Feasibility of Enhanced Dialysis Education (EDU) Intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients (CKD-EDU)

University of Rochester

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Diseases

Treatments: Other: usual care; Behavioral: CKD-EDU

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03465449

0071204

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are studying the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of an intervention called Enhanced Dialysis Education (EDU) Intervention. CKD-EDU is a palliative care-based dialysis decision-making intervention that involves educating patients and caregivers about dialysis and engaging them in shared decision-making. Half of the enrolled patients will receive CKD-EDU and the other half will receive Usual Care.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ≥75 years old
2. Presence of advanced CKD stage 4 or 5 (i.e. e GFR ≤ 25 ml/min)
3. Patient's nephrologist is enrolled in the study and has seen that nephrologist at least once
4. Speaks English
5. Have not attended a dialysis education class or met with the dialysis education coordinator.
6. Have not made a dialysis decision

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient has already been seen by a palliative care clinician or is enrolled in hospice
2. Is already on dialysis
3. Hospitalized at the time of recruitment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

usual care

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: usual care

CKD-EDU arm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: CKD-EDU