Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Improving Low-Income End Stage Renal Disease Patients' Transplant Knowledge: A Case Management Trial
Brief Summary: Kidney transplantation, especially living donor kidney transplant (LDKT), offers patients in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) 3 to 17 additional years of life and improved quality-of-life compared to remaining on dialysis. Unfortunately, LDKT education in dialysis centers occurs inconsistently, especially for minorities and those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged.

To ensure more informed transplant decision-making, through a previous HRSA grant, Dr. Waterman designed the Explore Transplant (ET) education program based on the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change. Through a previous trial, an earlier version of ET, delivered face-to-face with patients while they were undergoing dialysis, was shown to increase patients' DDKT and LDKT knowledge. However, additional research exploring dialysis providers' ability to integrate ET into their care revealed that multiple patient, provider, and system barriers limited the degree to which transplant education could be improved.

Thus, a more comprehensive case-management program to educate patients through external organizations may be needed to supplement ongoing transplant education within dialysis centers. For this grant, the investigators propose to test the effectiveness of another replicable solution for disseminating ET education on a broad scale: Partnering with a large health insurance organization to deliver video-guided transplant education supported by telephone and mail. The Missouri Kidney Program (MoKP) is a state-wide organization whose mission is to serve and educate kidney patients, particularly those who are economically disadvantaged. Since MoKP subsidizes the costs of dialysis medication for low-income ESRD patients, they operate as an insurance company would with respect to their 1200-patient member group. With 900 dialysis patients currently being managed by the MoKP, the investigators will conduct an eight-month, group randomized controlled trial (GRCT) where 540 patients will be randomized to receive: (1) no additional education other than from their dialysis center; (2) a video-guided, four-part Explore Transplant (ET) program delivered via the internet or mail; or (3) a video-guided ET program with discussion facilitated by a telephone case manager.


Options:
A: Arm Label: Usual Care; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: TALKS; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Behavioral: TALKS Social Worker Intervention | Arm Label: TALKS PLUS; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Behavioral: TALKS Social Worker Intervention, Other: Financial Assistance Intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: TALKS Social Worker Intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): TALKS, TALKS PLUS | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Financial Assistance Intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): TALKS PLUS
B: Arm Label: Usual care; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: Intervention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Reception staff providing handout., Behavioral: Mobile Tablet (e.g. iPad) | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Reception staff providing handout.; Assigned to Arm(s): Intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Mobile Tablet (e.g. iPad); Assigned to Arm(s): Intervention
C: Arm Label: TALK Plus; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: TALK PLUS | Arm Label: TALK Standard; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: TALK Standard | Arm Label: Usual Care; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Behavioral: Usual Care | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: TALK PLUS; Assigned to Arm(s): TALK Plus | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: TALK Standard; Assigned to Arm(s): TALK Standard | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Usual Care; Assigned to Arm(s): Usual Care
D: Arm Label: Standard of Care (Control); Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: Patient-Guided; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Patient-Guided | Arm Label: Educator-Guided; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Patient-Guided, Other: Educator-Guided | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Patient-Guided; Assigned to Arm(s): Educator-Guided, Patient-Guided | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Educator-Guided; Assigned to Arm(s): Educator-Guided

Answer: D