Social media may help kidney patients find donors
NCT ID NCT03099434
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an educational program and a mobile health app can help adults with kidney failure find a living donor for a transplant. About 775 participants who haven't yet identified a donor will take part. The goal is to see if these tools increase the number of live donor transplants within one year.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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775 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Kidney transplant candidates aged≥18 added to the waitlist in the last year with no potential live donors are eligible. * If there is an individual willing to donate, but the candidate is unwilling to consider this option or this particular individual, the candidate is eligible for the trial and may still benefit from identification of new donors or increased comfort accepting donation from others. * Participants at Johns Hopkins University or University of Alabama must speak English. Participants at Northwestern University must speak English or Spanish. Exclusion Criteria: * Candidates with live donors currently under evaluation for donation will be excluded. * Those with a previous kidney transplant will be excluded
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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