Community Health Workers in an Interdisciplinary Outpatient CKD Clinic to Optimize Social Care Navigation, Patient Engagement, and Home Dialysis Utilization
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: CHOOSE Home Intervention, Usual Care.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Kidney Replacement Therapy. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Community Health Workers in an Interdisciplinary Outpatient CKD Clinic to Optimize Social Care Navigation, Patient Engagement, and Home Dialysis Utilization- the CHOOSE Home Trial
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if this intervention (the CHOOSE Home intervention) is feasible and may lead to more home dialysis usage in a high-risk patient population. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will there be an increase in home dialysis selection or initiation over study follow up? * Will there be a change in patient reported status of Health-Related Social Needs (HRSNs) and patient engagement at 1 year follow up? Researchers will compare the intervention group that will include interdisciplinary care (IDC) and the integration of a Community Health Worker (CHW) into the chronic kidney disease (CKD) care process to the IDC only control group. The research team will assess whether the intervention led to better social care navigation, enhanced patient engagement, and increased home dialysis use.
Detailed description
The overarching aims of the study are to 1) utilize a community- engaged approach with input from diverse community partners to refine the CHOOSE Home Trial; and 2) evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and possible effect of the CHOOSE Home Intervention. Feasibility and acceptability will be evaluated using complementary quantitative and qualitative measures and organized into the dimensions of the RE-AIM framework. The investigator team hypothesizes that the CHOOSE Home intervention may lead to increased home dialysis utilization by more effectively addressing health-related social needs and fostering greater patient engagement. This proposal brings together experts in CKD care, SDOH, health equity, implementation and community-engaged research. The results will be used to inform further studies in CKD care delivery to reduce health inequities in home dialysis use and improve the quality of life for patients with CKD.
Interventions
- Other CHOOSE Home Intervention
Integration of a CHW (Community Health Worker) in the CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) care process to augment patient engagement and address HRSNs (Health-Related Social Needs) within the context of an IDC (Interdisciplinary Care) CKD clinic. The multifaceted components of the intervention are tailored to address key care delivery and social barriers to home dialysis utilization before implementation. - Other Usual Care
This is the usual interdisciplinary care that patients would typically receive for their chronic kidney disease. A key missing factor here is the lack of a community health worker. Patients in this group will be screened for health-related social needs and receive general information on ways to access social services from a study coordinator. Patients will not receive facilitated peer support and social care navigation from the Community Health Worker.
Primary outcome measures
- Selection or Initiation of Home Dialysis [Time frame: 1 year study follow up period]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Change in Patient Activation Measure Scores [Time frame: From baseline to 6 months and baseline to 1 year]
- Change in patient-reported status of Health-related social needs (HRSNs) [Time frame: From baseline to 6 months and baseline to 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Advanced CKD (defined by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 25 ml/min/1.73m2 or less using the 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation)
- English or Spanish speaking
- Provide informed consent
- Followed by a nephrologist at Montefiore and seen within last 12 months
- Willing to receive interdisciplinary care (i.e., nurse practitioner facilitated CKD education and care coordination)
Exclusion criteria
- Active malignancy
- Anticipated survival is less than 1 year as determined by the patient's treating nephrologist
- Opting to do medical management only (non- dialysis supportive care) for management of their kidney failure
- Plan to relocate outside of New York City within the next 12 months
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine — The Bronx
Publications
- United States Renal Data System. 2022 USRDS Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, 2022.
- Francois K, Bargman JM. Evaluating the benefits of home-based peritoneal dialysis. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis. 2014 Dec 4;7:447-55. doi: 10.2147/IJNRD.S50527. eCollection 2014. PMID 25506238
- Johns TS, Prudhvi K, Motechin RA, Sedaliu K, Estrella MM, Stark A, Bauer C, Golestaneh L, Boulware LE, Melamed ML. Interdisciplinary Care and Preparedness for Kidney Failure Management in a High-Risk Population. Kidney Med. 2022 Mar 17;4(5):100450. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100450. eCollection 2022 May. PMID 35479194
- Johns TS, Yee J, Smith-Jules T, Campbell RC, Bauer C. Interdisciplinary care clinics in chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrol. 2015 Oct 12;16:161. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0158-6. PMID 26458811
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- Hsu HT, Chiang YC, Lai YH, Lin LY, Hsieh HF, Chen JL. Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Care for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2021 Feb;18(1):33-41. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12483. Epub 2020 Nov 28. PMID 33247619
- Peeters MJ, van Zuilen AD, van den Brand JA, Bots ML, van Buren M, Ten Dam MA, Kaasjager KA, Ligtenberg G, Sijpkens YW, Sluiter HE, van de Ven PJ, Vervoort G, Vleming LJ, Blankestijn PJ, Wetzels JF. Nurse practitioner care improves renal outcome in patients with CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Feb;25(2):390-8. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2012121222. Epub 2013 Oct 24. PMID 24158983
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Identifiers
NCT: NCT06925776 · 2025-16868 · 1R01DK140574-01