NCT07221604 · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
The Agenda-Setting for Kidney Disease Open Pilot Trial
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What this study is about
The goal of this open pilot is to practice using an intervention and surveys before a larger pilot stepped wedge clinical trial. The intervention the researchers plan to use is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Topics, and it is a structured clinical agenda-setting intervention (SAS), or a customized list of discussion topics.
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The goal of this open pilot is to practice using an intervention and surveys before a larger pilot stepped wedge clinical trial. The intervention the researchers plan to use is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Topics, and it is a structured clinical agenda-setting intervention (SAS), or a customized list of discussion topics. The people the researchers are practicing using the SAS with have advanced CKD (stages 4-5), and many of them live in rural areas. The researchers will practice administering CKD Topics, along with survey questions. By doing the open pilot, the researchers will learn if they need to modify the steps they plan to take in the larger trial.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL
Chronic Kidney Disease Structured Agenda-Setting Tool
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Topics is a novel clinical visit agenda-setting intervention developed through participatory research methods for people with CKD living in rural areas. CKD Topics includes 8 structured discussion topic areas with the option for patients to consider and indicate their priority topic areas and take notes before, during, and after a clinical visit.
Primary outcome measures
Primary Feasibility Outcome: Intervention receipt
Time frame: Day 1
Our primary outcome will be feasibility, assessed by the proportion of patients who received the intervention.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- Adults \>18 years old who have been diagnosed with advanced CKD (stages 4-5).
- Care partners, clinicians and staff supporting these CKD patients who are willing and able to provide informed consent
- English-speaking
- Able to provide informed consent
- Patient must be attending outpatient visits \*(in-person and/or telehealth allowable).
Exclusion criteria
- Children under 18 years old will not be included
- Non-English-speaking patients and/or care partners
- Patients on dialysis
- Individuals unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Where
- Keene, New Hampshire
- Lebanon, New Hampshire
Collaborators
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Dartmouth College
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Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · synced Jul 23, 2026 · Source of record for eligibility and locations