Transplant Navigator Dissemination
- Conditions
- Kidney TransplantRenal Failure Chronic Requiring Hemodialysis
- Interventions
- Other: navigator
- Registration Number
- NCT01981603
- Lead Sponsor
- Catherine Sullivan
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1926
- between the ages of 18-70
- receiving in center hemodialysis
- less than 18 years of age
- older than 70 years of age
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description navigator navigator Kidney transplant recipients will serve as navigators to educate and assist other patients with the transplant process.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The proportion of patients who are wait listed or receive a kidney transplant. approximately 3 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (5)
University of Kentucky
🇺🇸Lexington, Kentucky, United States
MetroHealth Medical Center
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Jewish Hospital
🇺🇸Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Lutheran Hospital
🇺🇸Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
The Ohio State University
🇺🇸Columbus, Ohio, United States