{"id":15,"date":"2025-07-04T17:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.convention.co.jp\/71jsdt\/en\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:58:27","slug":"coi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.convention.co.jp\/71jsdt\/en\/coi\/","title":{"rendered":"About COI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conflict of Interest (COI) Declaration & Disclosure<\/h2>\n

The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy has implemented the guidelines on conflicts of interest since 20th April 2015. The regulations require a first author of an abstract of an annual meeting to submit a self-declaration form if a conflict of interest relevant to the abstract exists, and to disclose the COI on the day of presentation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Persons who need to declare \/disclose a conflict of interest<\/h2>\n

All first authors of abstracts to be presented in an annual meeting (including speakers from overseas, speakers of luncheon seminars)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Time period to be covered by declaration \/ disclosure<\/h2>\n

Last 3 years (From 1st January, 2023 to 31st December 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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How to determine an existence of a conflict of interest<\/h2>\n

If the content of a presentation is related to a corporate profit, and an author of the presentation has received any economic benefits from the company as far back as 1 (one) year before the date of an abstract submission, this presentation \/ abstract is judged to have a conflict of interest. The author of such a presentation \/ abstract is required to submit a COI self-declaration form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Disclosure of a conflict of interest<\/h2>\n

On the day of presentation, all speakers are asked to include in their presentations a disclosure statement regarding the existence of any conflict of interest, and name(s) of company \/ companies, if any conflict of interest exists.<\/p>\n

Please add a disclosure statement on the second page of your presentation slide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

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Q&A<\/h2>\n
<\/span>Q. Who needs to declare conflicts of interest?<\/div>
A. All presenting authors of an annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy.<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/span>Q. Do all the authors of an abstract need to declare conflicts of interest?<\/div>
A. Only presenting authors need to make a declaration. Co-authors do not need.<\/div><\/div>\n
<\/span>Q. What must be declared as a conflict of interest?<\/div>
A. Under the Society\u2019s guidelines, a conflict of interest exists when a presenter<\/p>\n
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  1. is appointed as a board member or an adviser, or starts working as an employee of a company, legal entity, or commercial organization,<\/li>\n
  2. has stock in a company,<\/li>\n
  3. receives patent royalty from a company, legal entity, or commercial organization,<\/li>\n
  4. receives from a company, legal entity, or commercial organization, a per diem (including lecture fee) for participating in a meeting, delivering a presentation or lecture in a meeting, or appearing in the media,<\/li>\n
  5. receives from a company, legal entity, or commercial organization, fee for writing, editing, or overseeing the writing of a leaflet or a production of video,<\/li>\n
  6. receives expenses for medical researches (including clinical trials) provided by a company, legal entity, or commercial organization,<\/li>\n
  7. receives research expenses (including funded research, collaborative research, donation) provided by a company, legal entity, or commercial organization,<\/li>\n
  8. is appointed as a chair of a course endowed by a company, legal entity, or commercial organization,<\/li>\n
  9. receives other travel expenses (for participation in a conference) or gifts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    <\/span>Q. What time period is covered by declaration \/ disclosure?<\/div>
    A. Last 3 years (From 1st January, 2023 to 31st December 2025)<\/div><\/div>\n
    <\/span>Q. Is the amount to be declared the sum total of whole three years? Or to be declared annually?<\/div>
    A. Annually.<\/div><\/div>\n
    <\/span>Q. Could donations to an institution or organization to which authors belong be a conflict of interest?<\/div>
    A. Yes, it is the item to be declared \/ disclosed.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>
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    Sample Slides<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>