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DIALysis or not: Outcomes in older kidney patients with Geriatric assessment

Recruiting
Conditions
End stage renal disease
Registration Number
NL-OMON28984
Lead Sponsor
eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
1500
Inclusion Criteria

1. Age > 65 years
2. eGFR 10-20 ml/min/1.73m2 (at least during 1 measurement in 3 months before inclusion)

Exclusion Criteria

- Unwilling or unable to provide (written) informed consent
- Illiterate
- If a patient appears to be severely cognitive impaired after evaluation of the cognitive function, the patient will be consulted by a geriatrician for further clinical evaluation, such as the presence of dementia. In case of diagnosis of cognitive impairment, the geriatrician will judge if patient is mental competent (wilsbekwaam”) to provide informed consent to partici-pate in the study. If not, the patient will not be prospectively followed and no blood sample will be collected.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
QoL measured with CKD-PROMs (consisting of SF-12 and Dialysis Symptom Index)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical outcomes (independent functionality, hospitalisation, mortality), cost-effectiveness and decisional regret
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