Outpatient Recovery From Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis - 2

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

About this trial

Providing additional information to patients with acute kidney injury who continue dialysis after hospital discharge and to the accepting kidney doctor (nephrologist) who manages their dialysis may be feasible and beneficial. This study will pilot measuring the patient's residual kidney function at the time of discharge and communicating that result to the accepting nephrologist and the patient, along with information on recommended recovery monitoring frequency and criteria for consideration of a twice-weekly hemodialysis schedule.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

AKI-D (not ESKD, as determined by the clinical inpatient nephrology team)

Age ≥ 18 years

Planned for continued dialysis outside the acute hospital setting (at outpatient dialysis unit/SNF/LTACH, not planned transfer to another short-stay acute care hospital).

Disqualifiers

Pregnant

Prisoner

Unable to consent and no surrogate decision maker available

Clinical team declines to allow approach for study

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Transmission of additional AKI-D recovery information
  • No additional AKI-D recovery information

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of California, San Francisco

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Collaborator