Transplant Navigator Dissemination

N/ACompletedNCT01981603

Catherine Sullivan1,926 enrolled

Overview

Primary Aim A. To disseminate and determine the impact of streamlined navigation on wait listing and number of transplants. The navigator will provide tailored information and assistance to help dialysis patients complete the tasks required at each step in the transplant process. In the control group, dialysis patients will continue to get usual care from their nephrologists and dialysis facility personnel. Hypothesis: Compared to control patients, intervention patients will be significantly more likely to be wait listed or receive a kidney transplant.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

1,926

Conditions

Kidney Transplant Renal Failure Chronic Requiring Hemodialysis

Interventions

navigatorOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * between the ages of 18-70 * receiving in center hemodialysis Exclusion Criteria: * less than 18 years of age * older than 70 years of age

Locations (5)

Lutheran Hospital

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Jewish Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

MetroHealth Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The proportion of patients who are wait listed or receive a kidney transplant.

Time frame: approximately 3 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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