Clinical trial NCT04806126: Evaluation of a Virtual Home Dialysis Mentoring Program (Home)
Official title: Evaluation of a Virtual Home Dialysis Mentoring Program (Home)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis
Home Dialysis
Lead sponsor: Satellite Healthcare
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-03-19
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Physicians credentialed at Satellite Healthcare will be eligible to participate along with nephrology fellows from training programs affiliated with credentialed physicians.

Brief summary: The Investigator plans to establish a virtual platform for home dialysis physician mentoring with the intent to:

1. Formulate a practical, interactive, virtual curriculum in home dialysis
2. Provide dedicated video conferences in home dialysis mentorship
3. Measure knowledge awareness and attitudes towards home dialysis

Detailed description: Home-based kidney replacement therapy offers enhanced quality of life and clinical advantages compared to conventional in-center hemodialysis. Globally, there is an increased awareness of home dialysis. However, there is a lack of mentoring centers to support new programs and/or nephrologists to initiate and grow home dialysis.1, 2 Critical prerequisites for a successful mentoring relationship include:

* Established excellence in home dialysis in the mentor center
* Willingness from both mentors and mentees to participate in the program
* Engaging, high quality clinical content, including sharing of best practices
* Lack of system barriers to establish home dialysis
* Dedicated metrics to measure success of the program

The Investigator plans to establish a virtual platform with the intent to:

1. Formulate a practical, interactive, virtual curriculum in home dialysis
2. Provide dedicated video conferences in home dialysis mentorship
3. Measure knowledge awareness and attitudes towards home dialysis

The Investigator hypothesizes that an effective, sustained mentorship program will increase knowledge and awareness of home dialysis and will ultimately enhance overall home dialysis adoption.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Credentialed physicians at Satellite Healthcare
* Nephrology fellows at nephrology training program affiliated with Satellite Healthcare credentialed physician

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any person who does not meet the inclusion criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: The change in participants' self-reported knowledge awareness.
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: The change in participants' perception of home dialysis adoption
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of registered participants
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Number of participants attending each session
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Change in the percentage of patients using home dialysis
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Jose
country: United States
facility: Satellite Healthcare, Inc.
state: California
Study officials:
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