COordiNated CommuNication, Education, and Care Transitions After Acute Kidney Injury (CONNECT-AKI)- A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Sponsor
Northwell Health
Study ID
NCT07626268
Status
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Conditions

  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • AKI Discharge Summary Template — BEHAVIORAL
    The AKI discharge summary template provides structured AKI-related information for the hospital discharge summary, including information about the AKI episode and recommended follow-up care. The template is intended to improve communication during the transition from hospital to outpatient care.
  • Chat-Based Educational Messaging Program — BEHAVIORAL
    The chat-based educational messaging program provides AKI-related educational messages after hospital discharge. Messages are delivered through a secure web-based chat-style interface and are designed to support patient understanding of AKI, post-discharge follow-up, and kidney-related care after hospitalization.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether different ways of providing information and follow-up support after acute kidney injury, also called AKI, can improve care transitions for adults being discharged from the hospital. AKI is a sudden decrease in kidney function that can occur during a hospital stay. The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Does an AKI discharge summary template improve communication about AKI after hospital discharge? * Does a chat-based educational messaging program improve patient understanding of AKI and support follow-up care after hospital discharge? * Researchers will compare usual care, an AKI discharge summary template, a chat-based educational messaging program, and the combination of the discharge summary template plus chat-based messaging. Researchers will compare four groups: * Usual care * An AKI discharge summary template * A chat-based educational messaging program * Both the AKI discharge summary template and the chat-based educational messaging program Participants will complete questionnaires at the start of the study and about 4 weeks after hospital discharge. Participants will also receive a brief phone call about 3 months after discharge, and the research team will review their medical record for information about follow-up care, lab testing, emergency department visits, and hospital readmissions.

Key Dates

First listed
Jun 4, 2026
Start date
Jun 1, 2026
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Oct 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
160 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • No Intervention: Usual Care
    Participants assigned to this group will receive usual hospital discharge care. No additional study discharge summary template or chat-based educational messaging program will be provided as part of the intervention.
  • Experimental: AKI Discharge Summary Template
    Participants in this group will receive usual hospital discharge care plus use of an AKI discharge summary template. The template is designed to support communication of AKI-related information and recommended follow-up care during the transition from hospital to outpatient care.
  • Experimental: Chat-Based Educational Messaging Program
    Participants in this group will receive usual hospital discharge care plus access to a chat-based educational messaging program after hospital discharge. The program provides plain-language AKI education and follow-up support through a secure web-based chat-style interface.
  • Experimental: AKI Discharge Summary Template + Chat-Based Educational Messaging Program
    Participants in this group will receive usual hospital discharge care plus both study interventions: use of the AKI discharge summary template and access to the chat-based educational messaging program after hospital discharge.

Primary Outcome Measure

Feasibility: Eligible patient enrollment [ Time Frame: Enrollment period ]

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