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Dr
Pippa
Bailey
pippa.bailey@bristol.ac.uk
Dr
Pippa
Bailey
pippa.bailey@bristol.ac.uk
Renal failureComplications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
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Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for most people with kidney failure. However, kidney transplants rarely work for the whole of a patient’s life. A kidney transplant is said to have failed when it no longer works well enough to keep someone healthy, and another treatment, like dialysis, is required.
Many decisions need to be made when a kidney transplant fails, including whether the transplant should be removed, and which medication should be stopped. There is limited poor-quality evidence on which to base these decisions, and people are managed differently at different hospitals.
We aim to understand:
- patient and family experiences of kidney transplant failure
- patient and family priorities when a transplant fails
- patient, family and healthcare professional beliefs about the best treatment for transplant failure
- how and why decisions regarding failing transplants are made between patients, their families and clinicians
- views on a possible clinical trial to compare different treatments for transplant failure
Through this understanding we hope to learn:
- what outcomes matter most to patients and their families when a transplant fails
- whether healthcare professionals are uncertain how to manage someone with a failing transplant
- what sort of management interventions and clinical trial designs patients and healthcare professionals would support
We will interview 25-30 people who have experienced kidney transplant failure, 25-30 their family, and 10-15 healthcare professionals. We will interview people of different ages, sexes, and ethnicities, with different transplants, different experiences of treatments before and after transplantation, from different UK hospitals. We will investigate whether people’s experiences and views are similar or different, and whether who they are and how they are treated impacts on their experiences.
Findings will be used to inform the design and delivery of a trial to determine the best management for failing transplants.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
Observational type: Qualitative;
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Individuals who lack the Mental Capacity to consent to participation, as deemed by their usual healthcare team, will not be eligible to participate.
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The study is sponsored by NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST and funded by NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) .
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