NCT06577571

Testing Educational Videos on Conservative Kidney Management

A Study of CKM-EMPOWER: Empowering Medical Professionals on CKM With Educational Resources

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to test the efficacy of a series of just-in-time educational videos on topics related to CKM (CKM-EMPOWER) in improving nephrology providers ability to provide CKM.

Detailed description

Conservative kidney management (CKM) is an important therapeutic alternative for patients who do not wish to pursue dialysis for their advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Despite a growing body of evidence and clinical services to support patients who do not wish to pursue dialysis, nephrologists receive very limited training in CKM. This is a randomized trial of nephrology fellows that utilizes surveys to assess their change in knowledge, confidence and practice of providing CKM with receipt of CKM-EMPOWER. The investigators hypothesize that the CKM-EMPOWER will improve nephrology fellows' knowledge and confidence with delivering key elements of CKM. Investigators will recruit 126 nephrology fellows from US fellowship programs and randomize participants in a 1:1 fashion to either receipt of the CKM-EMPOWER or non-receipt. Participants will complete web-based surveys to assess knowledge and confidence with providing CKM between groups.

Conditions

• Kidney Disease, Chronic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CKM-EMPOWER	CKM-EMPOWER is a series of 11 just-in-time educational videos on topics related to caring for patients who opt for CKM: CKM overview, dysgeusia, fatigue, restless leg syndrome, uremic pruiritis, cramping, pain, volume overload, electrolyte abnormalities, anticipatory grief, and actively dying patient. Videos are approximately 5-10 minutes in length and intended to provide learners with a brief overiew on the definition of each issue, impact of the issue on a patient, assessment of the issue, and approaches to addressing the issue. Videos conclude with references to additional resources on each topic for more in-depth self-study. CKM-EMPOWER was created by a team comprised of a health educator, the principal investigator (nephrologist), a geriatrician and a physician dually trained in nephrology and palliative care and with feedback from a geriatric pharmacist and members of a national professional interest workgroup in kidney palliative care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-27
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-08-29
• Last updated: 2025-07-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States