Mass General - Division of Clinical Research

Integrating Conservative Kidney Management Options and Advance Care Planning Into a Pre-Dialysis Educational Program

Purpose

The goals of this work will be to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a comprehensive pre-dialysis education program on increased knowledge of conservative kidney management and advance care planning among patients with advanced CKD.

Conditions

Advance Care Planning
Chronic Kidney Diseases
Conservative Kidney Management

Eligibility

Eligible Ages: Over 65 Years
Eligible Genders: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria

Stage 4 or 5 CKD (defined by the CKD-EPI estimation of GFR < 30 ml/min/1.73m2) - Age 65 years or greater or frail - self-reported Black or White race

Exclusion Criteria

History of dementia - History of legal blindness - Listed for kidney transplantation

Study Design

Phase: N/A
Study Type: Interventional
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description: Comprehensive pre-dialysis program incorporating conservative and advance care planning education
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Masking: Single (Investigator)

Arm Groups

Arm	Description	Assigned Intervention
No Intervention Standard pre-dialysis education	Standard pre-dialysis options education including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation
Active Comparator ESRD education + ACP	Standard ESRD education + conservative kidney management and advance care planning education	Other: ESRD education + conservative kidney management and ACP education Targeted conservative kidney management and advance care planning education delivered in person by trained healthcare providers

More Details

Status: Terminated
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

Study Contact

Detailed Description

This intervention will be randomized among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.

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