Reducing Disparities in Living Donor Transplant Among African Americans
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant
- Sponsor
- Emory University
- Enrollment
- 416
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Percent of Patients With at Least One Inquiry From a Potential Living Donor
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
For most of the patients in the United States with end stage renal disease (ESRD), kidney transplantation represents the optimal treatment, and living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is preferable. Nevertheless, there are pervasive racial disparities in access to LDKT. The main outcome of this study is change in the proportion of study participants who have at least one living donor inquiry by friends/family over study period.The long-term objective is to understand the combined effect of a systems-level intervention (Transplant Referral EXchange or T-REX) and a culturally-sensitive individual-level educational intervention (web-based Living ACTS: About Choices in Transplantation and Sharing) on racial disparities in access to LDKT.
Detailed Description
For most of the patients in the United States with end stage renal disease (ESRD), kidney transplantation represents the optimal treatment. Moreover, living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) offers numerous advantages such as better kidney quality, increased short- and long-term graft survival, lower rates of acute rejection, and reduced health care cost. Nevertheless, there are pervasive racial disparities in access to LDKT, with white ESRD patients four times more likely to receive a LDKT than African American ESRD patients. The main outcome of this study is change in the proportion of study participants who have at least one living donor inquiry by friends/family over 12 months from baseline.The long-term objective is to understand the combined effect of a systems-level intervention that enhances communication between dialysis facility and transplant center clinicians (Transplant Referral EXchange or T-REX) and a culturally-sensitive individual-level educational intervention (web-based Living ACTS: About Choices in Transplantation and Sharing) on racial disparities in access to LDKT.
Investigators
Kimberly R Jacob Arriola
Professor
Emory University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients referred (from dialysis facility, chronic kidney disease clinic, or self) and scheduled for an evaluation at one of the four study sites within the study time period.
- •African American or Black
- •age 18 to 70 years
- •BMI \< 39
- •English-speaking
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Percent of Patients With at Least One Inquiry From a Potential Living Donor
Time Frame: Baseline, 12 months
Data collection form that captures potential recipient ID (i.e. study participant), date of living donor inquiry, and donor inquiry ID, will be securely obtained from each transplant center following a 12 month period from enrollment. Data will be collected electronically for all study participants through a secure, HIPAA-compliant data server (QualityNet). The percent of patients with at least one inquiry from a potential living donor among patients who receive Living ACTS will be compared to those who receive a control website with embedded educational video.
Secondary Outcomes
- Knowledge and Understanding of Donation/Transplantation Assessment Score(Baseline, Day 1 immediately post-intervention)
- Motivation Scale Score to Ask a Family Member to be a Living Donor(Baseline, Day 1 immediately post-intervention)
- Confidence in Initiating a Conversation About LDKT(Baseline, Day 1 immediately post-intervention)