House Calls and Decision Support: Improving Access to Live Donor Transplantation

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

In brief

The main purpose of this research program is to reduce the burden of end-stage organ disease on individuals, families, healthcare systems, and society by increasing the availability of donor organs for transplantation. Consistent with this aim, the project further examines strategies to increase access to and reduce disparities - racial, economic, gender - in live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). Specifically, we expand the research and intensity of an innovative House Calls intervention developed by the principal investigator by including other minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients and by adding a novel Patient-Centered Decision Support component. The main study hypothesis is that participants receiving the novel intervention (House Calls + Patient-Centered Decision Support) will have a higher proportion of LDKT's by the 2-year study endpoint.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01786525

Run by

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

People needed

109

Starts

2013-06-01

Expected to finish

2020-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-15

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• non-White race/Hispanic ethnicity/low-income (250% below federal poverty guidelines)
• CKD/ESRD
• meets eligibility criteria for kidney transplant waiting list
• 21 years old or older
• self-reports being in LDKT Readiness Stage I, II, or III
• Resides within 3 hours driving time from transplant center

You may not qualify if…

• Awaiting combined kidney-liver transplant
• Awaiting simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant
• Know or suspected cognitive impairment
• Prior participation in House Calls intervention study

Where it is running

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

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