Amit X Garg, Seychelle Yohanna, Kyla L Naylor, Susan Q McKenzie, Istvan Mucsi, Stephanie N Dixon, Bin Luo, Jessica M Sontrop, Mary Beaucage, Dmitri Belenko, Candice Coghlan, Rebecca Cooper, Lori Elliott, Leah Getchell, Esti Heale, Vincent Ki, Gihad Nesrallah, Rachel E Patzer, Justin Presseau, Marian Reich, Darin Treleaven, Carol Wang, Amy D Waterman, Jeffrey Zaltzman, Peter G Blake
IMPORTANCE: Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) have the best chance for a longer and healthier life if they receive a kidney transplant. However, many barriers prevent patients from receiving a transplant. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of a multicomponent intervention designed to target several barriers that prevent eligible patients from completing key steps toward receiving a kidney transplant. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This pragmatic, 2-arm, parallel-group, open-label, registry-based, superiority, cluster randomized clinical trial included all 26 CKD programs in Ontario, Canada, from November 1, 2017, to December 31, 2021...
December 1, 2023: JAMA Internal Medicine