Pilot Randomized-controlled Trial of Integrated Palliative and Nephrology Care Versus Usual Nephrology Care.

NCT04520984 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2021-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this application is to conduct a pilot study testing the impact of integrated nephrology and palliative care versus standard nephrology care on patient-reported outcomes. This study is a preliminary study designed to determine feasibility of a palliative care study inclusive of kidney disease patients and to look for trends in impact over a 12-week follow-up period. Measurements will be taken at time one (time of enrollment) and time two (12 weeks). Our central hypothesis is that integration of palliative care with standard nephrology care in the ambulatory care of patients with a glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≤15ml/min/1.73m2 will trend towards improved symptom control, quality of life, and increased documentation of advance care planning when compared to usual nephrology care. We expect 10-15 patients per arm.

Conditions

  • Chronic Kidney Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Integrated ambulatory palliative and nephrology care

Monthly ambulatory care visits with the kidney palliative care team in the intervention group for three months. The intervention in this study is addition of a palliative care team to the care team of the subject. This intervention will not change or impact their regular nephrology care. The subjects in the intervention arm will be seen by the palliative care team three times over the 12-week study period (once per month).The intervention will be delivered by a physician trained in both palliative care and nephrology, the PI of the study.

OTHER

Standard nephrology care

Standard nephrology care

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Scherer, MD · NYU Langone Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-12
Primary Completion
2021-04-26
Completion
2021-04-26

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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