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Medico-economic Evaluation of a Telemedicine System for the Management of Chronic Renal Failure

Medico-economic Evaluation of a Telemedicine System for the Management of Chronic Renal Failure

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02082093
Acronym
eNephro
Enrollment
635
Registered
2014-03-10
Start date
2015-11-30
Completion date
2019-06-30
Last updated
2019-09-06

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Conditions

Chronic Kidney Diseases

Keywords

Chronic Kidney Disease, telemedicine

Brief summary

The main objective of this study is to demonstrate the efficiency ( cost-effectiveness ) of a telemedicine system : eNephro Application , compared with traditional care in the management of chronic renal failure in different populations : * population 1 : Patients with CKD stage 3B- 4 , the combined endpoint achievement of target blood pressure and proteinuria . * population 2 : Patients with ESRD treated by ambulatory dialysis , the cumulative duration of hospitalization in short-stay * population 3 : Patients with ESRD treated with Renal Transplantation , the cumulative duration of unplanned short stay Two statistical analysis will be done : * a main analysis for the one year initial follow-up for each patient * a secondary analysis for the one year initial follow-up estended by one year (proposed to each patient at the end of the initial follow-up), that is a 2 years period. The intervention tested in this study is a telemedicine system which is a collaborative and expert system, consisting of: * A dynamic shared medical record for the collection of administrative , medical, biological and clinical data for each patient. All health professionals can access the folder and fill in the support. It is the same for patients treated at home. * A secure messaging for communication between health professionals and between patients and health professionals * Expert systems analyzing data from each patient * A management tool of therapeutic education Each patient and whatever the group will perform as part of its monitoring of the CKD assessments at baseline , 6 months, 12 months, 18 months (Populations 1 and 2) and end of study (24 months). These evaluations are about compliance, quality of life, anxiety - depression state. To enhance costs the point of view retained will be health insurance's point of view. Among the various costs, only direct costs are considered: disease management, hospitalizations, consultations in hospitals and private practice, prescribed medical transportation , home visits by health professionals, additional assessments related to the evaluated intervention. A probabilistic matching with the data bases of the National Information System of the Social Insurance will be performed. In addition, the acceptability of the system of telemedicine by patients in the intervention and health professionals will be also evaluated.

Detailed description

Three populations are recruited with the following inclusion criteria: * age ≥ 18 years; * ability to use a tablet device (alone or with assistance); * population 1: stabilised stage 3B or stage 4 CKD with nephrology management of less than 3 years; * population 2: stage 5D CKD treated by homecare peritoneal dialysis (PD) or out centre haemodialysis (HD); * population 3: stage 5T CKD treated by renal transplantation for 3 to 12 months. Non-inclusion criteria are: * dialysis after renal transplantation failure; * organ transplantation other than kidney; * life expectancy \< 1 year.

Interventions

Sponsors

Pharmagest Interactive
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with CKD Stage 3B 4 ESRD patients receiving ambulatory dialysis , Patients treated with Renal Transplantation * In CKD patients stage 3B 4: nephrology care ≤ 3 years, for transplant patients: Renal Transplantation ≥ 3 months but ≤ 12 months * Patients can use an IT tool or having in their entourage one who knows how to use

Exclusion criteria

* Acute Renal Failure at the time of inclusion * Patient in transplant failure * Patient with another organ transplant * Patient whose life is at stake in the short term (Life expectancy \<1 year)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
SurvivalOne YearPopulation 2 : Survival without events event = hospitalization whatever the duration and/or return to in-center dialysis
Combined endpoint achievement of target blood pressure and proteinuriaone yearpopulation 1 : Patients with CKD stage 3B- 4 , the combined endpoint achievement of target blood pressure and proteinuria
Cumulative duration of hospitalization in short-stay for 1 yearone yearpopulation 2 : Patients with ESRD treated by ambulatory dialysis , the cumulative duration of hospitalization in short-stay for 1 year
Cumulative duration of unplanned short stay for 1 yearOne yearpopulation 3 : Patients with ESRD treated with Renal Transplantation , the cumulative duration of unplanned short stay for 1 year

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in the glomerular filtration rateBase Line, One YearPopulation 1 : One Year Change in the GFR estimated by MDRD equation (delta GFR/year)
Anemia ControlOne Yearthe anemia control is assessed by the achievement of hemoglobin, ferritin and saturation coefficient Transferrin targets
Disease's CostsOne YearTo enhance cost, the health insurance's point of a view is retained. Among the various costs, only direct costs are taken into account , there are : * costs associated with the management of the disease * hospitalizations' costs * consultations ' costs (hospital and liberal sectors) * prescribed medical transport's cost * health professional costs * additional tests costs. A probabilistic matching with the data bases of the National Information System of the Social Insurance will be performed. In addition, the acceptability of the system of telemedicine by patients in the intervention and health professionals will be also evaluated.
Intervention's costsOne YearCosts related to the evaluated intervention : Costs installation, equipment , training and maintenance of the telemedicine system
Consultations and Hospitalizations unplannedOne YearNumber of consultations and conventional hospitalizations unplanned in Transplantation center over a year
ComplianceBase Line, 6 months, One YearGirerd's auto questionnaire to assess compliance
Quality of Life of patientsBase Line, One YearPopulations 1 and 2 : KDQoL questionnaire to assess quality of life Population 3 : Re TRANSQoL questionnaire
Anxiety-Depression StateBase Line, One YearHAD Questionnaire

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
AcceptabilityOne YearAcceptability questionnaire

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026