Inherited renal disease: attitudes to prenatal diagnosis and PGD

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Attitudes in Patients with ADPKD and other Inherited Renal Diseases receiving dialysis towards Prenatal Diagnosis and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

  • IRAS ID

    145961

  • Contact name

    Oscar Swift

  • Contact email

    oscar.swift@nhs.net

  • Sponsor organisation

    East and North Herts NHS Trust

  • Research summary

    No standard currently exists for interest and/or intended uptake of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for inherited kidney diseases such as Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). Therefore this is a baseline study that will inform clinicians working in this field regarding whether there is interest in making prenatal genetic counselling available to patients with ADPKD. A previous study at Royal Free Hospital has looked at attitudes in patients with CKD stages I-IV towards prenatal diagnosis and PGD; the remit of this study is to evaluate attitudes in ADPKD patients with end-stage renal failure receiving dialysis.

  • REC name

    Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    14/YH/0066

  • Date of REC Opinion

    25 Feb 2014

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion