Recruiting

AKI Discharge SummaryCOordiNated CommuNication, Education, and Care Transitions After Acute Kidney Injury (CONNECT-AKI)

Sponsor:

Northwell Health

Code:

NCT07626268

Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

AKI Discharge Summary Template

Chat-Based Educational Messaging Program

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Study ID

NCT07626268

Start date

Jun 24, 2026

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Oct 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Age 18 years or older
Hospitalized with Stage 2 or Stage 3 acute kidney injury
Kidney function has not returned to baseline at the time of hospital discharge
Able to communicate in English
Able to provide informed consent
Willing and able to participate in study procedures independently or with assistance from a patient-designated care partner

Exclusion Criteria:

Acute kidney injury requiring ongoing dialysis at the time of hospital discharge
End-stage kidney disease
Kidney transplant recipient
Currently pregnant
Documented cognitive impairment that precludes informed consent
Receiving hospice or comfort-focused end-of-life care

Study Design

Enrollment

160 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

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.

Interventions

AKI Discharge Summary Template

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

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.

Primary outcome measure

Feasibility: Eligible patient enrollment [ Time Frame: Enrollment period ]
Feasibility: Participant retention [ Time Frame: Baseline to 3 months after discharge ]
Feasibility: Successful delivery of assigned intervention components [ Time Frame: Hospital discharge through 4 weeks after discharge ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jia Hwei Ng, MD, MSCE

516-465-8200 jng10@northwell.edu

Farwa Batool, MPH

fbatool@northwell.edu

Locations

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Recruiting

Glen Oaks, New York, United States, 11040

Contacts

Jia Ng, MD, MSCE

516-465-8200 jng10@northwell.edu

North Shore University Hospital

Recruiting

Manhasset, New York, United States, 11030

Contacts

Jia Ng, MD, MSCE

516-465-8200 jng10@northwell.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Northwell Health

Last update posted

Oct 20, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

Acute kidney injury
AKI
Hospital discharge
Care transitions
Post-discharge care
Patient education
Discharge communication
Discharge summary
Hospital readmission
Chat-based education
Digital health

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-21. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northwell Health on 2026-10-20. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.