PACKS

Trial Acronym PACKS
Clinical Area Renal
Description Palliative care in chronic kidney disease study.
Status Closed
RECRUITMENT
Date Opened to Recruitment 07/01/2015
Target Recruitment 112 patients; 112 carers; 20 renal physicians
Recruitment to date  17 Patients; 2 Carers (Completed)
TRIAL DESIGN
Trial Design Mixed methods approach involving quantitative and qualitative methodology. Longitudinal questionnaire data will be collected from patients and their carers and semi-structured interviews will be conducted with renal physicians.
Study Aim To measure and describe longitudinally patient reported outcomes including quality of life, decision making, costs and mortality in renal patients receiving conservative kidney management. To measure and describe longitudinally quality of life for carers of patients receiving conservative kidney management.

To explore the decision making process that precedes referral to conservative kidney management. To measure and describe the associated health and social care costs of patients receiving conservative kidney management. To measure and describe the care-related costs of carers of patients receiving conservative kidney management.

CHIEF INVESTIGATOR (CI)
Chief Investigator Dr Helen Noble
SPONSOR(s) & FUNDER(s)
Sponsor Queen’s University Belfast
Funder NIHR_Fellowship