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

University of Pennsylvania4 enrolled

Overview

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.

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Advance Care Planning Chronic Kidney Diseases Conservative Kidney Management

Interventions

ESRD education + conservative kidney management and ACP educationOTHER

Targeted conservative kidney management and advance care planning education delivered in person by trained healthcare providers

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Knowledge of Conservative Kidney Management and Advance Care Planning (Pre-intervention)

Knowledge of conservative kidney management and advance care planning pre-intervention (mean score) Total score ranges from 0 to 9, where 9 represents having the most knowledge about conservative kidney management and advance care planning

Time frame: Pre-intervention and Day 1 post-intervention

Knowledge of Conservative Kidney Management and Advance Care Planning (Post-intervention)

Knowledge of conservative kidney management and advance care planning post-intervention (mean score) Total score ranges from 0 to 9, where 9 represents having the most knowledge about conservative kidney management and advance care planning

Time frame: Immediate post-intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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