Providing Resources to Enhance Patients' Readiness to Make Decisions About Kidney Disease: The PREPARE NOW Study

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Conditions studied: Chronic Kidney Disease

In brief

This study evaluates the effectiveness of patient educational materials (a book and DVD) to help patients with chronic kidney disease make early, shared, and informed decisions about kidney replacement therapy. Half of the participants will receive the educational materials and half will receive usual care from their doctors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02428569

Run by

Duke University

People needed

24

Starts

2015-05-01

Expected to finish

2016-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years or older
• English speaking
• Advanced kidney disease defined as an eGFR < 20 mL/min/1.73m2 at their last clinical appointment with their nephrologist
• Have not initiated a Renal Replacement Therapy

You may not qualify if…

• Cannot speak English
• Have initiated Renal Replacement Therapy

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University / Nephrology Center Of Maryland / Good Samaritan Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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