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Multicomponent Intervention Fails to Improve Access to Kidney Transplantation

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By Abigail Brooks, MA

EnAKT LKD was conducted across 26 CKD programs in Ontario Canada, offering a multi-component intervention designed to target several barriers thought to prevent kidney transplantation and living donation – however, results showed no significant difference between the intervention and usual care groups.

Results from the Enhance Access to Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation (EnAKT LKD) trial showed evidence of intervention uptake but no difference in steps completed toward kidney transplantation between the intervention and usual-care groups.
Read the full article in HCP Live.

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Access to kidney transplantation is improving for everyone, but more work remains to be done

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Organ donation and transplantation are saving more lives in the United States than ever before, thanks to concerted work by stakeholders from across the country: donor families, organ procurement organizations, transplant centers, the Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN), the hundreds of volunteers who serve on OPTN committees, and others.

I have witnessed this remarkable achievement firsthand as a transplant physician caring for people with kidney disease. I also witness the plight of people with end-stage kidney disease who languish on transplant wait lists, a situation that is compounded by the kinds of disparities seen in other aspects of health care. Read more in STAT News.

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