NCT06597279

Developing Tools for Dialysis Decision Support

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (estimated)
• Sponsor: VA Palo Alto Health Care System · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of a web-based dialysis decision support tool on decisional conflict, and values-treatment concordance and other decisional outcomes in individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease, and to assess the tool's acceptability and usability.

Detailed description

This study employs a pre-post design to assess the impact of a web-based dialysis decision support tool on patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and their caregivers. Participants will complete baseline surveys assessing demographics, knowledge of kidney failure treatments, and decisional conflict during a nephrology clinic visit. Following the visit, participants will access the decision support tool, with follow-up support provided by the study coordinator. One to four weeks after the baseline visit, participants will complete follow-up surveys to re-evaluate knowledge, decisional conflict, values-treatment concordance, and the quality of shared decision-making. Additionally, telephone interviews will be conducted to explore participants' understanding of treatment options and gather feedback on the decision support tool.

Conditions

• Chronic Kidney Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Web-based dialysis decision support tool	The intervention in this study is the "Kidney Care Roadmap", a web-based dialysis decision support tool designed to assist patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and their caregivers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-21
• Primary completion: 2025-04-10
• Completion: 2026-09-01
• First posted: 2024-09-19
• Last updated: 2025-08-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States