Kidney360 Publish Ahead of Print, published on September 14, 2020 as doi:10.34067/KID.0002732020 1 Predictors of Arterio-Venous Fistula Failure: A post-hoc analysis of the FAVOURED Study Yong Pey See1,3, Yeoungjee Cho1,2,11, Elaine M Pascoe2,11, Alan Cass4, Ashley Irish5,6 , David Voss7, Kevan R Polkinghorne8, Lai Seong Hooi9, Loke-Meng Ong10, Peta-Anne Paul- Brent2,11, Peter G Kerr8, Trevor A Mori6, Carmel M Hawley 1,2,11, David W Johnson1,2,11, and Andrea K Viecelli1,2,11, on Behalf of the Omega 3 Fatty Acids (Fish Oils) and Aspirin in Vascular Access Outcomes in Renal Disease (FAVOURED) Study Collaborative Group* 1Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; 2Australasian Kidney Trial Network, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; 3Department of Renal Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; 4Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia; 5Department of Nephrology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia; 6Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; 7Middlemore Renal Department, Counties-Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand; 8Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia; 9Department of Medicine and Hemodialysis Unit, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Malaysia; 10Department of Nephrology, Penang Hospital, Georgetown, Malaysia; 11Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; Corresponding author: Dr Andrea Viecelli, MD, FRACP, PhD Department of Nephrology Princess Alexandra Hospital Level 2, ARTS Building 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia Phone: +61 7 3176 5080 Fax: +61 7 3176 5480 Email:
[email protected] Copyright 2020 by American Society of Nephrology. 2 ABSTRACT Background An autologous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred hemodialysis vascular access but successful creation is hampered by high rates of AVF failure.