New program aims to boost living kidney transplants in alberta
NCT ID NCT05459337
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program that gives kidney failure patients personalized support to help them find a living donor for a kidney transplant. The goal is to increase the number of living donor transplants in Alberta, Canada. About 66 patients will take part, and researchers will track how many get a transplant.
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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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66 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking * No obvious contraindication to kidney transplantation * Successfully completed 'introduction to kidney transplant' module Exclusion Criteria: * Potential Living Kidney Donor identified * Previously received organ transplant * Candidate for multi-organ transplant * Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) Score \>20 * Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM-66) score \<19(illiterate in English)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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