Are randomized trials the best way to test different dialysis initiation regimens?

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¹ Nèphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, Le Mans, France. Electronic address: maxtorreggiani@hotmail.com.
² Nèphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, Le Mans, France.
³ Department of Nephrology, Hospital Tenon, Paris, France.

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Massimo Torreggiani et al. Kidney Int. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;102(1):208-209.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.12.035.

¹ Nèphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, Le Mans, France. Electronic address: maxtorreggiani@hotmail.com.
² Nèphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, Le Mans, France.
³ Department of Nephrology, Hospital Tenon, Paris, France.

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Vilar E, Kaja Kamal RM, Fotheringham J, Busby A, Berdeprado J, Kislowska E, Wellsted D, Alchi B, Burton JO, Davenport A, Farrington K. Vilar E, et al. Kidney Int. 2022 Jul;102(1):209. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.03.031. Kidney Int. 2022. PMID: 35738831 No abstract available.

A multicenter feasibility randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of incremental versus conventional initiation of hemodialysis on residual kidney function.
Vilar E, Kaja Kamal RM, Fotheringham J, Busby A, Berdeprado J, Kislowska E, Wellsted D, Alchi B, Burton JO, Davenport A, Farrington K. Vilar E, et al. Kidney Int. 2022 Mar;101(3):615-625. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.07.025. Epub 2021 Aug 19. Kidney Int. 2022. PMID: 34418414 Clinical Trial.