New coaching program aims to delay dialysis for black kidney patients
NCT ID NCT06693661
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a kidney health coaching program for Black patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. The goal is to help delay the need for dialysis or prevent early death. Researchers will also use a clinical decision support tool to improve screening and care. About 600 participants from Emory Healthcare will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Identifies as African American or Black * Two estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) \< 29 separated by at least 90 days but within the past 2 years, or a Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) score of 10% or greater likelihood of kidney failure within the next 2 years * Had an encounter at Emory Healthcare through an ambulatory visit or inpatient stay (i.e., ER or hospital visit within the previous 2 months * Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study Exclusion Criteria: * Currently on dialysis * currently receiving hospice care or other types of conservative management for terminal illness * Currently on waitlist, or referred for/or completed a transplant evaluation visit within the past 2 years * Kidney or another solid organ transplant * Active cancer treatment * Non-English speaking * Participating in another treatment or intervention study at the time of enrollment * Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant at the time of recruitment
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory Healthcare System
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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