Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins University

Code:

NCT03803423

Conditions

End Stage Renal Disease

End Stage Liver Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

The Donor App

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study utilizes a web-based application to help patients on the organ transplant waitlist communicate patient's need for a living donor via social media and provide interested potential donors the opportunity to engage with the evaluation process.

Conditions

End Stage Renal Disease

End Stage Liver Disease

Study ID

NCT03803423

Start date

Nov 27, 2017

Status verified date

Nov, 2025

Completion date

Nov 27, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov 27, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • At least 18 years of age
  • On the kidney-only or liver-only transplant waiting list at a collaborating center

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than 18 years of age
  • Not on the kidney or liver transplant waiting list
  • On multiple organ transplant waiting lists

Study Design

Enrollment

1000 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: The Donor App

Select physicians and research staff from about 15 transplant hospitals will be given access to distribute the application to patients who the above people feel could benefit from the application. After obtaining informed consent, an approved member of the study team will enter the participant's name, contact info, and organ needed into the Donor App's secure management portal to send an email or text message with a unique and protected invitation link to the participant. Using this link the participant will be allowed to use the Donor App indefinitely.

Interventions

The Donor App

The Donor app is a web-based application that helps transplant candidates tell the candidate's story via social media in the hopes of identifying an appropriate living donor. Sample stories created using the Donor App can be found at www.thedonorapp.com.

Primary outcome measure

  • Potential donors identified [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
  • Live donor transplantation [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Andrew Cameron, MD PhD

4432870134donorapp@jhu.edu

Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Recruiting

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21218

Contacts

Andrew Cameron, MD PhD

443-287-0134donorapp@jhu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Cameron, MD PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Last update posted

Nov 10, 2025

Last verified

Nov, 2025

Keywords

  • Live Donor Transplant
  • Social Media
  • Advocacy
  • Education
  • Living Donation
  • The Donor App

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Johns Hopkins University on 2025-11-10.