NCT06386198

HEalth Advocate for Liver Transplantation: Improving Transition of Care for Adolescent Liver Transplant Recipients

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Health Advocate for Liver Transplant (HEAL-Tx) Transition of Care Pilot is a nonrandomized, open-label intervention pilot of a health advocate intervention aimed to assess feasibility and acceptability of integrating a Health Advocate onto the transplant team to help adolescents transition their care to adult transplant teams. Across studies, health advocate roles vary, and can include coordinating medical care treatment, facilitating financial assistance (e.g., taxi vouchers), and connecting patients to community resources, which can improve self-management, mitigate social risks, and lead to better communication between the healthcare system and the family. In this pilot, the investigators will adapt this intervention for adolescent/young adult liver transplant patients and measure acceptability and feasibility according to RE-AIM.

Conditions

• Liver Transplant; Complications
• Pediatric ALL

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Health Advocate	The Health Advocate intervention will include helping pediatric liver transplant recipients and their families address unmet household social needs (e.g., food insecurity), improve patient-provider communication, and enhance care coordination.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-03
• Primary completion: 2026-06-30
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2024-04-26
• Last updated: 2025-05-13

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States