ephron- an Evaluation of a educational program for patients with renal insuffiency in General practice.
- Conditions
- chronical renal insufficiency
- Registration Number
- DRKS00009308
- Lead Sponsor
- Gemeinschaftspraxis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 280
Patients aged 21 to 75 years with a diagnosed, progressive renal insufficiency (serum creatinine between 1,0 and 8,0 mg/dl for women and 1,3 and 8,0 mg/dl for men, determined with clinically routine labor; or a glomerular filtration rate (GFR), calculated with the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (CKD ) formula with less than 90ml/min/1,73m² body surface, and arterial hypertension that requires drug treatment will be included in the study.
Patients that are not able to receive the education units (e.g. due to acute psychological crisis, due to the need for therapy of serious acute medical Problems as infections or myocardial infarction, due to language problems) and begin of dialysis will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary endpoints are the evolution of the renal function with creatinine- GFR-progression, disease-related knowledge and Blood pressure.<br>The moments of measurements are bevor beginning and after of the educational program and one year after the program for the patients who are participating to the educational program. The patients of the controll-group are controlled at the day of recriutement and after one year.<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary endpoint is a combined endpoint of the trial calculated by the number of patients on dialysis, the number of patients transplanted, doubling of serum creatinine and death in both groups within the follow-up period of one year.