PAlliative Care in chronic Kidney diSease study (PACKS) Study: Quality of life, decision making, costs and impact on carers in people managed without dialysis

Queen's University of Belfast (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 244 人开始时间: 2014年7月1日最近更新: 2019年1月14日

适应症

试验速览

•1. Stage 5 chronic kidney disease with estimated glomerular filtration rate = 20 mL/minute as measured by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula (Levey et al 1999)
•2. A confirmed decision for conservative management, i.e. management without dialysis or other renal replacement therapy. The decision for conservative kidney management will be confirmed with the nephrologist responsible for each patient.
•3. Aged over 18 years
•1. Primary carer for patient with stage 5 chronic kidney disease who has made a confirmed decision for conservative kidney management as agreed with clinicians
•2. Aged over 18 years
•3. Patient has agreed that the carer can be approached to participate
•4. The carer has contacted staff and ‘opted in’ to the study (added 04/02/2015)
•Renal physicians/CNS:
•1. Experience of managing clinical consultations of patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease who opt for conservative kidney management
•2. Employed in the renal specialty

•1. Patients lacking capacity to give consent to participate. Capacity for consent to participate will be assessed in collaboration with the clinicians.
•2. Stage 1-4 chronic kidney disease
•3. Hasn't made a confirmed decision for conservative management
•4. Under the age of 18
•5. Non-English speaking patients or those who do not adequately understand verbal or written information unless an interpreter is available
•1. Carers who lack capacity to give consent to participate in the study
•2. Under the age of 18
•3. Patient has not agreed that the carer can be approached to participate
•4. Non-English speaking patients or those who do not adequately understand verbal or written information unless an interpreter is available
•5. Carer has not contacted staff and ‘opted in’ to the study (added 04/02/2015)
•Renal physicians/CNS:
•1. No experience of managing clinical consultations of patients who opt for conservative kidney management
•2. Not employed in the renal specialty

发起方

Queen's University of Belfast (UK)