A Communication Tool to Assist Older Adults Facing Dialysis Choices

NAActive, not recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

407

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 2, 2020

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Conditions
Palliative CareKidney Failure, ChronicDecision MakingDecision Support TechniquesRenal DialysisDialysisKidney DiseasesNephrologistsDecision AidEnd of LifeEnd-Stage Renal DiseaseLate-Stage Renal DiseaseCommunicationLife-Supporting Treatments
Interventions
OTHER

Best Case/Worst Case communication tool training

"The communication tool promotes dialogue and patient deliberation, and supports shared decision making in the context of kidney disease. Building on a conceptual model of shared decision-making proposed and the practice of scenario planning the intervention is designed to lead to a discussion of participants preferences and consideration of outcomes.~The nephrologist verbally describes the best case, worst case, and most likely outcomes for each treatment option-incorporating rich narrative from clinical experience and translation of probabilistic information-while drawing a diagram of those options. The nephrologist also writes details about each option on the diagram. The narrative and graphic help family and patients formulate and express preferences."

Trial Locations (10)

10027

Columbia University, New York

10029

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

15260

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

21287

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

26506

West Virginia University, Morgantown

53226

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

60611

Northwestern University, Chicago

98195

University of Washington, Seattle

173364

University of Colorado, Denver, Denver

05405

Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

collaborator

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

collaborator

University of Vermont

OTHER

collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

collaborator

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

collaborator

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

OTHER

collaborator

University of Washington

OTHER

collaborator

West Virginia University

OTHER

collaborator

Columbia University

OTHER

collaborator

Medical College of Wisconsin

OTHER

collaborator

The Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Northwestern University

OTHER

lead

University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER