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NCT04176796 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA
Don't Throw Your Heart Away: Medical Student Study 2
A NA study, sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University.
- Completed
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 105
- Enrollment target
NCT04176796: Completed NA study, sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University.
NCT04176796 is a NA study that has completed, run by Carnegie Mellon University. The registered enrollment target is 105 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (93% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.
The verdict
NCT04176796, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University.
- COMPLETED
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 105 participants
- Enrollment target
Study Summary
Publicly available outcome assessments for transplant programs do not make salient that some programs tend to reject many of the hearts they are offered, whereas other programs accept a broader range of donor offers. The investigators use empirical studies to test whether transplant center performance data (i.e. transplant and waitlist outcome statistics) that reflect center donor acceptance rates influence laypersons to evaluate centers with high organ decline rates less favorably than centers with low organ decline rates. 125 medical student participants will be recruited from University of Pittsburgh Medical School and randomized to one of two different information presentation conditions. Participants will be given an introduction to the donor organ match process, then asked to view the table of transplant outcomes corresponding to the condition they were randomized to. Each participant is asked to choose the hospital that they would consider to be "higher performing" between two hospitals: one hospital with a non-selective, "accepting" strategy (takes all donor heart offers), and one hospital with a more selective, "cherrypicking" strategy (tends to reject donor offers that are less than "excellent" quality).
Primary Outcome
The outcome variable will be a measure of binary choice between two hospitals: one with a selective donor-heart acceptance strategy and one with a non-selective donor heart acceptance strategy. Participants will respond to the question "Which Hospital is a better choice for patients? Please click on one of the two tables below to indicate which hospital is the better choice." Participants will choose been two outcome tables featuring the selective and non-selective hospital (counterbalanced, su
Interventions
- OTHER Stratified Transplant Survival
Trial Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Enrollment Target | 105 participants |
| Start Date | 2019-11-27 |
| Est. Completion | 2020-03-31 |
| Phase | NA |
What the finished NCT04176796 record still lists
NCT04176796 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registered 105 participants enrollment target is mid-sized for trials with a published cap, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (93% lower).
The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Stratified Transplant Survival is the first listed.
NCT04176796 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is clinical trial NCT04176796 about?
NCT04176796 is a clinical study titled "Don't Throw Your Heart Away: Medical Student Study 2". Publicly available outcome assessments for transplant programs do not make salient that some programs tend to reject many of the hearts they are offered, whereas other programs accept a broader range of donor offers. The investigators use empirical studies to test whether transplant center performan...
What is the current status of trial NCT04176796?
This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 105 participants. The study started on 2019-11-27. Estimated completion is 2020-03-31.
What interventions are being tested in trial NCT04176796?
The interventions under investigation include: Stratified Transplant Survival (OTHER).
Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT04176796?
This trial is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, which has 37 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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How this trial's enrollment target compares
Where NCT04176796's enrollment target sits among peer trials
105 834th of 2000 higher than 1,165 of 2,000 other NA trials
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08
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