Empowering Patients on Choices for Renal Replacement Therapy (Aim 2) (EPOCH-RRT)

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02440659

1109201303132

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.

Aim two is based on preliminary results of Aim one interviews, and in collaboration with the Patient Advisory Panel, the investigators developed a brief questionnaire to be administered to participants in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) and Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS). Two separate versions of the questionnaire were created to reflect unique aspects of in-center hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD).

Enrollment: 2,946 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals 18 years of age or older.
• Currently consented in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study - (DOPPS) or the Peritoneal Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS).

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals under 18 years of age.
• Individuals unable to provide informed consent.

Trial design

2,946 participants in 2 patient groups

Hemodialysis (HD)

Description:

Patients who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and are currently on hemodialysis.

Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)

Description:

Patients who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and are currently on peritoneal dialysis.