NCT02887339

Brief Summary

The Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Substudy in relation to the Genotype Tissue Expression Project (GTEx) aims to describe tissue requesters' approach to discussions about donation to GTEx and to assess the determinants of families' and patients' willingness to donate to GTEx. It also explores ethical issues such as privacy, risks, and release of incidental findings and recommend best practices for conducting authorizations and training requesters.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
512

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2013

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 1, 2013

Completed
2.8 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 17, 2015

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 1, 2016

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 2, 2016

Completed
1.2 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2017

Completed
Last Updated

March 30, 2021

Status Verified

March 1, 2021

Enrollment Period

3.4 years

First QC Date

December 17, 2015

Last Update Submit

March 29, 2021

Conditions

Keywords

Informed ConsentResearch donation requestEffective Communication

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Number of family members who chose to donate to GTEx

    Number of family decision makers who choose to donate to GTEx

    Up to 8 months after donation request

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Knowledge and Comprehension of Elements of Consent

    Up to 8 months after donation request

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Tissue requesters from participating OPOs are randomly assigned to complete additional informed consent training through an interactive online training website.

Other: Training Website

Control Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The control group of tissue requesters receive the standard training offered by their OPO and GTEx partners.

Other: Control

Interventions

Additional training website can be found at gtextraing.org

Intervention Group
ControlOTHER

Standard training given by OPOs and GTEx staff

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Participants must either be a:
  • family decision maker approached to donate their loved one's tissues to the GTEx project or
  • a staff person at an OPO that approaches family decision makers for the GTEx project.

You may not qualify if:

  • \. Persons who neither approached for GTEx or were approached are excluded from participation.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, 23219, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • GTEx Consortium. The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project. Nat Genet. 2013 Jun;45(6):580-5. doi: 10.1038/ng.2653.

    PMID: 23715323BACKGROUND

Study Officials

  • Laura Siminoff, PhD

    Temple University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Heather Traino, PhD

    Temple University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Dean, College of Health Professions and Social Work

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 17, 2015

First Posted

September 2, 2016

Study Start

March 1, 2013

Primary Completion

August 1, 2016

Study Completion

December 1, 2017

Last Updated

March 30, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-03

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations