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Intensive Patient Referral and Education Program Prior to Renal Replacement Therapy

Who can join

Ages 18 to 70 · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients over the age of 18 and under 70
* Admitted to the University of Chicago inpatient general medicine service
* Likely hospital stay greater than 48 hours
* Diagnosis of advanced CKD (Stage 3B or above, as determine by problem list, ICD- 10 codes or eGFR\<45 during admission and from previous medical encounters)
* Self-identify as Black or African American

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-English speaking
* Unable to communicate due to current medical status
* Unable to consent due to mental status
* Expected hospital stay less than 24 hour
* Current admission in ICU

About the study

Intensive Patient Referral and Education Program prior to Renal Replacement Therapy (iPREP-RRT) is a 12-week intervention that identifies hospitalized African Americans with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and provides them with hospital- and community-based education, navigation and self-management support. Participants will be randomized to the iPREP-RRT intervention versus enhanced usual care.

What is being tested

• In-Person Patient Education (behavioral)
• Commitment to Change (behavioral)
• Blood pressure monitoring (behavioral)
• Written Patient Education (behavioral)
• Text-based reinforcement for CKD self-management (behavioral)
• Community-based education session, reinforcement for self-management (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Chicago · Participants: 180 · Started: Sep 4, 2024

Contact the study team

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06397456

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Chronic Kidney Disease
• High Blood Pressure

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.