OVERLAND PARK, Ks., Oct 26 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — George Clinical, in close collaboration with The George Institute for Global Health, has recently announced the recruitment of more than 5,000 patients in its ground-breaking, first of its kind, Global Kidney Patient Trials Network (GKPTN) which will accelerate treatments for kidney disease. The concept for the GKPTN is a logical extension of George Clinical’s scientific and clinical operations leadership in the kidney space. In early 2020, the GKPTN enrolled its first patient with the purpose of developing a network of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) willing to participate in clinical research projects accessible through a single global chronic kidney disease platform. The GKPTN now has more than 140 sites in nine countries globally recruiting patients including Australia, China, Japan, USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Italy with the full intention of continuing to expand the number of countries in the coming years.
The GKPTN aims to accelerate the development of new treatments and provide equitable benefits for the millions of people globally who suffer from chronic kidney disease and the many rarer kidney diseases associated with glomerular nephropathies. It is the rarer diseases that have seen increased focus of late from drug developers in the race to find treatments for these underserved patients. Responding to the needs of the researchers in the kidney space, George Clinical has made a commitment to prioritize the recruitment of patients into the network with these more rare glomerulonephropathies while still remaining focussed on the development of a master protocol under which future CKD trials can be run in a more efficient manner.