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KDIGO Controversies Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines: Methodology and Transparency, New York, October 2007 (Position Statement Pending)

Methodological rigor and ethical considerations in guideline development are critical for the credibility of clinical practice guidelines.  The goal of this conference was to provide a forum for discussion of issues related to international guideline development in general and KDIGO guideline development in particular. The conference was designed to address two primary topic areas. On Day 1, co-chaired by Katrin Uhlig and Alison MacLeod, methodological issues in the process of international guideline development were addressed. On Day 2, under the leadership of Robert Alpern and Charles van Ypersele, the discussions focused on the subject of transparency in guideline development, particularly as related to institutional and consultant conflict of interest.

Invited participants included the leadership of five principal guideline development organizations (CARI, CSN, EBPG, KDOQI, and UK-RA); their experts in the development and implementation of guidelines; medical ethicists; methodologists and professional journal editors. Both days started with presentations on related topics of importance, followed by breakout group sessions. Each breakout group was asked to deliberate on specific areas of the topic and then report their recommendations to the entire group for discussion and refinement.

Click here to see the published position paper from the conference proceedings (Pending Publication)

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CKD Guideline Development: Strengths and Challenges

• Canadian Society of Nephrology
  Presenter: Marcello Tonelli
• European Best Practice Guidelines
  Presenter: James Tattersall
• Caring for Australian’s with Renal Insufficiency
  Presenter: Martin Gallagher
• American Society of Transplantation
  Presenter: Bert Kasiske
• Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes
  Presenter: Joseph Lau

What can we learn from how others are others doing guidelines or evidence reports? Discussion of NICE, EPC, SIGN methodology

• National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE)
  Presenter: David Halpin
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN)
  Presenter: Robin Harbour
• Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC)
  Presenter: Ethan Balk

Advice on global guideline development by the Subcommittee on the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) to the WHO
Presenter: Holger Schünemann

Coordination with the Cochrane Renal Group: Making best use of the Clinical Trial Registry and beyond
Presenter:  Angela Webster

Avoiding redundancy: How to best use existing systematic reviews in KDIGO guideline development
Presenter: Joseph Lau

Conflict of Interest and Promoting Transparency
Presenter: David Korn