NCT01054066

Managing Chronic Kidney Disease in Eastern North Carolina

Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Eastern North Carolina (MARKER)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,257 (actual)
• Sponsor: East Carolina University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this program is to educate primary care physicians in four underserved clinics in eastern North Carolina about chronic kidney disease.

Detailed description

The Division of Nephrology within the Brody School of Medicine recently form a center to focus attention on the needs of patients with kidney disease in eastern North Carolina. It is estimated that more than 40 million Americans have or at risk for CKD. The estimate for CKD in eastern North Carolina is exacerbated by poor access to health care. The mission of the East Carolina University Center for the Study and Treatment of Kidney Disease (ECCKD) is to increase education and awareness, improve treatment and outcomes through research, and better serve patients with CKD in eastern North Carolina.

Conditions

• Chronic Kidney Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Chronic Kidney Disease Education	Instituting teaching programs to manage hypertension, diabetes, anemia, proteinuria and cardiovascular disease in patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-05-01
• Completion: 2011-05-01
• First posted: 2010-01-22
• Last updated: 2012-04-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States