Guideline-diRected MAnagement for Chronic Kidney Disease: EValuation of an Education Progamme in a National Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital

About this trial

Study Objective:

To evaluate the impact of guideline-based CKD comprehensive management medical re-education for community healthcare providers on improving cardio-renal outcomes in CKD patients.

Study Design:

A nationwide, multicenter, prospective, cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients meeting the following criteria:

eGFR \<60 mL/min/1.73 m² or UACR \>30 mg/g on two separate occasions at least 3 months apart.

Exclusion Criteria:

Age \<18 years. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) with eGFR \<15 mL/min/1.73 m², or patients already on regular dialysis or having received a kidney transplant.

Pregnant or breastfeeding women. Patients participating in any other clinical trials. Patients who exhibit characteristics at the screening stage that suggest they are unable to complete the study.

Intervention:

Control Group: Routine community training and management. Intervention Group: Training for community healthcare providers on guideline-based CKD management, including lifestyle management, risk assessment and referral recommendations, risk factor control, pharmacological treatment, and the application of a CKD management checklist incorporating these components.

Efficacy Evaluation Indicators:

Primary Outcome:

A renal composite endpoint, defined as at least a 25% decline in eGFR, progression to ESRD (dialysis, kidney transplantation, or sustained eGFR \<15 mL/min/1.73 m²), or death due to renal or cardiovascular causes.

Secondary Outcomes:

Cardiovascular composite endpoint: cardiovascular death, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and hospitalization for heart failure.

Delayed CKD progression, defined as a reduction in the annual eGFR decline rate by 0.5-1 mL/min/1.73 m² or a 30% reduction in UACR per year.

Proportion of patients receiving guideline-recommended pharmacological treatment.

Safety Evaluation Indicators:

Acute deterioration of renal function (serum creatinine increase \>30% within 4 weeks).

New-onset hyperkalemia. Symptomatic hypotension. Recurrent hypoglycemia.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Age <18 years

Patients with end-stage renal disease (eGFR <15 ml/min/1.73 m²) or those already receiving regular dialysis or kidney transplantation

Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Patients currently participating in any other clinical trial

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • CKD Patient Management Based on Guidelines

    Behavioral

    1. Lifestyle Education: smoking cessation, physical activity, healthy eating, and weight management. 2. Pharmacological Treatment: Implement targeted and guideline-based pharmacological treatment plans for patients with different comorbidities, such as the use of RAAS inhibitors (RASi), SGLT2 inhibitors, statins, and other medications. 3. Risk Factor Management: Effectively manage risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia, and regularly reassess these factors. 4. Risk Assessment: Perform risk assessments for CKD patients based on eGFR and UACR, and implement graded management according to the results. 4、Referral Management: Refer patients with eGFR \< 30 ml/min/1.73m² or severe proteinuria. 5、CKD Patient Management Checklist: Community doctors should complete the CKD patient management checklist in a standardized manner, including records of risk factors, dynamic kidney function, and follow-up plans.

Treatment groups

1,800 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Usual Care GroupNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: CKD Patient Management Based on GuidelinesActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

The renal composite endpoint

a decline in eGFR of at least 25%, end - stage renal disease (including dialysis, kidney transplantation, or eGFR sustained at \<15 ml/min/1.73 m²), or death from renal/cardiovascular causes

Time frame
2 years

Secondary outcomes

1

The cardiovascular composite endpoint

cardiovascular death, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and hospitalization for heart failure

Time frame
2 years
2

The delay in renal function progression in participants

a decline in eGFR slope of 0.5-1.0 mL/min/1.73 m² per year or a reduction in uACR of 30% per year

Time frame
2 years
3

The proportion of patients receiving guideline - based pharmacological treatment

The proportion of patients receiving guideline - based pharmacological treatment

Time frame
2 years

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

Lead sponsor

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital

Collaborator

First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

Collaborator

The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University

Collaborator

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