title: European Training and Research in Peritoneal Dialysis: scientific objectives, training, implementation and impact of the programme.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers many advantages over hospital-based haemodialysis, including better quality of life. Despite this, there is a general under-utilisation of PD in Europe, which, to some extent, can be attributed to a lack of knowledge and education amongst renal clinicians and nurses.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The specific aim of the European Training and Research in Peritoneal Dialysis (EuTRiPD) programme is to address this lack of knowledge, to develop a minimum of five biomarkers that allow the prediction of outcome in PD and three therapeutic treatments to improve outcome in PD.
  
  
  METHODS
  EuTRiPD is a EU-wide consortium with clinical, academic and commercial partners set up to address this knowledge gap. By training through research and close collaboration between academic and commercial entities we hope to improve the outcome and uptake of PD. It is the goal of EuTRiPD to improve the currently hampered diagnostic therapeutic developments in renal replacement therapy (RRT) and structure existing high-quality PD-related research across Europe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is hoped that EuTRiPD can and will have a significant impact on socio-economic and scientific aspects of PD. It is the aim for EuTRiPD to boost the uptake of PD throughout Europe by making PD the obvious choice for patients.
authors: Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, VU University Medical Center (VUMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Tom L
authors: TL
authors: Foster
authors: Evelina
authors: E
authors: Ferrantelli
authors: Tanja
authors: T
authors: van Wier-van der Schaaf
authors: Robert H J
authors: RH
authors: Beelen
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education*; D005060:Europe; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D009398:Nephrology / Q000193:education*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Education; Peritoneal dialysis; Research