Healthy Transitions in Late Stage Kidney Disease

Northwell Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease

Treatments: Other: Medication review; Other: Education; Other: Countdown to fistula program; Other: Daily weight measurement and monitoring; Other: Focused advanced directive program; Other: Universal Dietary education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02085837

13-033

Details and patient eligibility

About

Improve health and outcome for people with late stage chronic kidney disease by providing patient centered nursing services in addition to a Nephrologist's routine patient care.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Stage 4-5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between 0-30 ml/minute
• 18 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment that is clinically apparent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy Transitions Group

Experimental group

Description:

* Additional nursing services will be provided to this group in addition to a usual care by Nephrologist. * Daily weight measurement and monitoring * Medication review * Universal dietary education * Focused advanced directive program * Countdown to fistula program

Treatment:

Other: Universal Dietary education

Other: Countdown to fistula program

Other: Medication review

Other: Daily weight measurement and monitoring

Other: Education

Other: Focused advanced directive program

Usual Care Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care by nephrologist. No additional nursing support services will be provide to this group.