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A Study to Learn More About How Safe the Study Treatment Finerenone is in Long-term Use When Taken With an ACE Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Over 18 Months of Use in Children and Young Adults From 1 to 18 Years of Age With Chronic Kidney Disease and Proteinuria

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Proteinuria
Chronic Kidney Disease
Children
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05457283
Lead Sponsor
Bayer
Brief Summary

Researchers are looking for a better way to treat children who have chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is long-term kidney disease, and proteinuria, a condition in which a person´s kidneys leak protein into the urine.

The kidneys filter waste and fluid from the blood to form urine. In children with CKD, the kidney´s filters do not work as well as they should. This can lead to accumulation of waste and fluid in the body and proteinuria. CKD can lead to other medical problems, such as high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. Vice versa, hypertension and proteinuria can also contribute to worsening of CKD. Therefore, the treatment of CKD aims to control blood pressure and proteinuria. There are treatments available for doctors to prescribe to children with CKD and hypertension and/or proteinuria. These include "angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors" (ACEI) and "angiotensin receptor blockers" (ARB). Both ACEI and ARB can help improve kidney function by reducing the activity of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). The RAAS is a system that works with the kidneys to control blood pressure and the balance of fluid and electrolytes in the blood. In people with CKD, the RAAS is often too active, which can impair the ability of the kidneys to work properly and cause hypertension and proteinuria. However, ACEI or ARB treatment alone does not work for all patients with CKD as they only target the angiotensin part of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.

The study treatment, finerenone, is expected to help control RAAS overactivation together with an ACEI or ARB.

So, the researchers in this study want to learn more about whether finerenone given in addition to either an ACEI or ARB can help their kidney function.

The main purpose of this study is to learn how safe the treatment is when used of finerenone in addition to an ACEI or ARB in long-term.

To see how safe the treatment is, the study team will collect information on medical problems which are also known as "treatment emergent adverse events" (TEAEs). And they will also collect levels of an electrolyte called potassium in the blood by taking blood samples, and measure blood pressure during the study.

The secondary purpose of this study is to learn how well long-term use of finerenone can reduce the amount of protein in the participants' urine and benefit kidney function when taken with standard of care.

To see how the treatment works, the study team will collect participants' urine samples to assess urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) and urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR), which are important assessments for calculating the level of protein in the urine. Researchers will also collect blood samples to analyze serum creatinine and calculate estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). A significant decline in eGFR indicates worsening kidney function.

The study will include participants who had previously participated in FIONA study (NCT05196035). The participants will be aged from 1 year up to 18 years.

The participants will be in the study for approximately 19 months. They will take study treatment for up to 18 months and will be follow up for 1 month. During this period, at least 12 visits are planned for patients who newly start finerenone, and at least 8 visits for patients who already received finerenone.

In the visit, the study team will:

* have their blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, height and weight measured

* have blood and urine samples taken

* have physical examinations

* have their heart examined by an electrocardiogram and echocardiography (a sonogram of the heart)

* answer questions about their medication and whether they have any adverse events, or have their parents or guardian's answer

* answer questions about how they are feeling, or have their parents or guardian's answer

* answer question about how they like the study medication, or have their parents or guardian's answer The doctors will keep track of any adverse events. An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events that happen in studies, even if they do not think the adverse events might be related to the study treatments.

The doctors will check the participants' health about 30 days after the participants take their last treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Participants must be ≥1 year to 18 years of age, at the time of signing the informed consent/assent.

  • Prior participation in the finerenone Phase 3 study FIONA (19920) and not permanently discontinued from treatment by the end of treatment (EoT) visit in FIONA.

  • Participants must have a clinical diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) at Visit 1 which is defined as

    • CKD stages 1-3 (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] ≥30 mL/min/1.73m^2) for children ≥1 year to <19 years of age at FIONA EoT and at Visit 1
  • Treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) at optimized doses defined as maximally tolerable doses within the recommended dose range according to guidelines on blood pressure (BP) management, unchanged for at least 30 days prior to Visit 1.

  • K+ ≤5.0 mmol/L for children ≥2 years of age at both FIONA EoT and Visit 1, and ≤5.3 mmol/L for children <2 years of age at both FIONA EoT and Visit 1

  • Participants who have reached legal age of consent: Capable of giving signed informed consent.

  • Participant is able to receive enteral feeding (solid food, bottle or cup fed, feeding through nasogastric or gastric feeding tubes) with or without breastfeeding.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Planned urological surgery expected to influence renal function
  • Patients who are candidates for renal transplantation, i.e., a kidney transplantation scheduled within the study time frame
  • Systemic hypertension Stage 2 defined according to institutional guidelines on BP management at Visit 1.
  • Systemic hypotension defined as symptomatic hypotension or a mean systolic BP below the 5th percentile for age, sex and height but no lower than 80 mmHg for participants <18 years and symptomatic hypotension or a mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) <90 mmHg in participants ≥18 years at Visit 1.
  • Known hypersensitivity to the study treatment (active substance or excipients)
  • Severe hepatic insufficiency defined by e.g. Child-Pugh C or analogous scores.
  • Participants using rituximab, cyclophosphamide, abatacept, or intravenous glucocorticoids
  • Concomitant therapy with a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA)(eplerenone, spironolactone, esaxerenone, canrenone), any renin inhibitor (aliskiren, enalkiren, remikiren), any sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor (SGLT2i), sacubitril/valsartan combination (ARNI), or potassium-sparing diuretic (amiloride, triamterene)
  • Concomitant therapy with both ACEI and ARBs together
  • Concomitant therapy with strong cytochrome P450 isoenzyme 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors, moderate or strong CYP3A4 inducers
  • Previous assignment to treatment during this study
  • Simultaneous participation in another interventional clinical study (e.g., Phase 1 to 4 clinical studies).
  • Any suspected (serious) adverse event related to study intervention which led to permanent discontinuation during the FIONA study.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding or intention to become pregnant during the study

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Finerenone Open-Label safety ExtensionFinerenone (Kerendia, BAY94-8862)Participants will receive finerenone treatment.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) from baseline to Day 540±7Up to 547 days
Number of participants with treatment emergent adverse event (TEAEs)Up to 550 days
Change in serum potassium levels from baseline to Day 540±7Up to 547 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) from baseline to Day 540±7Up to 547 days
Change in urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR) from baseline to Day 540±7Up to 547 days
Change in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) from baseline to Day 540±7Up to 547 days

Trial Locations

Locations (140)

Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Cancer Center

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Los Angeles, California, United States

OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital - Neurology

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Portland, Oregon, United States

Sitio Alfredo Chew Wong | Aguascalientes, Mexico

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Aguascalientes, Agguascalientes, Mexico

Hospital Infantil de México "Dr. Federico Gómez"

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México D.F., Distrito Federal, Mexico

Instituto Nacional de Pediatría

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México, D.F., Distrito Federal, Mexico

Hospital Universitario "José Eleuterio González"

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Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Instituto Veracruzano en Investigación Clinica SC

🇲🇽

Veracruz, Mexico

Phoenix Children's Hospital | Main - Transplant Department

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

University of California San Diego (UCSD)

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La Jolla, California, United States

Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford - Pediatric Nephrology

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Palo Alto, California, United States

Children's National Medical Center - Nephrology

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

South Broward Hosp. District dba Memorial Healthcare System

🇺🇸

Hollywood, Florida, United States

Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Nephrology

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

University of Iowa

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Iowa City, Iowa, United States

The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center Building - Nephrology

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Boston Children's Hospital - Main Campus - Nephrology

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City - Nephrology

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic | Pediatric Nephrology

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Nephrology

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Univ of Texas Health Science Center | Nephrology Res Dept

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Primary Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Seattle Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Hospital de Niños Sor María Ludovica

🇦🇷

La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hospital General de Ninos Ricardo Gutierrez | Pediatric Nephrology Department

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Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aire, Ciudad Auton. De Buenos Aires, Argentina

Centro de Rehabilitacion Cardiovascular | San Luis, Argentina

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San Luis, Provincia De San Luis, Argentina

Clinica de Nefrologia, Urologia y Enfermedades Cardiovascualares | Santa Fe, Argentina

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Santa Fe, Provincia De Santa Fe, Argentina

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hospital de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan

🇦🇷

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hospital General de Ninos Pedro de Elizalde | Nephrology Department

🇦🇷

Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Argentina

Many Locations

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Multiple Locations, United Kingdom

Queensland Children's Hospital

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South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Monash Children's Hospital

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Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

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Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Kepler Universitätsklinikum Campus IV

🇦🇹

Linz, Oberösterreich, Austria

Medizinische Universität Graz

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Graz, Steiermark, Austria

Uniklinikum Salzburg - Landeskrankenhaus

🇦🇹

Salzburg, Austria

Universitätsklinikum AKH Wien

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Wien, Austria

Huderf / Ukzkf

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Bruxelles - Brussel, Belgium

CU Saint-Luc/UZ St-Luc

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Bruxelles - Brussel, Belgium

UZ Gent

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Gent, Belgium

UZ Gasthuisberg - Pediatric Nephrology

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Leuven, Belgium

CHC Montlégia - Pediatrics

🇧🇪

Liège, Belgium

Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte

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Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Hospital Pequeno Principe

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Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Hosp Clínicas Facult. Med. de Ribeirão Preto / USP

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Ribeirão Preto/SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hospital PUC-Campinas | Centro de Pesquisa Clínica Sao Lucas

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São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hospital Infantil Sabará - Instituto PENSI - Pesquisa e Ensino em Saúde Infantil

🇧🇷

Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente

🇧🇷

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Alberta Children's Hospital - Nephrology Clinic

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CHU Sainte-Justine

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze

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Praha 2, Czechia

Fakultni nemocnice v Motole

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Praha 5, Czechia

Rigshospitalet - Børn og Unge

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Aarhus Universitetshospital - Børn og Unge

🇩🇰

Århus N, Denmark

Odense Universitetshospital - HC Andersen Børne og Ungehospital

🇩🇰

Odense C, Denmark

Helsinki University Hospital | Children's Hospital - Clinical Trial Unit, Nephrology Department

🇫🇮

Helsinki, Finland

Tays Service Centre | Tampere University Hospital - Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit

🇫🇮

Tampere, Finland

Turun yliopistollinen keskussairaala

🇫🇮

Turku, Finland

Hôpital des Enfants

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TOULOUSE Cedex 9, France

CHU bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin

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BORDEAUX cedex, France

CHU de Lyon - Hopital Femme Mère Enfant

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Bron, France

Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve CHU Montpellier

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Montpellier, France

CHU Strasbourg - Hopital Hautepierre

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Strasbourg, France

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

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Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) | Zentrum Innere Medizin | Klinik fuer Kardiologie und Angiologie

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Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

Kindernierenzentrum Bonn

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Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Hopital Robert Debre

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Paris, France

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

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Erlangen, Bayern, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Essen

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Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Universitaetsklinikum Muenster

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Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Charité / Pädiatrie

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Berlin, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE)

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Hamburg, Germany

Children's Hospital of Athens P&A Kyriakou - Pediatric Nephrology Department

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Athens, Greece

Children's Hospital of Athens Agia Sofia - Pediatric Nephrology Department

🇬🇷

Athens, Greece

University General Hospital of Heraklion - Department of Paediatrics

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Heraklion, Greece

Univ. General Hospital of Ioannina - Department of Paediatrics, Nephrology Unit

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Ioannina, Greece

Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki - 3rd Department of Paediatrics, Nephrology Unit'

🇬🇷

Thessaloniki, Greece

Semmelweis University

🇭🇺

Budapest, Hungary

Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont

🇭🇺

Debrecen, Hungary

Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem Klinikai Kozpont

🇭🇺

Pecs, Hungary

SZTE ÁOK Szent Györgyi Albert Klinikai Kozpont

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Szeged, Hungary

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - New Delhi

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Delhi, India

NRS Medical college

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Kolkata, India

Clalit Health | Soroka Medical Center - Internal Medicine Department

🇮🇱

Beer Sheva, Israel

Wilf Children's Hospital Shaare Zedek Medical Center

🇮🇱

Jerusalem, Israel

Health Corporation of Galilee Medical Center

🇮🇱

Nahariya, Israel

Clalit Health Services Schneider Children's Medical Center

🇮🇱

Petach Tikva, Israel

Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital

🇮🇱

Tel Aviv, Israel

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna IRCCS_Policlinico Sant'Orsola - Pediatria

🇮🇹

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - Nefrologia

🇮🇹

Roma, Lazio, Italy

IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Nefrologia e Trapianto Rene

🇮🇹

Genova, Liguria, Italy

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Nefrologia e Dialisi Pediatrica, Trapianti di Rene

🇮🇹

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Meyer IRCCS - Nefrologia e Dialisi

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Firenze, Italy

Seoul National University Hospital

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Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, Korea, Republic of

Korea University Guro Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Hospital of LT University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics

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Kaunas, Lithuania

A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino_Regina Margherita - Nefrologia Pediatrica

🇮🇹

Torino, Italy

Kyungpook National University Hospital

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Daegu, Daegu Gwang''yeogsi, Korea, Republic of

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

🇰🇷

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggido, Korea, Republic of

Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

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Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnamdo, Korea, Republic of

Klaipeda Children's Hospital

🇱🇹

Klaipeda, Lithuania

Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos Children's Hospital Paediatrics Centre

🇱🇹

Vilnius, Lithuania

Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

🇳🇱

Groningen, Netherlands

University Medical Center Utrecht

🇳🇱

Utrecht, Netherlands

Uniwersytecki Dzieciecy Szpital Kliniczny im. L. Zamenhofa

🇵🇱

Bialystok, Poland

Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne

🇵🇱

Gdansk, Poland

Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy w Krakowie

🇵🇱

Krakow, Poland

Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki

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Lodz, Poland

Instytut "Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka"

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Warszawa, Poland

Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny Im. Jana Mikulicza-Radeckiego We Wroclawiu

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Wroclaw, Poland

Hospital Santa Maria | Centro de Investigacao Clinica

🇵🇹

Missing, Lisboa, Portugal

Centro Clinico Academico Braga | Braga, Portugal

🇵🇹

Braga, Portugal

Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra I ULS Coimbra

🇵🇹

Coimbra, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto | Servico de Investigacao Clinica

🇵🇹

Porto, Portugal

Ciutat Sanitaria i Universitaria de la Vall d'Hebron

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital la Paz

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

University Hospital of Malaga | Unidad de Gestion Clinica de Pediatria

🇪🇸

Málaga, Spain

Virgen del Rocio University Hospital | Pediatric Nephrology Unit

🇪🇸

Sevilla, Spain

Skåne University Hospital

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Lund, Sweden

Karolinska University Hospital

🇸🇪

Stockholm, Sweden

Uppsala University Hospital

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Uppsala, Sweden

Universitäts-Kinderspital UKBB

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Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)

🇨🇭

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Hopital des Enfants HUG

🇨🇭

Geneva, Switzerland

Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Baskent Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Gazi Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Health Ministry Of Türkiye Republic Ankara Bilkent City Hospital

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Universitesi Cerrahpasa - Cocuk Nefrolojisi

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Marmara University Medical Faculty | Pediatric Nephrology

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Royal Hospital for Children - Glasgow Clinical Research Facility

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Glasgow, Stratchclyde, United Kingdom

Birmingham Children's Hospital

🇬🇧

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Queens Medical Centre

🇬🇧

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

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Manchester, United Kingdom

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