Phone calls and booklets may save transplanted kidneys
NCT ID NCT07364123
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a nurse-led program of education and telephone counseling can help kidney transplant recipients take their anti-rejection medications more consistently. Sixty adult patients will be randomly assigned to either the program or standard care. The goal is to see if this simple support improves medication adherence and, ultimately, helps protect the transplanted kidney.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Education and telephone counseling program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help kidney transplant patients take their anti-rejection medications consistently, potentially reducing graft loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is behavioral, so its effect may be modest or hard to sustain long-term.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gaziantep University Sahinbey Research and Application Hospital
Gaziantep, Şehitkamil, 27310, Turkey (Türkiye)
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