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Dissemination of the Donor Application: Utilizing Social Media to Identify Potential Live Organ Donors
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Summary
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 the evaluation process.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1000
Start Date
2017-11-27
Completion Date
2026-11-27
Last Updated
2025-11-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
The Donor App
The Donor app is a web-based application that helps transplant candidates tell the candidate's story via social media in the hopes of identifying an appropriate living donor. Sample stories created using the Donor App can be found at www.thedonorapp.com.
Locations (6)
Scripps Green Hospital
San Diego, California, United States
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine, United States
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Washington University in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, United States