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
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
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New Jersey
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Livingston, New Jersey, United States, 07039
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center
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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 |
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Experimental: $2 cash incentive
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$2 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey
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Experimental: $5 cash incentive
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$5 cash incentive will be included in the mailed survey
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Survey response rate
Time Frame: 2 weeks, 2 months (primary), 4 months
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2 weeks, 2 months (primary), 4 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
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
Other Study ID Numbers
- SBMC-2009-40
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