Social Support Counseling Intervention for Kidney Transplant Candidates (JtT)

Hennepin Healthcare

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Kidney Transplant

Treatments: Behavioral: Social Support Network Counseling Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06147076

1R01DK135730-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Virtual Coaching for Potential Kidney Transplant Patients

Full description

Individuals who are eligible for kidney transplant will be recruited by phone or email and randomized into two groups, control and interventional counseling. The control group will be given a simple survey to fill and return while the interventional counseling will go through a group education and counseling session along with members of their social support networks. The interventional counseling will then complete a pre and post survey (same as control group). Survey answers will be recorded within REDCAP.

Enrollment: 86 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion

• Determined by transplant center to be suitable for continuation in evaluation for listing (or a member of that person's social support network)
• 18 Years of age or older
• English-speaking
• Willingness to participate with at least 2 social network members in the session and have calculator results shown to social network members (if a patient)
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion

• Prisoners
• Individuals with impaired ability to consent
• Pregnant females.
• Patients who choose to opt out of research.
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual Pre-Transplant Counseling Intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in control arm will undergo usual pre-transplant counseling as per the standard of care.

Social Support Network Counseling Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention arm will undergo an additional pretransplant counseling session along with members of their social support networks after their initial transplant evaluation and counseling.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Social Support Network Counseling Intervention