Kidney care through research.
We conduct clinical studies to improve the lives of people with kidney disease.
RECRUITING
A Phase III Renal Outcomes and Cardiovascular Mortality Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Baxdrostat in Combination With Dapagliflozin in Participants With Chronic Kidney Disease and High Blood Pressure (BaxDuo-Pacific)
Recent research
Genetic testing in kidney transplantation and living kidney donor risk assessment.
Kidney Int
Dervla Connaughton, Matthew Weir, Andrew House, Lakshman Gunaratnam, Amit Garg, Pavel Roshanov
Risk of Serious Adverse Events and Death With Low-Dose Methotrexate Versus Hydroxychloroquine in Adults Receiving Dialysis.
Semin Dial
Matthew Weir, Amit Garg, Brad Urquhart, Peter Blake
Effect of a Change in the Eligibility Criteria for Multidisciplinary Kidney Care.
J Am Soc Nephrol
Arsh Jain, Danielle Nash, Amit Garg, Peter Blake
Association Between Sex and Kidney Transplant Referral, Living Donor Contacts, Waitlisting and Kidney Transplant: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Matthew Weir, Kyla Naylor, Amit Garg
Predicting Three-Year Survival in Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: An External Validation and Updated Multivariable Prediction Model for iChoose Kidney in Ontario, Canada.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Matthew Weir, Kyla Naylor, Amit Garg
External Validation and Recalibration of a Risk Calculator for Major Bleeding After Diagnostic Kidney Biopsy.
Kidney Med
Matthew Weir, Andrew House, Pavel Roshanov
Long-Term Risk of Major Coronary Artery Disease Events After Thrombotic Microangiopathy Treated With Plasma Exchange.
Am J Hematol
Susan Huang, Amit Garg
Peritoneal dialysis patients exhibit cognitive deficits but not ischemic brain injury: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy & diffusion tensor imaging study.
Perit Dial Int
Christopher McIntyre, Arsh Jain
Statistical analysis of Likert-based ordinal scales: a guide for clinical trialists.
BMC Med Res Methodol
Amit Garg, Pavel Roshanov
Increasing Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Program Report.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Kyla Naylor, Amit Garg
Atrasentan in patients with IgA nephropathy (ALIGN): final 2·5-year results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.
Lancet
Matthew Weir
Low-Dose Rivaroxaban and Cardiovascular Events in Advanced Kidney Disease: The TRACK Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA
Amit Garg
Canadian Society of Nephrology Commentary on the 2025 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Clinical Practice Guidelines for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Louise Moist
The Canadian Anatomic Kidney Score Assessment of reproducibility among surgeons and trainees across Canada.
Can Urol Assoc J
Pavel Roshanov
Integrated, Community-Led, Culturally Safe Implementation of a Chronic Kidney Disease Detection Program for Indigenous Communities of Canada: The Kidney Check Program Report.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Arsh Jain
Effect of erector spinae block on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing lung surgical procedures: a systematic review and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials.
BMC Anesthesiol
Pavel Roshanov
Autosomal Dominant Tubulo-Interstitial Kidney Disease: Approach to Diagnosis.
Adv Kidney Dis Health
Dervla Connaughton
CRT-Estimands Framework: consensus based extension of the ICH E9(R1) addendum for cluster randomised trials.
BMJ
Amit Garg
Understanding and overcoming innate and acquired MAPK inhibition resistance in anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Cell Rep Med
Lakshman Gunaratnam
Utility of Risk Scores for Predicting Stroke and Intracranial Bleeding Across Levels of Kidney Function in Two Large Community-Based Cohorts of Older Adults With Atrial Fibrillation.
Am J Kidney Dis
Amit Garg
Genetic testing in kidney transplantation and living kidney donor risk assessment.
Kidney Int
Dervla Connaughton, Matthew Weir, Andrew House, Lakshman Gunaratnam, Amit Garg, Pavel Roshanov
Risk of Serious Adverse Events and Death With Low-Dose Methotrexate Versus Hydroxychloroquine in Adults Receiving Dialysis.
Semin Dial
Matthew Weir, Amit Garg, Brad Urquhart, Peter Blake
Effect of a Change in the Eligibility Criteria for Multidisciplinary Kidney Care.
J Am Soc Nephrol
Arsh Jain, Danielle Nash, Amit Garg, Peter Blake
Association Between Sex and Kidney Transplant Referral, Living Donor Contacts, Waitlisting and Kidney Transplant: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Matthew Weir, Kyla Naylor, Amit Garg
Predicting Three-Year Survival in Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: An External Validation and Updated Multivariable Prediction Model for iChoose Kidney in Ontario, Canada.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Matthew Weir, Kyla Naylor, Amit Garg
External Validation and Recalibration of a Risk Calculator for Major Bleeding After Diagnostic Kidney Biopsy.
Kidney Med
Matthew Weir, Andrew House, Pavel Roshanov
Long-Term Risk of Major Coronary Artery Disease Events After Thrombotic Microangiopathy Treated With Plasma Exchange.
Am J Hematol
Susan Huang, Amit Garg
Peritoneal dialysis patients exhibit cognitive deficits but not ischemic brain injury: A magnetic resonance spectroscopy & diffusion tensor imaging study.
Perit Dial Int
Christopher McIntyre, Arsh Jain
Statistical analysis of Likert-based ordinal scales: a guide for clinical trialists.
BMC Med Res Methodol
Amit Garg, Pavel Roshanov
Increasing Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Program Report.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Kyla Naylor, Amit Garg
Atrasentan in patients with IgA nephropathy (ALIGN): final 2·5-year results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.
Lancet
Matthew Weir
Low-Dose Rivaroxaban and Cardiovascular Events in Advanced Kidney Disease: The TRACK Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA
Amit Garg
Canadian Society of Nephrology Commentary on the 2025 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Clinical Practice Guidelines for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Louise Moist
The Canadian Anatomic Kidney Score Assessment of reproducibility among surgeons and trainees across Canada.
Can Urol Assoc J
Pavel Roshanov
Integrated, Community-Led, Culturally Safe Implementation of a Chronic Kidney Disease Detection Program for Indigenous Communities of Canada: The Kidney Check Program Report.
Can J Kidney Health Dis
Arsh Jain
Effect of erector spinae block on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing lung surgical procedures: a systematic review and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials.
BMC Anesthesiol
Pavel Roshanov
Autosomal Dominant Tubulo-Interstitial Kidney Disease: Approach to Diagnosis.
Adv Kidney Dis Health
Dervla Connaughton
CRT-Estimands Framework: consensus based extension of the ICH E9(R1) addendum for cluster randomised trials.
BMJ
Amit Garg
Understanding and overcoming innate and acquired MAPK inhibition resistance in anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Cell Rep Med
Lakshman Gunaratnam
Utility of Risk Scores for Predicting Stroke and Intracranial Bleeding Across Levels of Kidney Function in Two Large Community-Based Cohorts of Older Adults With Atrial Fibrillation.
Am J Kidney Dis
Amit Garg


















