System Interventions to Achieve Early and Equitable Transplants (STEPS) Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Chronic Kidney Diseases
In brief
This project will study how kidney care for everyone despite race can reduce racial differences in care and improve access to kidney transplants, and specifically living donor kidney transplants (LDKT), for individuals with chronic kidney disease. A study focused on equality and patient needs (called 'STEPS') will 1) create a program to identify people who may need a kidney transplant ('STEPS Surveillance') and find people in health systems who may be able to receive kidney transplants early in their care and (2) study how well the 'STEPS Outreach' program works (comprised of transplant social workers and transplant coordinators who focus on equality and patient needs) compared to usual care to improve access to kidney transplants among Black and non-Black individuals as well as to improve access to transplants for everyone.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05014256
- Run by
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- People needed
- 1168
- Starts
- 2022-04-02
- Expected to finish
- 2025-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-01-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Ability to provide oral informed consent
- Male or female, aged 18 to <=75 years
- Presence of CKD (2 eGFRs <60, 90 days apart) and at least 1 of the following: most recent eGFR less than 30 or KFRE greater than 10%
- English speaking with adequate ability to hear and understand questions over the phone
- Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study
You may not qualify if…
- Male or female, aged <18 or > 75 years
- Non-English speaking
- Lack of ability to hear and comprehend verbal communication.
- Patients on dialysis
- Deceased
- Hospice/palliative care
- Prior kidney transplant
- Currently waitlisted at any transplant center
- Self-reported terminal illness or receipt of hospice services
Where it is running
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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