The CDTRP’s COVID-19 research has centered on addressing patient, family, and caregiver priorities. Through National Workshops, the CDTRP has engaged the transplant community to identify and prioritize effective strategies for transplant recipients, families, and caregivers to support their recovery of quality of life during the pandemic.
Despite vaccinations and therapeutics, transplant recipients remain at high risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. Recipients, families, and caregivers are also at higher risk of experiencing extreme stress and mental health concerns and bearing the financial burden associated with the pandemic.
In response, the CDTRP has established a national, multidisciplinary team to address emerging challenges related to COVID-19 experienced by organ and stem cell transplant recipients, families, and caregivers.
Patients and families can make a difference by participating in research. The information obtained from TREAT-COVID will be used to help inform clinical treatment, policy decisions, and enhance patients, families, and caregivers’ understanding of COVID-19 and what it means for them.
Knowledge gained from this study will also support transplant centers in understanding the ongoing challenges faced by recipients, their families, and caregivers. The goal is to improve the well-being of transplant recipients and their families during this ongoing pandemic and future public health crises.
Research Priorities
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TREAT-COVID aims to recruit over 5000 participant including adult organ and stem cell recipients and their family members, and pediatric organ transplant recipients and their family members. Joining the study and sharing your voice and experience is key to advancing our understanding of COVID-19’s impacts on transplant patients, implementing evidence-based recommendations, and improving the overall transplant experience for recipients, families, and caregivers.
Recruitment
You can make a difference by joining TREAT-COVID and sharing your experience. Your voice will inform better care for transplant patients, contribute to a better understanding of how COVID-19 continues impacting patients and their families, and improve outcomes for you and your loved ones.
To participate in TREAT-COVID, you must meet the below inclusion criteria.
Community Engagement
If you would like to know more about TREAT-COVID or help promote the study in your newsletter, social media channels, website, or local events, download our communications toolkit or contact us to request a virtual presentation.
Email us at Info@CDTRP.ca
National Prioritization Forums
TREAT-COVID will host 4 National Prioritization Forums. Each Forum provides a venue for the research team to engage with stakeholders in the transplant community, including patients, families, caregivers, clinicians, trainees, researchers, government, and industry. The Forum helps identify the most urgent and emerging research questions and issues confronting transplant patients, families, caregivers, and the broader transplant ecosystem. Below, you will find the results of our completed National Forums and the tentative dates for upcoming Forum’s. These are open to the public.