Healthcare Access and Utilization Among Living Kidney Donors

June 8, 2010 updated by: St. Barnabas Medical Center

Randomized Trial of Financial Incentives to Increase Response Rates to a Mailed Survey of 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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

600

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New Jersey
      • Livingston, New Jersey, United States, 07039
        • Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: $2 cash incentive
Other: $2 cash
$2 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey
Experimental: $5 cash incentive
Other: $5 cash
$5 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Survey response rate
Time Frame: 2 weeks, 2 months (primary), 4 months
2 weeks, 2 months (primary), 4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

St. Barnabas Medical Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Francis L Weng, MD, St. Barnabas Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 5, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

November 6, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 9, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 8, 2010

Last Verified

June 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SBMC-2009-40

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