NCT05805709

A Patient-centered Trial of a Process-of-care Intervention in Hospitalized AKI Patients: the COPE-AKI Trial

Caring for OutPatiEnts After Acute Kidney Injury (COPE-AKI) Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,145 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The COPE-AKI study is a randomized, pragmatic, parallel-arm trial comparing a multimodal intervention to usual care on hospital-free days through 90 days of study follow up. The primary study hypothesis is that patients randomized to the intervention will have increased odds of more hospital-free days through 90 days (primary clinical) compared to those randomized to usual care. Key secondary hypotheses will investigate the impact of the intervention on rates of major adverse kidney events, rates of recurrent AKI, and changes in patient-reported outcomes. Participants (N=2145) will be allocated 1:1 to the intervention or usual care using a web-based system to maintain allocation concealment using stratified randomization with randomly permuted blocks. Randomization will be stratified by clinical site.

Detailed description

The primary study hypotheses for the COPE-AKI study are: compared to usual care, patients randomized to a multimodal intervention will have increased odds of more hospital-free days through 90 days (primary) and lower rates of major adverse kidney events (MAKE) at 180 days, lower rates of recurrent AKI at 180 days, and greater improvements in patient-reported outcomes over 90 days (secondary). The primary outcome is hospital-free days through 90 days of follow up, defined as 90 minus the number of calendar days in the hospital as either an inpatient or on observation status, based on the determination made by the corresponding hospital. Key secondary outcomes include: rates of MAKE (measured at 90, 180, and 365 days), rates of recurrent AKI (90, 180, and 365 days), and 4 patient-report outcomes: global health related quality of life, AKI-specific health related quality of life, provider interactions, and social support (30, 90, 180, 365 days). A multimodal process-of-care intervention that includes 1) study physician oversight and follow up care recommendations at the time of hospital discharge; 2) involvement of a nurse navigator to provide kidney-disease related education, coordinate care, and assess symptoms; and 3) pharmacist-led medication reconciliation and review. Participants in the usual care arm will be provided information about their kidney disease, nephrotoxins to be avoided, and the importance of follow up with a physician will be emphasized.

Conditions

• Acute Kidney Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Study Physician/Advance Practice Provider	The nephrologist and/or nephrology-associated advanced practice provider (APP) at each site will lead the intervention team for the duration of the study. The study physicians will fulfil two main roles: (a) Provide supervision to the rest of the study team and (b) conduct a discharge assessment to triage and make recommendations for follow-up care.
OTHER	Nurse Navigator	The nurse navigator will be the primary contact for the participants assigned to the intervention group for the study. The navigator will obtain contact information, information about the patient's usual care providers and pharmacy, review medications, show the participant how to use the home blood pressure machine and scales and arrange for follow-up visits. The role of the nurse navigator will be to monitor the participant's medical condition; facilitate scheduling of needed medical follow-up including both routine (pre-scheduled) and ad hoc (urgent or emergency); enhance adherence with prescribed medical care and follow-up appointments; and serve as a resource to the patient to answer questions about their AKI-related management, facilitate medical and associated care and provide enhanced psychosocial support.
OTHER	Pharmacist	The pharmacist will complete the medication reconciliation and medication regimen review per the predetermined checklist, via telemedicine if agreeable to the patient. The goal of the patient/caregiver-pharmacist interaction is to cover the following: avoidance of nephrotoxins when possible and appropriate, appropriate dosing of renally cleared drugs, review for drug-drug interactions, monitoring appropriate use of chronic medications, medication adherence, monitor for adverse drug reactions, evaluation of non-prescription medication use, medication/disease education and social support.
OTHER	Patient Education	Written information about kidney disease, nephrotoxins to be avoided and importance/need for follow up with a physician will be provided.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-05
• Primary completion: 2026-06-05
• Completion: 2027-03-05
• First posted: 2023-04-10
• Last updated: 2025-09-04

Locations

9 sites across 1 country: United States