NCT04998110

Integrated Palliative Care With Nephrology Care

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Integrated Palliative Care With Nephrology Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a pilot randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of integrated ambulatory supportive care visits with standard nephrology outpatient visits for six months in patients with advanced CKD. The study team hypothesizes that patients in the integrated care arm will trend towards improved symptom burden, improved quality of life scores and more engagement in advance care planning. Primary objectives: To test the impact of integrated ambulatory supportive care in nephrology care on symptom burden. Secondary: To test the impact of integrated ambulatory supportive care on quality of life and engagement in advance care planning and to demonstrate study feasibility.

Conditions

• CKD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ambulatory Supportive Care	Ambulatory supportive care visits monthly for six months - a monthly visit with an ambulatory palliative care provider educated in kidney disease

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-05
• Primary completion: 2025-04-17
• Completion: 2025-04-17
• First posted: 2021-08-10
• Last updated: 2025-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States