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NCT04976166Completed

Shared Decision Making for Choosing renAl Replacement Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Shared Decision Making for Choosing renAl Replacement Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients (SDM-ART Trial)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Shared decision making (SDM) is an approach where clinicians and patients make decisions together using the best available evidence. An understanding of the patient's treatment goals, the advantages and disadvantages of treatment options, and the likelihood of achieving the outcomes are important to patients. International guidelines recommend that all patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at pre-dialysis stage should be educated to improve their knowledge and understanding of their condition and to choose the options for renal replacement therapy (RRT). Despite these recommendations, pre-dialysis educations are often infrequent. Many patients feel unprepared. Wrong or insufficient understanding due to insufficient explanation of treatment can lead to negative emotions. This may lead to a situation in which the patient loses the opportunity to make patient's own choices, resulting in emergency dialysis or dialysis modality that is not suitable for patients. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate whether SDM has an effect on the choice of RRT among CKD patients.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1194 (actual)
First submitted
21 Jun 2021
Start date
26 Feb 2021
Primary completion date
31 Jul 2026
Lead sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
NCT number
NCT04976166

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 1194
  • From 26 Feb 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 2026
  • 19 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Patients who have contraindication to perform peritoneal dialysis due to abdominal surgery

Other illness

  • Patients whose life expectancy is less than 6 months due to underlying diseases

Other

  • Patients who have enrolled in other clinical trials within 3 months or plan to participate in other clinical trials during this clinical trial period
  • Patients judged by the investigator to be inappropriate for participation in this clinical trial

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients with chronic kidney disease whose nephrologist predicts initiation of renal replacement therapy within 12 months:
    • Patients with grade 5 of chronic kidney disease \[defined as a creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 15 ml/dL/1.73m2 at least 2 times at intervals of 2 weeks or longer\]
    • Patients with the cystatin C-based eGFR \< 15 ml/dL/1.73m2 at least once if the creatinine-based eGFR does not accurately evaluate the kidney function of patient due to patient characteristics
    • Patients whose nephrologist require renal replacement therapy within 12 months due to the patient's comorbidities even when the eGFR is 15ml/dL/1.73m2 or higher
  • Patients aged between 19 and 80 years
  • Patients who understand the study
  • Patients who have no permanent access device for long-term maintenance dialysis

Age in the registry: 19 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (19)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Kyungpook National University Hospital
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DaeguSouth KoreaUnknown status
Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital
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DaeguSouth KoreaUnknown status
Daejeon Eulji Medical Center
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DaejeonSouth KoreaUnknown status
Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital
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GoyangSouth KoreaUnknown status
Chonnam National University Hospital
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GwangjuSouth KoreaUnknown status
Gachon University Gil Medical Center
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IncheonSouth KoreaUnknown status
Pusan National University Hospital
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PusanSouth KoreaUnknown status
Bundang Seoul National University Hospital
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Seongnam-siSouth KoreaUnknown status
Samsung Medical Center
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Ewha Woman's University Seoul Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
The Catholic University of Korea, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul ST. Mary's Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Korea University Guro Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Severance hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Seoul National University Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaUnknown status
Ulsan University Hospital
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UlsanSouth KoreaUnknown status
Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital
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WŏnjuSouth KoreaUnknown status

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