What this study is
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.
What's being tested
- The Donor App
Intervention · OTHER
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.
Study details
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Conditions
- End Stage Renal Disease · End Stage Liver Disease
- Enrolling
- 1,000 people
- Starts
- 2017-11-27
- Est. completion
- 2026-11-27
- Design
- Open-label, single group
- Record
- View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Who can join
Age 18 Years and overSex ALLHealthy volunteers AcceptedYou may qualify if
- At least 18 years of age
- On the kidney-only or liver-only transplant waiting list at a collaborating center
You can't join if
- Younger than 18 years of age
- Not on the kidney or liver transplant waiting list
- On multiple organ transplant waiting lists
Sign in and we'll check these against your records.Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Study locations (6)
6 openScripps Green Hospital
San Diego, California, United States
Enrolling by invitationYale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Enrolling by invitationRush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Sherri Loeb, BSN · Contact
Not yet recruitingMaine Medical Center
Portland, Maine, United States
Enrolling by invitationThe Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Andrew Cameron, MD PhD · Contact443-287-0134donorapp@jhu.edu
- Andrew Cameron, MD PhD · Principal investigator
RecruitingWashington University in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Enrolling by invitation
Study team
Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Study ID IRB00146922
Principal investigator
Andrew Cameron, MD PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Frequently asked questions
The sponsor hasn't published answers to common questions for this trial.