Evaluation of a Virtual Home Dialysis Mentoring Program (Home) (HOME)

Satellite Healthcare

Status: Completed

Conditions: End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis; Home Dialysis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04806126

SP132_Home

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Investigator plans to establish a virtual platform for home dialysis physician mentoring with the intent to:

1. Formulate a practical, interactive, virtual curriculum in home dialysis
2. Provide dedicated video conferences in home dialysis mentorship
3. Measure knowledge awareness and attitudes towards home dialysis

Full description

Home-based kidney replacement therapy offers enhanced quality of life and clinical advantages compared to conventional in-center hemodialysis. Globally, there is an increased awareness of home dialysis. However, there is a lack of mentoring centers to support new programs and/or nephrologists to initiate and grow home dialysis.1, 2 Critical prerequisites for a successful mentoring relationship include:

• Established excellence in home dialysis in the mentor center
• Willingness from both mentors and mentees to participate in the program
• Engaging, high quality clinical content, including sharing of best practices
• Lack of system barriers to establish home dialysis
• Dedicated metrics to measure success of the program

The Investigator plans to establish a virtual platform with the intent to:

1. Formulate a practical, interactive, virtual curriculum in home dialysis
2. Provide dedicated video conferences in home dialysis mentorship
3. Measure knowledge awareness and attitudes towards home dialysis

The Investigator hypothesizes that an effective, sustained mentorship program will increase knowledge and awareness of home dialysis and will ultimately enhance overall home dialysis adoption.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Credentialed physicians at Satellite Healthcare
• Nephrology fellows at nephrology training program affiliated with Satellite Healthcare credentialed physician

Exclusion criteria

• Any person who does not meet the inclusion criteria

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

Virtual Mentoring Program Participants

Description:

Physicians credentialed at Satellite Healthcare will be eligible to participate along with nephrology fellows from training programs affiliated with credentialed physicians.