The Clinical Core provides assistance in patient enrollment and follow-up, data management (data collection, computer data entry, and data quality control), datebase and application management, data analysis, and biostatistical support (study design, statistical analyses) for grant investigators, In addition, the Clinical Core will interact with the Administrative Core to ensure seamless provision of data to the Project Pis and to facilitate protection of the safety of research subjects. Each project on the grant requires clinical information. By consolidating clinical transplant data management into a single area (rather than having each Principal Investigator collect his/her required clinical information), quality and accuracy are enhanced. In addition, consolidating data and database application management, is cost effective. For example, clinical outcome is recorded only once, and the database is used for each project. Each investigator can then focus on his/her individual project. The Core will also provide support for data retrieval and biostatistical analysis for all investigators. Again, as clinical data is required for all of the projects, consolidating the statistical support on the Core is cost effective. In addition to the final data analysis, Principal Investigators may obtain advice on the design and interim analyses of studies and surveys. When it is necessary to collect additional data (i.e., beyond what is routinely obtairied and entered), investigators will be advised as to the best methods, so that their data can easily be merged with the data in the database. After analyzing data from a particular study, the biostatistician will also assist the investigator by ensuring that the appropriate statistical analyses are performed and by writing a detailed description of the analyses performed so as to ensure accurate presentation of the data.

Public Health Relevance

The Core will contribute to attainment of each project's objectives in that clinical outcome information (and associated co-morbidities and risk factors) are required for analysis of data for each of the projects. Clinical outcome is an end-point for each of our projects.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01DK013083-41
Application #
8135555
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZDK1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2010-08-01
Budget End
2011-07-31
Support Year
41
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$521,808
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department
Type
DUNS #
555917996
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Country
United States
Zip Code
55455
Berglund, Danielle M; Zhang, Lei; Matas, Arthur J et al. (2018) Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate After Kidney Donation: No Evidence of Accelerated Decay. Transplantation 102:1756-1761
Matas, Arthur J; Vock, David M; Ibrahim, Hassan N (2018) GFR ?25 years postdonation in living kidney donors with (vs. without) a first-degree relative with ESRD. Am J Transplant 18:625-631
Sanchez, Otto A; Ferrara, Laine K; Rein, Sarah et al. (2018) Hypertension after kidney donation: Incidence, predictors, and correlates. Am J Transplant 18:2534-2543
Kizilbash, Sarah J; Rheault, Michelle N; Bangdiwala, Ananta et al. (2017) Infection rates in tacrolimus versus cyclosporine-treated pediatric kidney transplant recipients on a rapid discontinuation of prednisone protocol: 1-year analysis. Pediatr Transplant 21:
Verghese, P S; Schmeling, D O; Filtz, E A et al. (2017) The impact of recipient BKV shedding before transplant on BKV viruria, DNAemia, and nephropathy post-transplant: A prospective study. Pediatr Transplant 21:
Serrano, Oscar Kenneth; Kandaswamy, Raja; Gillingham, Kristen et al. (2017) Rapid Discontinuation of Prednisone in Kidney Transplant Recipients: 15-Year Outcomes From the University of Minnesota. Transplantation 101:2590-2598
Ibrahim, H N; Berglund, D M; Jackson, S et al. (2017) Renal Consequences of Diabetes After Kidney Donation. Am J Transplant 17:3141-3148
Gross, Cynthia R; Reilly-Spong, Maryanne; Park, Taehwan et al. (2017) Telephone-adapted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (tMBSR) for patients awaiting kidney transplantation. Contemp Clin Trials 57:37-43
Ibrahim, Hassan N; Foley, Robert N; Reule, Scott A et al. (2016) Renal Function Profile in White Kidney Donors: The First 4 Decades. J Am Soc Nephrol 27:2885-93
Verghese, Priya; Gillingham, Kristen; Matas, Arthur et al. (2016) Post-transplant blood transfusions and pediatric renal allograft outcomes. Pediatr Transplant 20:939-945

Showing the most recent 10 out of 356 publications