L. Ebony Boulware|Felicia Hill-Briggs|Edward S. Kraus|J. Keith Melancon|Raquel McGuire|Bobbie Bonhage|Mikiko Senga|Patti L. Ephraim|Kira Evans|Brenda Falcone|Misty U. Troll|Nicole DePasquale|Neil R. Powe
Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Culturally Sensitive Interventions to Improve African Americans' and Non-African Americans' Early, Shared, and Informed Consideration of Live Kidney Transplantation: The talking about Live Kidney Donation (TALK) study
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Georgetown University|National Kidney Foundation|National Kidney Foundation|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|National Kidney Foundation|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|San Francisco General Hospital|University of California, San Francisco
live kidney transplantation lkt underutilized particularly among ethnicracial minorities effectiveness culturally sensitive educational behavioral interventions encourage patients early shared family health care providers informed consideration lkt ameliorate disparities consideration lkt unknownwe report protocol talking live kidney donation talk study twophase study utilizing qualitative quantitative research methods design test culturally sensitive interventions improve patients shared informed consideration lkt study phase 1 involved evidencebased development culturally sensitive written audiovisual educational materials well social worker intervention encourage patients engagement shared informed consideration lkt study phase 2 currently conducting randomized controlled trial participants progressing chronic kidney disease receive 1 usual care nephrologists 2 usual care plus educational materials 3 usual care plus educational materials social worker intervention primary outcome randomized controlled trial include patients selfreported rates consideration lkt including family discussions lkt patientphysician discussions lkt identification lkt donor also assess differences rates consideration lkt among african americans nonafrican americansthe talk study rigorously developed currently testing effectiveness culturally sensitive interventions improve patients families consideration lkt results talk provide needed evidence ways enhance consideration optimal treatment patients end stage renal diseaseclinicaltrialsgov number nct00932334