Clinical trials: Living Kidney Donation
End Stage Renal Disease, Transplantation
Live Kidney Donor Study - Cross-Sectional and Historical Cohort Study
Kidney transplantation from living donors has been shown to carry many benefits over deceased donor transplantation. Because of benefits such as shorter waiting times and improved outcome for transplant recipients, living kidney…
- Trial name
- NCT00951977
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,029 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Kidney Stones, Urolithiasis, Hypocitraturia, Living Kidney Donation
Long-Term Risk of Kidney Stones in Living Kidney Donors
Using a population-based, matched, retrospective cohort approach, this study will evaluate the long-term risk of kidney stones among living kidney donors compared with matched healthy nondonors.
- Conditions
- Kidney Stones, Urolithiasis, Hypocitraturia, Living Kidney Donation, Living Kidney Donor
- Trial name
- NCT07611500
- Testing
- Living kidney donation
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
End Stage Renal Disease, End Stage Liver Disease
Dissemination of the Donor Application: Utilizing Social Media to Identify Potential Live Organ Donors
This study utilizes a web-based application to help patients on the organ transplant waitlist communicate patient's need for a living donor via social media and provide interested potential donors the opportunity to engage with…
- Trial name
- NCT03803423
- Testing
- The Donor App
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Living Donor Nephrectomy
Scrotal Surgery After Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
This study will examine whether laparoscopic nephrectomy is associated with a higher long-term risk of receiving scrotal surgery in male living kidney donors compared to male nondonors from the general population who have similar…
- Trial name
- NCT06716723
- Testing
- Nephrectomy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 9,878 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Living Kidney Donation, Hypertension
Assessment of Risks of Perinephric Fat Thickness to Adverse Renal Outcomes Post Donor Nephrectomy
The goal of this observational study is to learn if PRAT thickness is a marker of visceral obesity and its influence on donors' kidney function and blood pressure in living kidney donors.
- Conditions
- Living Kidney Donation, Hypertension, Nephrectomy
- Trial name
- ProActive (NCT06886087)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Kidney Transplantation, Nephrectomy,Kidney Donation
A Qualitative Study on Gratitude and Recognition Toward Living Kidney Donors
Kidney transplantation is widely recognized as the best treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. However, its development is limited by the persistent shortage of available organs.
- Trial name
- GRACE (NCT07254546)
- Testing
- Semi-structured qualitative interview
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Atelectasis, Postoperative, Pulmonary Complication
Evaluation of Perioperative Lung Ultrasound Scores (LUS) in Living Donor Nephrectomy Surgeries
Living donor nephrectomy surgeries can be performed in lateral position with laparoscopic technique which necessitates pneumoperitoneum. Considering the position and the pneumoperitoneum, lungs can be affected macroscopically.
- Trial name
- NCT05815888
- Testing
- Lung Ultrasound Score
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Living Kidney Donation
eHealth Usability in Living Kidney Donation
Several web portals for patients are available, but an assessment of their performance is scarce. This is of particular interest among candidates for kidney living donation.
- Trial name
- NCT04791670
- Testing
- survey study
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Transplant Donation
Information-Assisted Intervention for Potential Living Kidney Donors
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an information-assisted intervention in enhancing knowledge, decision self-efficacy, and reducing decisional conflict among potential living kidney donors.
- Trial name
- NCT07243717
- Testing
- Information-Assisted Intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Kidney Transplant
The Paired Donation Consortium Paired Donation Program
The purpose of the protocol is to increase the number of living donor transplants by eliminating immune incompatibilities between donors and recipients through paired donation.
- Trial name
- NCT00374400
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Kidney Disease, Chronic, Myocardial Dysfunction
Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease
This is an observational study assessing coronary microvascular function in healthy controls with normal kidney function, living kidney donors, pre-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 and patients on peritoneal…
- Trial name
- CRIB-FLOW (NCT04014127)
- Testing
- Coronary flow reserve assessment, Sphygmocor, Electrocardiogram
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Living Kidney Donation, Living Kidney Donor
Long-Term Risk of Gout in Living Kidney Donors
This population-based, matched, retrospective cohort study will evaluate the long-term risk of gout among living kidney donors compared with matched healthy nondonors, using linked administrative health care databases from…
- Conditions
- Living Kidney Donation, Living Kidney Donor, Gout, Gout and Hyperuricemia
- Trial name
- NCT07546643
- Testing
- Living kidney donation
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Living Kidney Donation
The Living Kidney Donor Safety Study
The main goal of this study is to understand the long-term effects of kidney donation on blood pressure, kidney function, and patient-reported health-related quality of life.
- Trial name
- LKD (NCT00936078)
- Where
- 13 sites in Australia, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,438 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
End Stage Renal Disease
Explore Transplant @Home Within Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Today, there are 25 million Americans with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and 660,000 patients in full kidney failure, the final CKD stage, known as end stage renal disease (ESRD).
- Trial name
- NCT03389932
- Testing
- Patient-Guided
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 977 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Healthy, Living Kidney Donation
Telemedicine to Support Living Kidney Donor Candidates
The goal of this feasibility clinical trial is to learn if telemedicine can be used to provide education and evaluation and counseling for people who are considering living kidney donation.
- Trial name
- NCT07206069
- Testing
- Standard Care (in control arm), Telemedicine Shared Decision-Making
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Postoperative Pain, Kidney Transplant; Complications
Thread Embedding Acupuncture vs Sham on Acute Pain and Quality of Life After Laparoscopic Nephrectomy of Living Donor
This randomized, double-blind controlled study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of thread implantation acupuncture at EX-B2 L1 in reducing postoperative pain and improving quality of life in patients undergoing laparoscopic…
- Trial name
- NCT07243301
- Testing
- Thread implantation acupuncture
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
End Stage Renal Disease
Assessment of Poles' Attitudes Towards Living Kidney Donation
The main goal of the project is to examine the public opinion on living kidney donation and to assess the knowledge of Poles in this field.
- Trial name
- NCT04789122
- Testing
- Attitude assessment
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University
Living Kidney Donor, Living Kidney Donation
Fracture Risk in Living Kidney Donors
This study will be a population-based, matched retrospective cohort study using linked administrative healthcare databases from Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia to evaluate the long-term risk of fractures among living…
- Conditions
- Living Kidney Donor, Living Kidney Donation, Fractures, Nephrectomy,Kidney Donation
- Trial name
- NCT07401953
- Testing
- Nephrectomy
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Post Operative Pain, Acute, Renal Transplant Donor of Left Kidney
Effectiveness of Thread Embedding Acupuncture Analgesia at the EX-B2 Point Combined With Standard Therapy After Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
Kidney transplantation is the main option besides hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) to prolong and improve the quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease.
- Conditions
- Post Operative Pain, Acute, Renal Transplant Donor of Left Kidney, Quality of Life, Acupuncture Analgesia
- Trial name
- NCT06197620
- Testing
- Thread embedding acupuncture and standard therapy
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donor
Transforming Curiosity Into Donation
This is a multi-step study that will first create a preliminary living donor drop-out risk index (LD-DROP) by retrospectively identifying factors that contribute to the discontinuation of living donor evaluation.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donor, Drop Out, High Risk
- Trial name
- NCT07793890
- Testing
- Living Kidney Donor Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute