Telemedicine to Support Living Kidney Donor Candidates

Part of paid clinical trials in Orange, California.

Sponsor
University of California, Irvine
Study ID
NCT07206069
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Healthy
  • Living Kidney Donation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Standard Care (in control arm) — BEHAVIORAL
    This Standard Care involves a recorded video education and in-person visit.
  • Telemedicine Shared Decision-Making — BEHAVIORAL
    This intervention involves two live telemedicine video visits.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
May 4, 2026
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2026
Completion
Dec 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
70 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Standard Care Group (Control)
    Participants in the standard care group will receive a recorded video education session and one in-person donor evaluation and counseling session with a nephrologist.
  • Experimental: Telemedicine Group (Intervention)
    Participants in the telemedicine group will receive two live telemedicine video sessions: one education session with a transplant provider and one donor evaluation and counseling session with a nephrologist.

Primary Outcome Measure

Recruitment Rate [ Time Frame: 90 days ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of California Irvine Medical CenterOrangeCalifornia92868
Steven Vasquez
[email protected]
714-456-7431
Stefaney Mendoza-Flores
[email protected]
949-447-9439

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