Increasing Equity in Transplant Evaluation and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

TALK participants receive a culturally sensitive educational booklet and video. A study interventionist encourages participants to share the materials with their family members or friends. Materials provide information to encourage patient and families shared and informed consideration of LDKT, including: 1) information about eligibility for LDKT, 2) the clinical evaluation required for LDKT, 3) the donor selection process, 4) surgical procedures for transplantation and donation, 5), and concerns brought forth about these factors, identified through structured group interviews.

KTFT is a one-day streamlined transplant evaluation process. Every patient who is evaluated at the University of Pittsburgh Starzl Transplant Center receives the KTFT. This approach involves completion of most or all testing on the same day that patients arrive for their first pre-transplant clinic appointment, rather than providing them with a list of tests they complete on their own with their referring physician. If patients are unable to be scheduled the same day, the transplant clinic scheduler secures appointment times and preparatory material for all testing to be completed within a 2 week period.