Effect of Lost Wage Reimbursement to Kidney Donors on Living Donation Rates
NCT ID: NCT03350269
Last Updated: 2022-01-03
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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
NA
1310 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-11-15
2020-10-20
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Consented, randomized recipients will be followed for up to one year from the baseline visit, with no required in-person visits beyond baseline. Data will be collected at baseline, six months after baseline, and one year after baseline. Demographic data (e.g. age, sex, race, ethnicity) will be collected on all recipients during screening and eligibility assessment. At baseline only, we will collect recipient household size, household income, and limited clinical data (on dialysis or not; date of dialysis initiation (if on dialysis); on deceased donor waiting list or not; date of wait-listing if on waiting list). At six months after baseline (and at one year after baseline, if applicable), we will collect recipient outcome data (date of receipt of living donor or deceased donor kidney transplant, if applicable; date of death, if applicable).
Demographic data (e.g. age, sex, race, ethnicity), household size, and household income will be collected on all potential donors that come forward for participating recipients, ideally as soon as they are known to the participating transplant center, and no later than six months after baseline and one year after baseline, if applicable). Administrative and financial data will be required only from the subset of donors meeting all of the following criteria:
* Donors whose recipients are randomized to the treatment arm; AND
* Donors who will incur lost wages and wish to receive lost wage reimbursement
A randomized controlled trial is the gold standard for program evaluation, since it allows for a statistical comparison of otherwise similar patients, and determination of a causal relationship between the intervention and the measured outcome. By comparing the outcomes of the control and treatment arms, we can determine whether the availability of reimbursement of lost wages for living donors increases the likelihood that the potential recipient will receive a living donor kidney within a year of their initial evaluation visit to a participating transplant center. We will also conduct secondary analyses of the timing of transplants and the demographics of the living donors.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention
Kidney transplant recipient candidates who are informed that their living donor candidates can receive reimbursement for lost wages incurred during the evaluation, donation surgery and recuperation
Information provision
Kidney transplant recipients are informed that their donors may be eligible for lost wage reimbursement
Control
Kidney transplant recipient candidates who receive standard of care (donors are not offered wage reimbursement)
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Information provision
Kidney transplant recipients are informed that their donors may be eligible for lost wage reimbursement
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Meet participating transplant center standards to initiate an evaluation to receive a kidney transplant
* Kidney-only or kidney intended to be followed by other organ (e.g. deceased donor pancreas)
* First-time recipient candidate
* Capable of providing informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Laura and John Arnold Foundation
OTHER
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
OTHER
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Kimberly A. Gifford, MBA
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Judd Kessler, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Robert M. Merion, MD, FACS
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
Amit K. Mathur, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Mayo Clinic
Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, PhD, MBA
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Arizona Health Sciences
Locations
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UCLA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program in collaboration with the Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC)
Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado, United States
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Countries
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References
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Document Type: Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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Kidney Donor Lost Wages Study
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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