Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Improving Medical Decision Making for Older Patients With End Stage Renal Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Tufts Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Conditions:

Renal Disease, End Stage

Palliative Care

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The overall objective of this study is to reduce the burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its consequences for an aging U.S. population. To accomplish this, the investigators propose to conduct ...

Detailed Description

The video intervention consists of a video decision aid along with a video declaration (ViDec), which is recorded by the patient. The video decision aid explores ACP options for medical care for end-s...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients age ≥70 are eligible if they have EITHER Advanced CKD defined as ONE eGFR value ≤ 30 ml/min/1.73m2 in the past 12 months NOT determined to be a result of AKI OR Have a diagnosis of CKD and less than a two-year prognosis from any cause, defined by the clinician answering "NO" to the Surprise Question ("Would you be surprised if this patients died in the next two years?")
  • Patients age 65-69 are eligible if they have BOTH Advanced CKD defined as ONE eGFR value ≤ 30 ml/min/1.73m2 NOT determined to be a result of AKI AND Have less than a two-year prognosis, defined by the clinician answering "NO" to the Surprise Question ("Would you be surprised if this patients died in the next two years?")
  • Patients who have not had a nephrology visit in the past 12 months can be recruited from non-Nephrology Clinics per the above eligibility criteria

Exclusion

  • listed for kidney transplantation or previous transplant recipient
  • already on or previously on dialysis (including emergent dialysis)
  • new patient visit
  • visually impaired beyond 20/200 corrected
  • psychological state not appropriate for ACP discussions as determined by the primary nephrologist
  • cognitive impairment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 21 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

456 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04347629

Start Date

June 21 2021

End Date

May 31 2026

Last Update

April 27 2025

Active Locations (9)

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VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94034-1290

2

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94034

3

Brigham & Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115-6110

4

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118-2908