*See also p. 1970.
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This study was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (grant 352550) and Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand (grant 06–357).
Professor Alan Cass was supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship; and received funding from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council; and received grant support from Roche and Gambro. Professor Rinaldo Bellomo received consulting fees as an advisor for Gambro; and consulted for Gambro, Biosite, Abbott, and Philipps. Professor Simon Finfer has received travel support to present research results at scientific meetings from Eli Lilly, Cardinal Health, and CSL Bioplasma; and received funding from the Australian government. Dr. Gallagher received honoraria/speaking fees from Roche. Dr. Myburgh received funding from the NHMRC (Australia) and honoraria/speaking fees and grant support from Fresenius. Dr. Scheinkestel received funding from the NHMRC and Health Research Council of New Zealand. The remaining authors have not disclosed any potential conflicts of interest.
The George Institute for International Health, an independent not-for-profit institute affiliated with the University of Sydney, has received reimbursement for Professor Finfer’s time as a steering committee member for studies sponsored by Eli Lilly and Eisai. The George Institute has received research funding from Servier, Novartis, Eisai, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer Australia, Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, and Sanofi Aventis.
The Randomized Evaluation of Normal vs. Augmented Level (RENAL) Replacement Therapy Study is a collaboration of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (ANZICS CTG) and the George Institute for International Health.
The members of the writing committee (Rinaldo Bellomo, MBBS, MD; Alan Cass MBBS, PhD; Louise Cole, MBBS, PhD; Simon Finfer, MBBS; Martin Gallagher MBBS; Joanne Lee, BMedSc (Hons); Serigne Lo, PhD, MSc, BSc; Colin McArthur, MBBS; Shay McGuiness, MBBS; Robyn Norton, PhD, MP; John Myburgh, MBBS, PhD; and Carlos Scheinkestel, MBBS) take responsibility for the content of this article.
The affiliations of the members of the RENAL Replacement Therapy Study writing committee and the names and affiliations of the Investigators are listed in the Appendix.
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