NCT01767883

Brief Summary

Background: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is under-recognized and under-treated in primary care offices and primary care physicians are generally not familiar with treatment guidelines. Even when diagnosed properly, as a chronic condition CKD is frequently associated with co-morbidities that make effective treatment difficult due to complexity of care. Availability of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) for CKD may help promote effective, evidence-based care, but evidence suggests that CDS alone may not be sufficient for quality improvement and other interventions such as CDS plus practice facilitation may be needed. Purpose: The project aims to: 1) assess the viability of CDS in implementing evidence-based guidelines for Primary Care Practices (PCPs) and 2) to develop evidence-based practice guidelines that PCPs may use to enhance the care they provide to a difficult to manage segment of the healthcare population. Methods: This is a randomized controlled trial of point-of-care CDS plus full TRANSLATE model of practice change, versus CDS alone. The study aims to analyze differences in promoting evidence-based care in primary care practices. Thirty-six practices will be recruited for this study. Patient inclusion criteria: adult patients with estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) of \<60 and \>15ml/min/1.73m2 confirmed with repeat testing over three or more months. A process evaluation will be conducted between the CDS practices with facilitation and the CDS only practices to assess clinical outcomes of CKD progression and all-cause mortality. Lastly, a cost-effective analysis will compare the cost-to-benefit ratio of CDS alone to that of CDS plus TRANSLATE (i.e. practice facilitation) in relation to cost per quality adjusted years of life. This study is funded by NIH NIDDK under R01 mechanism starting on 07/01/2011 and ending on 06/30/2016.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
27,000

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jul 2011

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

July 1, 2011

Completed
1.5 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 10, 2013

Completed
5 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 15, 2013

Completed
2.9 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

November 30, 2015

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

January 30, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

December 12, 2018

Status Verified

December 1, 2018

Enrollment Period

4.4 years

First QC Date

January 10, 2013

Last Update Submit

December 11, 2018

Conditions

Keywords

Chronic Kidney DiseaseCKDTRANSLATEPractice FacilitationPractice-based researchCKD Guidelines

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Degree of evidence-based guideline-concordant care for CKD

    Percentage of patients at goal for: Control Blood Pressure Control LDL Control HbA1C Use ACE/ARB Eliminate NSAID/Cox-2 use Refer to Nephrologist Eliminate Smoking

    up to 3 years

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • CKD Management Process Measures

    upt to 3 years

  • Cost of intervention

    up to 3 years

  • All-cause mortality

    up to 3 years

Other Outcomes (1)

  • Process evaluation outcomes

    Change from Baseline practice performance at 3 years

Study Arms (2)

Facilitated Clinical Decision Support

EXPERIMENTAL

The primary care practices in this arm will receive: * CKD decision support algorithms added to their Clinical Decision Support * System Academic detailing concerning the rationale for the algorithms * On-going mentoring and practice facilitation

Other: Facilitated Clinical Decision Support

Clinical Decision Support Only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The primary care practices in this arm will receive: * CKD decision support algorithms added to their Clinical Decision Support System * Academic detailing concerning the rationale for the algorithms

Other: Clinical Decision Support Only

Interventions

The primary care practices in this arm will receive: * CKD decision support algorithms added to their Clinical Decision Support * System Academic detailing concerning the rationale for the algorithms * On-going mentoring and practice facilitation * Audit and feedback during quarterly reviews of practice data with the practice facilitator by videoconference.

Also known as: Facilitated CDS,, CDS plus facilitation
Facilitated Clinical Decision Support

* CKD decision support algorithms added to their Clinical Decision Support * System Academic detailing concerning the rationale for the algorithms

Also known as: CDS Only, "Comparator"
Clinical Decision Support Only

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • all individuals whose primary care provider offices participate in the study who is over the age of 18 with a diagnosis of stages 2-4 of CKD and/or diabetes and/or hypertension and/or one eGFR \<60 and/or one urine albumin/creatinine ratio \>30

You may not qualify if:

  • individual patients whose primary care provider's practice has not signed practice and data use agreements with the AAFP NRN to participate in this practice improvement project at the practice level

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

American Academy of Family Physicians

Leawood, Kansas, 66211, United States

Location

Related Publications (5)

  • Carroll JK, Pulver G, Dickinson LM, Pace WD, Vassalotti JA, Kimminau KS, Manning BK, Staton EW, Fox CH. Effect of 2 Clinical Decision Support Strategies on Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 Oct 5;1(6):e183377. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3377.

  • Loskutova NY, Smail C, Ajayi K, Pace WD, Fox CH. Recruiting primary care practices for practice-based research: a case study of a group-randomized study (TRANSLATE CKD) recruitment process. Fam Pract. 2018 Jan 16;35(1):111-116. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmx064.

  • Cipparone CW, Withiam-Leitch M, Kimminau KS, Fox CH, Singh R, Kahn L. Inaccuracy of ICD-9 Codes for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Study from Two Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs). J Am Board Fam Med. 2015 Sep-Oct;28(5):678-82. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.140136.

  • Kahn LS, Vest BM, Madurai N, Singh R, York TR, Cipparone CW, Reilly S, Malik KS, Fox CH. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) treatment burden among low-income primary care patients. Chronic Illn. 2015 Sep;11(3):171-83. doi: 10.1177/1742395314559751. Epub 2014 Nov 21.

  • Fox CH, Vest BM, Kahn LS, Dickinson LM, Fang H, Pace W, Kimminau K, Vassalotti J, Loskutova N, Peterson K. Improving evidence-based primary care for chronic kidney disease: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial for translating evidence into practice (TRANSLATE CKD). Implement Sci. 2013 Aug 8;8:88. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-88.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

Interventions

Compact Disks

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Renal InsufficiencyKidney DiseasesUrologic DiseasesFemale Urogenital DiseasesFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsUrogenital DiseasesMale Urogenital DiseasesChronic DiseaseDisease AttributesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Videodisc RecordingOptical Storage DevicesAudiovisual AidsEducational TechnologyTechnologyTechnology, Industry, and AgricultureTelevision

Study Officials

  • Chester H Fox, MD

    State University of New York at Buffalo

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Purpose
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2013

First Posted

January 15, 2013

Study Start

July 1, 2011

Primary Completion

November 30, 2015

Study Completion

January 30, 2016

Last Updated

December 12, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-12

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