Patient-centered Precision Medicine Lab Result Communication for Older Adults

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES · May 20, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is exploring a new way to help older adults understand their lab results for kidney disease. The goal is to create a personalized communication tool that will replace the standard way lab results are shared with patients and their doctors. Instead of just providing uniform lab results, this tool will pull individual health information from electronic health records (EHRs), calculate personal health risks, and share tailored information, especially for those at very low risk. Researchers want to see how well patients and their providers interact with this new tool and whether it helps them better understand the lab results.

To be eligible for this trial, participants need to be adults over 65 years old who have a primary care provider at UCLA and are enrolled in the MyChart patient portal. They must also speak English and not have any conditions like dementia that could affect their understanding. Participants can expect to provide feedback on their experience using the tool, helping to shape a resource that could improve communication about lab results in the future. The study is not yet recruiting participants, but it aims to make health information clearer and more useful for older adults.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Patient Inclusion Criteria: Older adults (aged \>65 years) with a UCLA primary care provider who are:
• • Enrolled in the patient portal;
• • English-speaking (as the language of the tool is currently only in English, and it would be impractical to have validated translations created for all of the potential variations and derivatives of the tool mock-ups); and
• • Without dementia or other neurocognitive disease.
• Provider Inclusion Criteria:
• • -UCLA Health providers who care for large numbers of older adults in outpatient settings.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Patient Exclusion Criteria:
• • Have lab results outside of the defined inclusion ranges;
• • Do not have a UCLA PCP;
• • Are under the age of 65;
• • Are not English speaking (as the tool prototypes are only in English until final verbiage is determined);
• • Are not enrolled in the UCLA MyChart patient portal; or
• • Are diagnosed with dementia
• Provider Exclusion Criteria:
• • -Do not care for large numbers of older adults in outpatient settings