Empowering Patients On Choices for Renal Replacement Therapy (Aim 3) (EPOCH-RRT)

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease

Treatments: Other: Decision Aid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02488317

1109201303123

Details and patient eligibility

About

Empowering Patients On Choices for Renal Replacement Therapy (EPOCH-RRT) study seeks to identify factors that matter the most to patients with kidney disease and study how they are impacted by different types of dialysis. The inclusion of patients, caregivers, and patient advocacy organizations as research partners will assure that the study addresses questions of greatest relevance to patients facing the need for dialysis.

For Aim 3, the investigators are going to compare measures related to the decision-making process between patients receiving and not receiving a decision aid focusing on Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis.

Enrollment: 234 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years and older
• Speaks English
• Has access to the internet

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

234 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention arm

Other group

Description:

These patients will receive the decision aid tool. Decision-making outcomes (e.g., self-efficacy) will be compared between patients who received and did not receive a decision aid. These arms were chosen because the current standard of care is for health care providers to discuss options with patients without using a decision aid.

Treatment:

Other: Decision Aid

Control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

These patients will not receive the decision aid tool and will be asked to test their knowledge without it. Decision-making outcomes (e.g., self-efficacy) will be compared between patients who received and did not receive a decision aid. These arms were chosen because the current standard of care is for health care providers to discuss options with patients without using a decision aid.