Healthcare Access and Utilization Among Living Kidney Donors

This is a mailed survey to persons who served as living kidney donors at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. The experimental component of this study (the clinical trial) is a randomized trial of two monetary incentives for the living kidney donors invited to participate in the study. Kidney donors will be randomized to receive one of two incentives in the mailed survey packet: $2 cash vs. $5 cash. The main outcome measure is the response rate to the survey.

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Key information

Conditions

Organ Donor

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Livingston, New Jersey, 07039, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Persons who donated a living donor kidney at Saint Barnabas Medical Center between January 2000 and December 2006 are eligible to participate

Exclusion criteria

Current address outside the continental United States
Persons who donated a living donor kidney prior to January 2000 or after December 2006
Persons who indicated they no longer wished to be contacted by Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Treatment and study plan

$2 cash

Other

$2 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey

$5 cash

Other

$5 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey

Primary outcomes

Survey response rate

Time frame: 2 weeks, 2 months (primary), 4 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

St. Barnabas Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Randomized Trial of Financial Incentives to Increase Response Rates to a Mailed Survey of Healthcare Access and Utilization Among Living Kidney Donors

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2010
Study completion: 2010
First posted: Nov 6, 2009
Registry last updated: Jun 9, 2010

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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