schaefer, Heidelberg Claus Peter Schmitt, Heidelberg Bradley A. Warady, Kansas City, USA
Co-investigator(s):	Jaap Groothoff, Amsterdam Gema Ariceta, Barcelona Rainer Büscher, Essen Jun Oh, Hamburg , Aleksandra Zurowska, Gdansk Lars Pape, Essen Hannu Jalanko, Helsinki , Justine Bacchetta, Lyon
Project Period:	04/2007 - 12/2030
Sponsors:	Industry, Non-profit foundation
Project web page:	http://www.pedpd.org/