Can a coach help kidney patients and families decide together? new study says maybe.
NCT ID NCT06067009
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a program called ImPart-Multi, where a trained helper (lay navigator) coached Black patients with chronic kidney disease and their care partners on how to work together when making health decisions. 22 patients and their care partners joined, and patients completed 1 to 4 education sessions by phone or video. The goal was to see if the program was acceptable and easy to use, not to change health outcomes. Surveys and interviews at 12 weeks showed the program was well-received.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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22 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients 1. Electronic medical record (EMR) documented diagnosis of stage 3 or 4 CKD (2 estimated glomerular filtration rate \[eGFR\] between 45-15 within 90 days); and concurrent cardiometabolic disease (hypertension and/or diabetes) 2. Ability to speak and read English and complete baseline questionnaires; 3. Patients must have a care partner enrolled in the study - the team will assist any patient in identifying a care partner, if interested. Inclusion Criteria: * Care partner 1. Age ≥18; 2) Self-endorsing or identified by the patient as "a relative, friend, or partner that has a close relationship with you and who assists you with your medical decisions and who may or may not live in the same residence as you and who is not paid for their help"; 2. Ability to speak and read English and complete baseline questionnaires; 3. Care partners must have an enrolled patient. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients 1. Receiving hospice; 2. Receiving dialysis; 3. Medical record documentation of active unmedicated severe mental illness, moderate-severe dementia, suicidal ideation, uncorrected hearing loss, and active substance abuse. Exclusion Criteria: * Care partner 1. Self-reported unmedicated mental illness, mild-severe dementia, active suicidal ideation, uncorrected hearing loss, or active substance abuse ascertained by study introduction questioning.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35294-0001, United States
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