Optimizing Kidney Transplant Informed Consent

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: End-stage Kidney Disease

In brief

The objective of this study is to evaluate kidney transplant candidates' comprehension about increased risk donor kidneys necessary for informed consent. We have developed a web-based tool that educates and assesses candidates' comprehension (Inform Me), as a supplement to current informed consent processes. We will then compare the effectiveness of the current informed consent processes supplemented by Inform Me, with the current consent processes alone for kidney transplant.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01859884

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

288

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-20

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• English-speaking
• 21 years or older
• Kidney Transplant candidates eligible: 1) completed the first phase of transplant evaluation education, and 2) wait-listed patients expected to receive a transplant within the next 6 months, returning for re-evaluation.

You may not qualify if…

• No special classes of study participants, including fetuses, neonates, prisoners, institutionalized individuals, or other vulnerable populations will be included in the proposed study. Although pregnant women will be eligible for participation in the study, they are unlikely to be selected for kidney transplantation.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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