About this trial
The clinical trial will be conducted in a real-world outpatients setting with the goal of learning if monitoring serum potassium frequently among patients with moderate-to-advanced stages of chronic kidney disease leading to optimal management of hyperkalemia (the reduced occurrence of serum potassium ≥ 5.0 mmol/L during 6 months of follow-up). It will also learn about the adherence of using a mobile monitoring device.
Participants will:
* Measure their serum potassium using an AI-enhanced point-of-care ECG device at least twice per week * Receive health education prompts to reduce intake of potassium rich foods if their electrocardiogram device measured serum potassium is abnormal * Receive alerts to visit nephrology clinic if their electrocardiogram device measured serum potassium is continuously abnormal
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3b-5 (eGFR: 10 - <45 ml/min/1.73m²)
Patients with regular visits in the study sites to manage their chronic kidney disease (≥ 1 visit per 3 months during the past year before enrollment)
Willingness to participate in the study with signed informed consent
Disqualifiers
Patients already under kidney replacement therapy or will receive kidney replacement therapy in 6 months
Unwillingness or without the ability to monitor hyperkalemia using the study device
Patients with heart pacemaker implanted
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- A mobile artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiogram device estimating plasma potassium categories (<5 mmol/L, 5 - <5.5 mmol/L, 5.5 - <6.0 mmol/L and ≥ 6.0 mmol/L)