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End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)PREPAREDNCT01439516

Providing Resources to Enhance African American Patients' Readiness to Make Decisions About Kidney Disease (PREPARED) Study

A study testing Information in people with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), run by Johns Hopkins University at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

African Americans are less likely than Whites to receive kidney transplants, despite their being more than two-fold as likely as Whites to develop end stage renal disease (ESRD). Living related kidney donation (LD) offers patients an opportunity to bypass many barriers to receipt of deceased kidney transplants (e.g. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Information
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
92 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2012to Apr 2014
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age 18 or older
  • End-stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving hemodialysis for less than 2 years
  • Self-reported as African-American
  • English Speaking

Who cannot join

  • Dementia
  • Prior Kidney Transplant
  • Non-English Speaking
  • Cancer within 2 years prior to recruitment date
  • Stage 4 Congestive Heart Failure
  • End Stage Liver Disease
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  • Unstable Coronary Artery Disease
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Severe Peripheral Vascular Disease
  • Chronic Debilitating Infections

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205

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About this study

Official title: Information and Financial Interventions for Kidney Donation in African Americans

African Americans are less likely than Whites to receive kidney transplants, despite their being more than two-fold as likely as Whites to develop end stage renal disease (ESRD). Living related kidney donation (LD) offers patients an opportunity to bypass many barriers to receipt of deceased kidney transplants (e.g. waiting lists and immunological incompatibility), but minorities are less likely to receive living related kidney transplants (LRT). Evidence suggests African Americans may not discuss LD/LRT with their families or physicians at optimal rates, and thus may not have adequate information to initiate or participate in shared decision-making regarding LD/LRT. African Americans may also have financial concerns regarding convalescence and out of pocket expenses related to LD/LRT, another barrier impeding LD/LRT.

The primary goals of this study are to overcome these important barriers by enhancing ethnic minorities' consideration of LD/LRT through the promotion of shared decision-making regarding LD/LRT and provision of financial assistance for out of pocket expenses. The investigators specific aims are: a) to develop culturally sensitive informational (audiovisual) and financial interventions and b) to perform a randomized controlled trial to assess their effectiveness in increasing pursuit of LD/LRT among African American patients with ESRD and their families. The investigators hypothesize: (1) Patients and families who view informational materials designed to promote shared decision-making regarding LD/LRT will be more likely than patients and families not viewing these materials to discuss LD/LRT with family and with health care professionals. Patients and families viewing such informational materials will also be more likely than those not viewing these materials to pursue and complete the LD/LRT process and (2) patients and their families who are offered the intervention to promote shared decision-making plus a financial assistance intervention for potential live kidney donors will be more likely than patients and families not offered both interventions to pursue and complete the LD/LRT process.

Read the detailed description

The investigators will enroll 210 adult African American patients with new-onset ESRD from dialysis facilities in the Baltimore metropolitan area and measure their initial commitment to pursue LD/LRT. Participants will then be randomized to one of three groups: 1) informational intervention alone (PREPARED education), 2) informational intervention plus living donor financial assistance program (PREPARED plus financial assistance), and 3) no intervention (Usual Care). The investigators will follow participants for up to 6 months for progression in their commitment to LD/LRT.

Being tested
Information
Medical subject headings
Kidney Failure, Chronic, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • InformationBehavioural

    Receipt of PREPARED educational book and video about treatments for end stage renal disease (ESRD)

Study groups in NCT01439516
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
InformationExperimentalParticipants randomized to this arm of the study will received the PREPARED educational book and video.
Receives: Behavioral: Information
Information and Financial AssistanceExperimentalParticipants randomized to this arm of the study will receive the PREPARED educational book and video plus financial assistance for family members to cover costs associated with an evaluation for becoming a live kidney donor.
Receives: Behavioral: Information
Usual CareNo interventionParticipants randomized to this arm of the study will receive usual care from their physician.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pursuit of Living Related Transplantation

    Measurement of patients' pursuit of LRT will be performed using a series of questions that assess the participants' knowledge, interest, and perceived barriers to LRT. We will also ascertain use of the living donor financial assistance among potential donors and completion of evaluation and kidney transplant among both patient participants and potential living donors.

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 Sep 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2012
  3. Primary completionApr 2014
  4. Study completionApr 2014

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
92 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01439516
Sponsor's protocol ID
NA_00011846
Other IDs
1R01DK079682-01
Acronym
PREPARED
Status last verified
Aug 2018
First submitted
31 Aug 2011
Last updated
21 Aug 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Boulware LE, Ephraim PL, Ameling J, Lewis-Boyer L, Rabb H, Greer RC, Crews DC, Jaar BG, Auguste P, Purnell TS, Lamprea-Monteleagre JA, Olufade T, Gimenez L, Cook C, Campbell T, Woodall A, Ramamurthi H, Davenport CA, Choudhury KR, Weir MR, Hanes DS, Wang NY, Vilme H, Powe NR. Effectiveness of informational decision aids and a live donor financial assistance program on pursuit of live kidney transplants in African American hemodialysis patients. BMC Nephrol. 2018 May 3;19(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-0901-x.

    PubMed 29724177
  • Ephraim PL, Powe NR, Rabb H, Ameling J, Auguste P, Lewis-Boyer L, Greer RC, Crews DC, Purnell TS, Jaar BG, DePasquale N, Boulware LE. The providing resources to enhance African American patients' readiness to make decisions about kidney disease (PREPARED) study: protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Nephrol. 2012 Oct 12;13:135. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-135.

    PubMed 23057616

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Information in people with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), run by Johns Hopkins University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Aug 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pursuit of Living Related Transplantation (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01439516, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Aug 2018.

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