RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT03803423

Dissemination of the Donor Application: Utilizing Social Media to Identify Potential Live Organ Donors


Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Enrollment

1,000 participants

Start Date

Nov 27, 2017

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

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.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is testing whether a digital tool called the Donor Application — a social media-based app — can help people on kidney or liver transplant waiting lists find willing living organ donors by making it easier for patients to share their need publicly. Many patients on transplant lists wait years for a deceased donor organ, but living donors can shorten this wait significantly. The app is designed to help patients spread the word about their need through their own social networks and beyond, potentially reaching more willing donors. **You may be eligible if...** - You are at least 18 years old - You are currently on the waiting list for a kidney-only or liver-only transplant at a participating transplant center **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You are under 18 years of age - You are not currently on a kidney or liver transplant waiting list - You are waiting for multiple organ transplants (not just one organ) Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERThe 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

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