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Telemedicine to Support Living Kidney Donor Candidates
Sponsor: University of California, Irvine
Summary
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. The study will also learn how participants improve decision-making about living kidney donation. The main questions to answer are: * Is telemedicine a practical way to facilitate donor education and evaluation and counseling? * Does telemedicine shared decision making help improve donor candidate decision and engagement during the donor evaluation process? Researchers will compare standard care with a telemedicine care coordination approach. Participants will: \- Receive either standard care or telemedicine video visits to support shared decision making.
Official title: Telemedicine for Evaluation and Counseling of Living Kidney Donor Candidates
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
70
Start Date
2025-10-10
Completion Date
2026-11-30
Last Updated
2025-10-03
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Standard Care (in control arm)
This Standard Care involves a recorded video education and in-person visit.
Telemedicine Shared Decision-Making
This intervention involves two live telemedicine video visits.
Locations (1)
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Orange, California, United States