NCT06144281

Study of Home-Embedded Palliative Care for Hemodialysis- (and Peritoneal-) Dependent End-Stage Renal Disease

Study of Home-Embedded Palliative Care for Hemodialysis- (and Peritoneal-) Dependent End-Stage Renal Disease (SHEPHERD 2.0)

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 315 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Home palliative care needs are often under-recognized in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). This pilot study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of referrals to home palliative care services in improving patient outcomes compared with usual care among patients with ESRD admitted to a Penn hospital. Evaluating the effectiveness of home palliative care services is critical to determine whether increasing access to these services would improve patient-centered outcomes for these high-need patients

Conditions

• End-Stage Renal Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Nudge for PHPC NP Referral	The attending and covering providers for inpatients who have been identified according to the study's inclusion criteria as appropriate for home palliative care services upon hospital discharge will be asked to refer their patient for these services.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-14
• Primary completion: 2024-11-11
• Completion: 2024-11-11
• First posted: 2023-11-22
• Last updated: 2025-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States