A Randomized Trial to Reduce the Disparity in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation

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Conditions studied: Chronic Kidney Disease, End-stage Renal Disease

In brief

The main purpose of this study is to learn which educational method is most helpful to patients and their family members when they consider whether to pursue live donor kidney transplantation. Patients who are eligible for a kidney transplant usually get information in the transplant clinic about two types of kidney transplants - one where the kidney comes from a dead donor and one where the kidney comes from a healthy living donor. Patients are given this information by a transplant nurse or doctor and then encouraged to discuss it with family members and friends. In this study, we are trying to see if changing how and where we give patients this information makes a difference in how patients and their family members think about live donor kidney transplantation. So, we are looking at whether getting the information in the transplant clinic - either alone or in a group - is the same or different than getting the same information in your home. The study is only recruiting African American patients. This is being done because African Americans have a higher likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease and needing a kidney transplant than patients of other races. However, they wait longer for a kidney transplant and die at a higher rate on the waiting list because they are less likely than other patients to receive a live donor kidney transplant. We want to see which educational approach works best with African American patients and their families.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00785265

Run by

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

People needed

164

Starts

2007-08-01

Expected to finish

2020-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-10

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• African American race
• male or female
• 21 to 80 years old
• diagnosis of ESRD
• eligible for listing on the kidney transplant waiting list at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• resides within 150 minutes of transplant center
• residential or cell phone service
• signed informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Wait-listed for additional organ transplant (i.e., heart, liver)
• current substance abuse or dependency
• known or suspected psychotic disorder
• known or suspected mental retardation

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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