Can facebook find you a kidney? new study tests social media for organ donors
NCT ID NCT03803423
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a web-based app that helps people waiting for a kidney or liver transplant share their story on social media to find a living donor. Researchers want to see if this approach brings in more potential donors and leads to more transplants. The study involves 1000 adults on transplant waiting lists.
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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 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2017
- Expected to finish
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Nov 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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * At least 18 years of age * On the kidney-only or liver-only transplant waiting list at a collaborating center Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 18 years of age * Not on the kidney or liver transplant waiting list * On multiple organ transplant waiting lists
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Maine Medical Center
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONPortland, Maine, 04102, United States
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Rush University Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Scripps Green Hospital
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONSan Diego, California, 92037, United States
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
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Washington University in St. Louis
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Yale University
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONNew Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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