Virtual Ward for Home Dialysis

Summary

Home based renal replacement therapy (RRT), including peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis(HHD), offers enhanced quality of life and clinical advantages compared to conventional in-center hemodialysis. Patients with end stage renal disease, that is failure of the kidneys such that dialysis is required, are at high risk for adverse health events especially during a period of transition following a change in care settings. The investigators aim to implement a Home Dialysis Virtual Ward (HDVW) strategy of telephone follow-up, which is targeted to minimize gaps of care during transitions in care.

The investigators aim to have clinicians follow patients by telephone if they meet one of the following four criteria;

1. Discharge from hospital.
2. Having an interventional procedure.
3. Prescription of an antibiotic.
4. Completion of Home Dialysis training.

The major goal of this HDVW initiative is to provide appropriate and effective supports to medically complex patients in a targeted window of vulnerability.

Conditions

• End Stage Renal Disease
• Kidney Failure
• Home Dialysis

Interventions

OTHER

Telephone follow-up

OTHER

Sympton Assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Baxter Healthcare Corporation

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Vancouver General Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

  collaborator OTHER

• St. Paul's Hospital, Canada

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Alberta

  collaborator OTHER

• Unity Health Toronto

  collaborator OTHER

• The Ottawa Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Capital Health Nova Scotia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Christopher Chan

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Christopher T Chan, MD · University Health Network, Toronto

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-09-30

Primary Completion

2015-12-31

Completion

2016-03-31

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations