Social & Contextual Impact on Children Undergoing Liver Transplantation

Status: Recruiting
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Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

The social determinants of health have a large impact on health. For example, neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation is associated with increased risk of medication non-adherence, graft failure, and death in children after liver transplant. In order to address these socioeconomic inequities in outcomes, a more granular understanding of how the social determinants of health impact outcomes is needed. In this observational prospective cohort, caregivers of children undergoing liver transplantation will complete surveys and undergo in-depth, qualitative interviews. The survey will assess comprehensively for the social determinants of health (e.g. material economic hardship, health literacy, social connectedness, primary care quality, etc). The qualitative interviews will identify barriers and facilitators that socioeconomically deprived children/families have to obtaining the ideal outcome and identify health system opportunities to integrate social needs and medical care. Data will be linked to an existing prospective cohort study (The Society for Pediatric Liver Transplant registry) to assess the impact of social risk on outcomes after transplant. Healthcare providers who take care of children undergoing liver transplant will also be included in the qualitative interviews. The goal of including this group in the study is to determine the health systems barriers and facilitators to social needs screening and intervention.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Maximum Age: 70
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ Caregivers/parents of children with the following criteria will be approached for inclusion in this study:

• Children \<18 years of age at the time of transplant

• Undergoing liver transplantation

• Guardian's consent, child assent (in accordance with each institution's IRB policies)

• Consents to enrollment in SPLIT

• Participants who have completed the questionnaire OR

• Medical team member involved in the care of children undergoing liver transplant (e.g., physician, nurse, social worker)

Locations
United States
California
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
RECRUITING
Los Angeles
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
RECRUITING
Palo Alto
University of California San Francisco
RECRUITING
San Francisco
Georgia
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
RECRUITING
Atlanta
Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
RECRUITING
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
RECRUITING
Pittsburgh
Texas
Children's Medical Center Dallas
RECRUITING
Dallas
Washington
Seattle Children's Hospital
RECRUITING
Seattle
Contact Information
Primary
Emily Stekol
emily.stekol@ucsf.edu
415-502-3190
Time Frame
Start Date: 2020-09-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 500
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of California, San Francisco

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov