Access to Kidney Transplantation in Minority Populations

Last updated: February 5, 2025
Sponsor: University of New Mexico
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Peer Navigation (PN)

Kidney Transplant Fast Track (KTFT)

Clinical Study ID

NCT04615819
20-387 AKT-MP
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Hispanic/Latino (HL) and American Indian (AI) patients are more likely than whites to have kidney failure, but less likely to complete transplant evaluation or receive a kidney transplant (KT), the best treatment for kidney failure. Using comparative effectiveness research methods, we will conduct a pragmatic randomized trial to compare the efficacy and cost- effectiveness of two approaches to help HL and AI patients overcome barriers to completing transplant evaluation and receiving a KT: a streamlined KT evaluation process and a peer-assisted evaluation program; and, we will determine best practices to assist other transplant centers in implementing the better program. Findings from this work may help reduce disparities in transplant evaluation and KT.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Undergoing kidney transplant evaluation at the University of New Mexico

  • Greater than or equal to 18 years of age

  • Mentally competent

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children less than 18 years of age are excluded because all research-relatedmeasurements are designed for patients over the age of 18. Children less than 18years of age have dissimilar decision-making authority as a result of theirdevelopmental stage and dependency on adult guardians who must make all theirtransplant-related decisions, as required by all pediatric transplant centers. Theproposed study focuses only on adult transplant patients.

  • Waitlisted at another transplant center

  • Prior kidney transplant

  • Incarcerated patients

  • Pregnant women

  • Active systemic infection

  • Non-skin malignancy or melanoma in the past 2 years

  • Known cognitive impairment

Study Design

Total Participants: 398
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Peer Navigation (PN)
Phase:
Study Start date:
January 11, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2026

Study Description

The AKT-MP study will assess whether Kidney Transplant Fast Track (KTFT), a streamlined KT evaluation process, or peer navigators (PN) who were former KT patients to help patients "navigate" their way through KT evaluation, can help vulnerable patients with kidney failure overcome barriers to transplant listing. After culturally and contextually adapting the two interventions, we will use a comparative effectiveness (CER) approach to conduct a pragmatic randomized trial of 398 kidney failure patients to compare the efficacy and effectiveness of the two approaches in disadvantaged groups at a university-affiliated transplant center with large HL and AI kidney failure patient populations, and we will compare results to historic comparison populations (local and national). We will assess facilitators and barriers to widespread implementation and conduct a cost effectiveness analysis. Although it is expected that KTFT will be more effective than PN, KTFT may also be more costly, requiring significant administrative and clinical changes in the transplant center, which may be impractical to maintain. Further, KTFT may lead to more patient ambivalence because the shortened evaluation period will give them less time to consider their treatment options. Thus, an important aspect of the proposed study is to comparative the effectiveness of the two methods. Ultimately, our study will inform transplant programs faced with disparities in KT about which disparity-reducing intervention to use given their particular needs and resources.

Connect with a study center

  • University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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