About the Authors

Simon R. Knight

simon.knight@nds.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Leanne Metcalfe

Affiliation James Lind Alliance, National Institute for Health Research Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Katriona O’Donoghue

Affiliation Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom

Simon T. Ball

Affiliations University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, British Renal Society, Lichfield, United Kingdom

Angela Beale

Affiliation National Kidney Federation, Worksop, United Kingdom

William Beale

Affiliation National Kidney Federation, Worksop, United Kingdom

Rachel Hilton

Affiliations Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, British Transplantation Society, Macclesfield, United Kingdom

Keith Hodkinson

Affiliation Kidney Research UK, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Graham W. Lipkin

Affiliations University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Renal Association, Petersfield, United Kingdom

Fiona Loud

Affiliation British Kidney Patient Association, Alton, United Kingdom

Lorna P. Marson

Affiliations Kidney Research UK, Peterborough, United Kingdom, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Peter J. Morris

Affiliations Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Angela Beale, William Beale, Leanne Metcalf, Keith Hodkinson, Peter Morris and Katriona O’Donoghue have no conflicts of interest to declare. Simon Knight has received consultancy fees from OrganOx UK Ltd. Lorna Marson has received lecture fees from Astellas and Novartis. Fiona Loud has received consultancy fees from Merck and Galderma. Graham Lipkin has received lecture fees from Raptor Pharmaceuticals and consulting fees from Alexion Pharma. Rachel Hilton has received lecture fees from Roche Pharmaceuticals and consultancy fees from Novartis. Simon Ball has received research grants from Oxfod Immunotec Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRK LM KOD STB AB WB RH KH GWL FL LPM PJM. Performed the experiments: SRK LM KOD STB AB WB RH KH GWL FL LPM PJM. Analyzed the data: SRK KOD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRK KOD LM. Wrote the paper: SRK LM KOD STB AB WB RH KH GWL FL LPM PJM. Formed the project steering group, involved in all aspects of project design, analysis and publication: SRK LM KOD STB AB WB RH KH GWL FL LPM PJM.