New study tests whether community helpers and trauma training can boost kidney care for minorities
NCT ID NCT06378476
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether training community health workers to focus on kidney disease care, and teaching doctors about trauma-informed care, could improve quality of life for Black and Hispanic patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. The study involved 153 patients from high-poverty areas in Philadelphia. The goal was to see if these approaches are feasible and help patients feel better and be more involved in their own care.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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153 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Nov 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: * Chronic kidney disease stage 4 or 5 * Patient at participating general internal medicine or family medicine clinic * Medicaid-eligible or uninsured * Reside in high poverty Philadelphia zip code Exclusion Criteria: * No history of kidney transplant * Not receiving any form of dialysis * Not previously enrolled with a community health worker in the past 2 years
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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