Clinical trial NCT01969864: University Student Intervention to Increase Organ Donation
Official title: College and University Student Intervention to Increase Consent for Organ Donation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Organ Donation
Health Behavior
Keywords: Randomized Controlled Trial
Healthcare Disparities
Lead sponsor: Case Western Reserve University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
First posted: 2013-10-25
Enrollment: 2261
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of brief organ donation video interventions on consent for organ donation among college and university students. Our hypothesis is that the organ donation video interventions will be superior to lay health websites for increasing organ donation consent.

Detailed description: This randomized controlled trial will involve 600 intervention and 600 control university students. Students will be randomized to 1 of 3 arms: a 5-minute video by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a 5-minute video by the study principal investigator, or a health-related website by the Centers for Disease Control. After viewing the intervention, participants will be asked questions including whether they would like to consent to organ donation on their state electronic registry.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Currently enrolled student
* English speaking
* No severe visual or auditory impairment
* Citizen of the United States of America
* Not a currently registered organ donor
* Has a driver's license, state identification card, or learner's permit from one of the 50 states

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not a currently enrolled student
* Limited English proficiency
* Severe visual or auditory impairment
* Registered organ donor
* Does not have an active driver's license, state identification card, or learner's permit from one of the 50 states

Primary outcomes:
measure: Proportion of students who agreed to consent to donation on the state electronic donor registry
timeFrame: One day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Proportion of students who were willing to donate within 6 months
timeFrame: One day
measure: Intervention quality
timeFrame: One day
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Berea
country: United States
facility: Baldwin Wallace University
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Case Western Reserve University
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Cleveland State University
state: Ohio
Study officials:
affiliation: Case Western Reserve University
name: John D Thornton, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Thornton JD, Patrick B, Sullivan C, Albert JM, Wong KA, Allen MD, Kimble L, Mekesa H, Bowen G, Sehgal AR. Comparing web-based video interventions to enhance university student willingness to donate organs: A randomized controlled trial. Clin Transplant. 2019 Apr;33(4):e13506. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13506. Epub 2019 Mar 13.