Peer Support for Liver Transplant Recipients With History of ALD
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Johns Hopkins University
- Where
- Baltimore, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 95 people, planned
- Started
- 27 Oct 2026
- Expected to end
- Jun 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Peer Support
- Record updated
- 28 October 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- English speakers
- Received a liver transplant for alcohol-associated liver disease
- Has 1 to 3 years of continuous alcohol abstinence at the time of trial entry
Who cannot take part
- Liver transplant recipients without a history of alcohol-associated liver disease
- Active participation in a separate intervention trial for alcohol use disorder
- Inability to provide informed consent
Where in United States
- Johns Hopkins University School Of MedicineBaltimore, United StatesContact: Po-Hung Chen, MD, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Liver transplant (LT) recipients with a history of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) may encounter various psychosocial and medical challenges during post-LT recovery, even beyond the initial post-transplant period. Effective and sustainable interventions will be crucial for improving patient outcomes. This clinical trial will examine the impact of peer support specialists (PSS) on the recovery experience of individuals who received LT for ALD. The trial seeks to answer two main questions:
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* Are LT recipients who work with PSS less likely to resume alcohol use or tend to drink less overall? * Do LT recipients who work with PSS engage more with recommended medical care and have better overall survival?
The group in the trial
- Peer Support Specialist (PSS)Treatment being tested
Treatment: Peer Support
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Peer Support to Enhance Care for Liver Transplant Recipients Who Had Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
- Record updated
- 28 October 2026