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"Nephron"- an Evaluation of a educational program for patients with renal insuffiency in General practice.

"Nephron"- an Evaluation of a educational program for patients with renal insuffiency in General practice. - "Nephron"

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00009308
Enrollment
280
Registered
2015-10-07
Start date
2012-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

chronical renal insufficiency

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: The education program consisting of medical and psychological interventions, dietary courses, as well as advises to physical training as parts of a life style modification

Sponsors

Gemeinschaftspraxis
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
21 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 21 to 75 years with a diagnosed, progressive renal insufficiency (serum creatinine between 1,0 and 8,0 mg/dl for women and 1,3 and 8,0 mg/dl for men, determined with clinically routine labor; or a glomerular filtration rate (GFR), calculated with the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (CKD ) formula with less than 90ml/min/1,73m² body surface, and arterial hypertension that requires drug treatment will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients that are not able to receive the education units (e.g. due to acute psychological crisis, due to the need for therapy of serious acute medical Problems as infections or myocardial infarction, due to language problems) and begin of dialysis will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary endpoints are the evolution of the renal function with creatinine- GFR-progression, disease-related knowledge and Blood pressure. The moments of measurements are bevor beginning and after of the educational program and one year after the program for the patients who are participating to the educational program. The patients of the controll-group are controlled at the day of recriutement and after one year.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The secondary endpoint is a combined endpoint of the trial calculated by the number of patients on dialysis, the number of patients transplanted, doubling of serum creatinine and death in both groups within the follow-up period of one year.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJarmila Mahlmeister

Gemeinschaftspraxis

praxis.co-mah@t-online.de09747-1777

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026