Storytelling to encourage living donor kidney transplant
Part of Kidney & urinary clinical trials.
This study uses storytelling to help people on the kidney transplant waitlist learn about living donor transplants. It aims to increase the number of living donor transplants by sharing experiences.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are on the kidney transplant waitlist or newly referred to the Vancouver Kidney Transplant Program.
- You are 18 years or older.
- You can understand English and give informed consent.
- You are willing to share your race or ethnicity.
- You are not excluded from transplant for medical or other reasons.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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