Recruiting

Education Intervention

Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Code:

NCT07210710

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Disease

Diabetes

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

CKD Awareness, Referrals, Education, and Support (CARES)

Attention control

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if an intervention delivering education, motivational support, and social support can prevent worsening kidney disease in adults with diabetes and early-stage kidney disease. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Is this intervention feasible to deliver and acceptable to patients?
2. What is the impact of the intervention on patient motivation, self-efficacy, kidney disease knowledge, and use of support services referrals?

The investigators will compare information collected about participants' response to this intervention with a group of similar patients who receive general diabetes information.

Participants will meet virtually with a nurse approximately 1 week before a scheduled primary care provider visit and complete surveys over the phone three times in a period of three months.

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Disease

Diabetes

Study ID

NCT07210710

Start date

Nov 15, 2025

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Jul 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adults (18+)
  • diabetes diagnosis (type 1 or 2)
  • CKD Stage 3 diagnosis eligible
  • >1 prior visit at the UIHealth primary care clinics
  • can speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • CKD of congenital or pediatric onset
  • history of kidney transplant
  • cognitive impairment as documented in the medical record

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention group

Participants will participate in a nurse-led virtual session delivering education about chronic kidney disease, motivational interviewing to set a self-management goal, and screening/referral for social determinants of health barriers to treatment adherence and engagement.

active comparator: Control group

The attention control group will participate in a nurse-led virtual session delivering general information about diabetes and treatment.

Interventions

CKD Awareness, Referrals, Education, and Support (CARES)

We will target diabetic patients eligible for an early-stage CKD diagnosis with a nurse-delivered, pre-PCP-visit 1:1 virtual session including 1) tailored, evidence-based CKD education 2) motivational interviewing with self-management goal setting, and 3) social determinants of health screening with referrals to services as needed.

Attention control

The control group will receive an attention control session of general education about diabetes-related health behaviors (e.g., diet and physical activity) that does not refer to CKD, based on American Diabetes Association materials.

Primary outcome measure

  • Motivation for diabetes-related self-care behaviour scale [ Time Frame: From enrollment to study completion (2-3 months) ]
  • Kidney Disease Knowledge Survey [ Time Frame: From enrollment to study completion (2-3 months) ]
  • CKD Self Efficacy Instrument [ Time Frame: From enrollment to study completion (2-3 months) ]
  • Social referral uptake [ Time Frame: From enrollment to study completion (2-3 months) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of Illinois Chicago Hospital

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Contacts

Eleanor Rivera Study PI

312-996-7972caresckd@uic.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Last update posted

Oct 9, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • chronic kidney disease
  • diabetes
  • chronic disease self-management
  • disease awareness
  • intervention
  • social determinants of health
  • motivation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Illinois at Chicago on 2026-10-09. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.