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2025-12-24 @ 11:14 PM
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2025-12-25 @ 8:49 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT07206069
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2025-10-03
First Post:
2025-09-10
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
False
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Telemedicine to Support Living Kidney Donor Candidates
Sponsor:
University of California, Irvine
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Telemedicine for Evaluation and Counseling of Living Kidney Donor Candidates
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2025-10
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The goal of this feasibility clinical trial is to learn if telemedicine can be used to provide education and evaluation and counseling for people who are considering living kidney donation. The study will also learn how participants improve decision-making about living kidney donation. The main questions to answer are:
* Is telemedicine a practical way to facilitate donor education and evaluation and counseling?
* Does telemedicine shared decision making help improve donor candidate decision and engagement during the donor evaluation process?
Researchers will compare standard care with a telemedicine care coordination approach.
Participants will:
\- Receive either standard care or telemedicine video visits to support shared decision making.
* Is telemedicine a practical way to facilitate donor education and evaluation and counseling?
* Does telemedicine shared decision making help improve donor candidate decision and engagement during the donor evaluation process?
Researchers will compare standard care with a telemedicine care coordination approach.
Participants will:
\- Receive either standard care or telemedicine video visits to support shared decision making.
Detailed Description:
Living kidney donation provides a vital treatment option for patients with kidney failure, but many willing individuals face challenges in completing the donor evaluation and committing to donation. Donor education and counseling are essential for informed decision-making, yet these steps are often limited to in-person visits at transplant centers. This can create logistical challenges, delays, and variations in access to the living donor evaluation process. Telemedicine offers an opportunity to deliver a shared decision making approach to donor education and evaluation and counseling remotely, but its feasibility, acceptability, and impact have not been well studied.
This pilot feasibility clinical trial is designed to test whether a telemedicine care coordination can support donor decision-making and engagement during the evaluation process for living kidney donation.
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups:
* Standard Care Group (Control): A recorded video education session and an in-person donor evaluation and counseling with a nephrologist.
* Telemedicine Group (Intervention): Two live telemedicine video sessions-one for education with a transplant provider and one for donor evaluation and counseling with a nephrologist.
The findings from this feasibility trial will provide important information about the practicality and acceptability of telemedicine shared decision-making for living kidney donor candidates. Generated preliminary data will inform larger trials and ultimately guide transplant practice and policy to improve decision-making, efficiency, and access to living kidney donation.
This pilot feasibility clinical trial is designed to test whether a telemedicine care coordination can support donor decision-making and engagement during the evaluation process for living kidney donation.
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups:
* Standard Care Group (Control): A recorded video education session and an in-person donor evaluation and counseling with a nephrologist.
* Telemedicine Group (Intervention): Two live telemedicine video sessions-one for education with a transplant provider and one for donor evaluation and counseling with a nephrologist.
The findings from this feasibility trial will provide important information about the practicality and acceptability of telemedicine shared decision-making for living kidney donor candidates. Generated preliminary data will inform larger trials and ultimately guide transplant practice and policy to improve decision-making, efficiency, and access to living kidney donation.
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
Secondary ID Infos
| Secondary ID | Type | Domain | Link | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K23DK129820 | NIH | None | https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… | View |