KTD-innov for World Kidney Day on March 14

World Kidney Day, promoted in France by the Kidney Foundation, will take place on March 14. This year, the theme chosen was inequalities in the prevention, early detection and treatment of kidney disease worldwide, under the slogan "Healthy kidneys for everyone, everywhere".

According to the WHO, chronic kidney disease has become a public health issue affecting 10% of the world's population. In France, 3 million people suffer from it and 87,000 of them are treated by dialysis or receive a kidney transplant. For Health Insurance, the cost of this care represents 2% of its total expenses, or €4 billion per year.
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This is why the Future Investments programme is providing €9 million to support the KTD-innov research project.

Research responds to a real need of patients

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​For people with severe chronic kidney disease, a transplant is often the ideal choice because it is less restrictive and less expensive than dialysis. Unfortunately, in France, less than 4,000 people a year are lucky enough to receive a new kidney, and 1,500 people are still on waiting lists.
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The law of 26 January 2016 on organ donation has made it possible to generalise it but is not enough to sufficiently reduce the list of patients waiting for a kidney transplant. And it happens regularly that patients who have already had a transplant need a new organ a few years after their transplant. That is why the KTD-innov project is looking for a solution to make the graft viable for longer. This solution will allow a personalized medical follow-up of transplanted patients.

​Innovation in research

The KTD-innov project offers a unique approach that combines clinical, biological, immunological and molecular data from the patient. It allows a global vision of the patient and a unique analysis in the world. 
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Thanks to funding from the French government, KTD-innov will improve knowledge and predict the success of transplants. It is thanks to this innovation that patients can already expect an individualization of their treatment and an increase in the life of their graft by 2022.

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