Training kidney doctors to see patients as individuals, not assumptions
Tests a training for kidney doctors to improve care for people with lower incomes.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: An Individuation Intervention to Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Care
Key facts
- Where
- Somerville, United StatesSee the site
Where in United States
- Mass General BrighamSomerville, United StatesNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT07921342
- Record updated
- 10 November 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether an individuation intervention can improve the quality of chronic kidney disease (CKD) care for patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) and to understand the mechanisms through which the intervention may improve care delivery and clinical outcomes. The study will involve nephrologists and their patients with CKD, with a focus on reducing healthcare disparities associated with low SES. Researchers will compare nephrologists who receive the individuation intervention with those in the control group to determine whether encouraging physicians to better understand their patients as unique individuals, rather than relying on assumptions associated with socioeconomic status, improves the quality of CKD care for patients with low SES.Read full original descriptionShow less
An Individuation Intervention to Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether an individuation intervention can improve the quality of chronic kidney disease (CKD) care for patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) and to understand the mechanisms through which the intervention may improve care delivery and clinical outcomes. The study will involve nephrologists and their patients with CKD, with a focus on reducing healthcare disparities associated with low SES. Researchers will compare nephrologists who receive the individuation intervention with those in the control group to determine whether encouraging physicians to better understand their patients as unique individuals, rather than relying on assumptions associated with socioeconomic status, improves the quality of CKD care for patients with low SES.
Inclusion: Nephrologists of any sex, race and ethnicity; >18 years of age; >=1 clinic at an MGB-affiliated clinic (BWH main campus, 850 Boylston, Foxborough, MGH main campus, 165 Cambridge Street, MGH West Waltham) where they care for patients that have chronic kidney disease (CKD); For Patients:; Patients of any sex, race and ethnicity of the participating providers who are able to provide consent; English-speaking; >=18 years old; Insured by Medicaid/Mass Health (as a proxy for low socioeconomic status) or dually insured by Medicaid/Medicare; Have a diagnosis of CKD or a referral to nephrology for evaluation of CKD; Have been seen <=3 times in the past year by the nephrologist.
Exclusion: Patients who are incarcerated, pregnant or unable to consent; Patients from our searches who have opted out of research.
For Providers:.