Chronic Kidney Disease
Conditions
Keywords
education program, kidney transplantation, renal transplantation, evaluation
Brief summary
Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. The purpose of this randomized and controlled study is to evaluate the efficacy of a structured education program for adult kidney transplant recipients. Patients are randomly assigned to an educational program or to a standard care control group. The education group receives 8 lessons (each 90 minutes, 1 lesson per day), starting 4 days after kidney transplantation. Kidney transplant survival, number of rejections, infectious complications, length of hospital stay, blood pressure, HbA1c, glomerular filtration rate, quality of life (QoL) and knowledge are measured in both groups after 6, 12 and 24 months. The investigators postulate that the education group will have superior outcomes compared to the control group.
Interventions
structured education program after kidney transplantation
Sponsors
Novartis
University of Jena
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* being over 18 years recently had a kidney transplantation able to speak, write and understand german willing to participate regular visits after kidney transplantation
Exclusion criteria
* severe complications after recent kidney transplantation early loss of the kidney allograft severe allograft dysfunction
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| transplant survival | 2 years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| number of rejections | 2 years |
| days at hospital | 2 years |
| blood pressure control | 2 years |
| number of infectious complications | 2 years |
| quality of life (QoL) | 2 years |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Primary ContactClaudia Schinkoethe
Outcome results
None listed