Chronic Kidney Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Telemonitoring, Chronic Kidney Disease
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the adoption of a chronic care model in conjunction with tele monitoring and case management can reduce the risk of death, hospitalization, emergency room visits, or admission to a skilled nursing facility in patients with chronic kidney disease compared to usual care.
Detailed description
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health issue. Approximately, 11% of the US population has CKD with an increased prevalence among individuals great than 65years. Many individuals with CKD go unrecognized because they are typically asymptomatic. Individuals with CKD have been demonstrated to have a greater risk for mortality, hospitalization and development of end stage kidney disease. Also, individuals with CKD consume a significantly greater proportion of health care expenditures compared to other patients. This study aims to determine if the adoption of a chronic care model in conjunction with telemonitoring and case management can reduce risk of death, hospitalization, ER visits or admission to a skilled nursing facility in patients with CKD compared to usual care. This study will use a randomized controlled trial. Few interventions have been demonstrated to improve clinical outcomes in patients with CKD. If successful, this study will enable the VA to provide high quality care to patients with CKD while potentially reducing the cost of providing care.
Interventions
DEVICEVideo Telemonitoring Device with Clinical Care Modules
Telemonitoring of vital signs; videoconferencing, remote titration of diabetes, blood pressure, and lipid medications using evidence based treatment algorithm, and cooperative goal setting using education modules to enhance lifestyle changes
Sponsors
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Enrolled at Minneapolis or St. Cloud Veterans Affairs Health Care System (VAHCS) or affiliated Community Based Outcomes Clinic(CBOC); Late eGFR within the VA system \<60 ml/min/1.73m2 -
Exclusion criteria
Primary care provider unwilling to have participant included in study; unable to give consent; severe mental health condition; living in a nursing home \-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| composite clinical outcome (reduce risk of death, hospitalization, emergency room visits, admission to skilled nursing facility) | one year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| reduction of cost | one year |
| incidence of end stage kidney disease | one year |
| hospital re-admission | one year |
| Intervention group achieving National Kidney guideline values for blood pressure, glycemia, lipids, and hemoglobin | one year |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed