Can a navigator help kidney stone patients keep their doctor appointments?
NCT ID NCT07322172
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This pilot study tests a patient navigation program for people who visited the ER for kidney stones and are at risk of missing their follow-up urology appointment. About 31 participants will get a trained navigator who helps with scheduling, transportation, and other barriers for 12 weeks. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and improves follow-up rates.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Patient navigation program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simple support program helps more patients get needed follow-up care, potentially reducing complications from kidney stones.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (31 people) testing feasibility, not effectiveness. It may not prove the program works or be generalizable to other settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 31 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Presentation to the Emergency Department with urinary stone disease * Placement of an outpatient urology referral from the Emergency Department * Identified as high risk for loss to follow-up based on the study's screening process Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Unable to provide informed consent * Non-English-speaking * No outpatient urology referral placed from the Emergency Department
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCSF
San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
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