Storytelling to Promote Living Donor Kidney Transplant

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of British Columbia

About this trial

This study will examine the effectiveness of first-person storytelling in encouraging patients with end-stage renal disease to pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant (LDKT). The Living Donation Storytelling Library LDSP is a library of videos from donors and recipients sharing their transplant stories, serving as a narrative-based transplant education resource. This study will investigate if exposure to the LDSP changes patient readiness and motivation to pursue LDKT to ultimately increase the number of donor inquiries and donor evaluations. This study will also test if the LDSP serves as a health-literate and culturally safe education approach that can effectively support racialized communities who have a disproportionately higher need for LDKT.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Waitlisted and newly referred kidney transplant candidates at the Vancouver Kidney Transplant Program

18 years of age or older

Able to provide informed consent

English literate

Disqualifiers

Inability to understand English and provide informed consent

Transplant candidates excluded from transplantation based on clinical criteria or other contraindications for transplant

Unwilling to disclose information on race or ethnicity

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Storytelling Video
  • Standard Patient Education

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of British Columbia

Lead sponsor

Houston Methodist Transplant & Surgery Center of Excellence

Collaborator