The Intersectoral Coordination Unit for the Sustainable Intensification of Peritoneal Dialysis in Schleswig Holstein (SKIP-SH) Cohort Study

Recruiting

Conditions: N18.5
N18.4
Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
Chronic kidney disease, stage 4

Registration Number: DRKS00032983

Lead Sponsor: KSH Campus Kiel, Medizinische Klinik IV

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with advanced CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 ml/min for at least 3 months prior to inclusion) or family caregiver of a patient with advanced CKD” (living in the same household)

Exclusion Criteria

Inability to give informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- Documentation of clinical course and complications as well as time on therapy of new PD (and HD) patients<br>- Documentation of the reasons for choosing the treatment modality and the circumstances at the actual start of dialysis<br>- Documentation of quality of life of CKD patients starting PD (and HD) and their caregivers before, during, and after initiation of dialysis treatment using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-Item Short Form Survey (KDQOL-36) or the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers (BSCF), respectively<br>- Establishment of a biomaterial bank (whole blood samples and peritoneal effluent) of patients new to PD (and HD)<br><br>Timepoints of data collection will be the initial presentation, beginning of dialysis, three, six, nine and twelve months after beginning of dialysis and anually thereafter. (For a detailed plan refer to the attached study protocol)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- Identification of factors influencing good or poor disease-related quality of life of PD patients<br>- Identification of factors influencing occurrence of clinical complications and dropout from therapy in PD patients<br>- Estimation of the ecological footprint” of PD patients.<br>- Estimation of health care costs and labor time required to start and continue PD treatment