Technology Assisted Collaborative Care for Dialysis Patients

This study is testing a program called TĀCcare 2.0 to see if it can improve common symptoms like pain, tiredness (fatigue), and feeling down (depression) in people with chronic kidney disease who are on hemodialysis. TĀCcare 2.0 involves recommendations for medications and/or a type of talk therapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). You would either receive this TĀCcare 2.0 program or continue with your usual medical care. The study aims to see if TĀCcare 2.0 helps reduce these symptoms over 6 months. To join, you must be at least 18 years old, have been on hemodialysis three times a week for over 3 months, and speak English or Spanish. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 424 participants.

Study design
This is a multi-center study involving 424 patients from 36 dialysis clinics. Your dialysis clinic would be randomly assigned to either the TĀCcare 2.0 intervention group or the usual care group.
What's involved
If in the TĀCcare 2.0 group, you would receive CBT through 12 weekly telehealth sessions, either during dialysis or from home. The intervention lasts for a total of 12 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The main outcomes for this study are measured at 6 months.

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NCT06978127

Technology Assisted Collaborative Care Intervention to Improve Patient-centered Outcomes in Dialysis Patients

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
University of Pittsburgh
~424 participants
Updated 2026-08-24 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Technology Assisted Stepped Collaborative CareUsual Care Arm

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
TĀCcare 2.0 Effectiveness evaluation/Change in fatigue (co-primary outcome)
Measured over 6 months
+2 more outcomes measured
Chronic Kidney Disease Requiring Hemodialysis

NCT06978127

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

  • UNM

    Albuquerque, New Mexicostudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Manisha Jhamb, MD, MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Pittsburgh
  • Mark L Unruh, MS, MS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of New Mexico

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  • TĀCcare 2.0 Effectiveness evaluation/Change in fatigue (co-primary outcome)6 months

    Change in fatigue is a primary outcome. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue (FACIT-F) will be used to measure fatigue. Scores range from 0-52 with lower scores indicating greater fatigue.

  • TĀCcare 2.0 Effectiveness evaluation/Change in Pain Intensity (co-primary outcome)6 months

    Change in pain intensity score is also a primary outcome measure. The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) will be used to measure pain intensity. The BPI uses a scale of 0 to 10. Higher scores on the pain intensity scale indicate greater pain severity.

  • TĀCcare 2.0 Effectiveness evaluation/Change in Depression (co-primary outcome)6 months

    Change in depression severity score is also a primary outcome measure. The Beck Depression Inventory-II will be used to measure the depression severity score. Each item is scored on a 4 point scale ranging from 0 to 3, allowing for a total score ranging from 0 to 63. Higher scores indicate more severe symptoms.