Increasing Communication About Live Donor Kidney Transplant

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Kidney Transplant Candidates

Treatments: Behavioral: Living Donor Transplant Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01855438

HM12097

PD302305 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will test the efficacy of a communication intervention intended to increase and improve kidney transplant candidates' communication about live donor kidney transplantation.

Enrollment: 236 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Wait listed for kidney transplantation in active status (i.e., status 1 or 2)
• Adult (at least 18 years of age)
• English speaking
• Capable of making medical decisions (i.e., not cognitively impaired)
• Non-institutionalized

Exclusion criteria

• Not listed for kidney transplantation or wait listed, but not in active status
• Under 18 years of age
• Non-English speaking
• Cognitively impaired
• Institutionalized

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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236 participants in 3 patient groups

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Kidney transplant candidates randomized to this arm will receive only the education provided by the transplant center. After data collection activities have concluded, transplant candidates in this arm will be offered the opportunity to attend a program session.

Living Donor Transplant Education 1

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to Living Donor Transplant Education 1 will receive education on living donor kidney transplantation and its discussion.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Living Donor Transplant Education

Living Donor Transplant Education 2

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to Living Donor Transplant Education 2 will receive education on living donor kidney transplantation and its discussion; they will also have the opportunity to practice discussing living kidney transplantation with simulated patients portraying participants' conversational partners.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Living Donor Transplant Education