NCT05014256Completed
System Interventions to Achieve Early and Equitable Transplants (STEPS) Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This project will study how kidney care for everyone despite race can reduce racial differences in care and improve access to kidney transplants, and specifically living donor kidney transplants (LDKT), for individuals with chronic kidney disease. A study focused on equality and patient needs (called 'STEPS') will 1) create a program to identify people who may need a kidney transplant ('STEPS Surveillance') and find people in health systems who may be able to receive kidney transplants early in their care and (2) study how well the 'STEPS Outreach' program works (comprised of transplant social workers and transplant coordinators who focus on equality and patient needs) compared to usual care to improve access to kidney transplants among Black and non-Black individuals as well as to improve access to transplants for everyone.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1168 (actual)
- First submitted
- 13 Aug 2021
- Start date
- 2 Apr 2022
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Diseases
- Chronic kidney disease
- NCT number
- NCT05014256
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 1168
- From 2 Apr 2022 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Prior kidney transplant
- Currently waitlisted at any transplant center
Other illness
- Self-reported terminal illness or receipt of hospice services
Age
- Male or female, aged \<18 or \> 75 years
Other
- Non-English speaking
- Lack of ability to hear and comprehend verbal communication.
- Patients on dialysis
- Deceased
- Hospice/palliative care
Who the study is looking for
- Ability to provide oral informed consent
- Male or female, aged 18 to \<=75 years
- Presence of CKD (2 eGFRs \<60, 90 days apart) and at least 1 of the following: most recent eGFR less than 30 or KFRE greater than 10%
- English speaking with adequate ability to hear and understand questions over the phone
- Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winston-Salem | United States | Unknown status |
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