Choices about life-saving treatment for kidney failure patients
Part of Kidney & urinary, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This trial looks at what patients with kidney failure prefer for life-sustaining treatments (like whether they would want certain life-prolonging care). Your answers may help improve how future care plans are discussed and tailored to patients’ wishes.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be older than 20 years.
- You have kidney failure (stage V/end-stage kidney disease) or you are on regular hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
- You should have normal thinking ability—able to read and understand materials and communicate with others.
- You need to be able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese.
- You must be able to answer questions on your own—no severe hearing or vision problems that prevent answering.
- You should not be in a critical (very urgent, life-threatening) condition or have a history of chronic mental illness.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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