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Evaluation of Regret in Kidney Transplantation

Decisional Regret in a Prospective Cohort of Renal Transplant Recipients: the DONOR Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05282381
Acronym
DONOR
Enrollment
250
Registered
2022-03-16
Start date
2022-06-03
Completion date
2026-06-01
Last updated
2026-05-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Renal Transplant Candidate for Left Kidney, Renal Transplant Candidate for Right Kidney

Keywords

Decisional regret, Kidney transplantation, Quality of life

Brief summary

Decisional regret is a negative feeling, involving distress or remorse following a decision. This has been studied in several areas such as psychology, economy or marketing. Patients suffering from end-stage renal disease may choose between dialysis and transplantation. This decision-making process is shared with the nephrologist, who explained to the patient the pros and cons of these two possibilities. Although transplantation offers a better life expectancy and quality of life than dialysis, nothing is known about the proportion of patients regretting their choice to be transplanted. The DONOR study aims to determine the proportion of patients regretting their decision, in a prospective cohort of renal transplant recipients. The decisional regret will be assessed by the DRS ("Decisional Regret Scale"), associated with the RetransQoL, a quality of life questionnaire.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALDRS : Decision Regret Scale

The DRS is a self-administered questionnaire including 5 items assessing decisional regret in a score graduated between 0 and 100 (0 = no regret).This scale is associated with the ReTransQoL, a specific quality of life questionnaire. Questionnaires are administrated at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-transplantation.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Lille
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Kidney transplantation in the Lille University Hospital * Functional kidney graft after 28 days post transplantation

Exclusion criteria

* Previous other solid organ transplant * Combined transplantation (kidney and liver for example) * Cognitive disorders * Lack of French language skill

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Decisional regret at 12 months post kidney transplantation, defined as a score ≥30 on the Decisional Regret ScaleAt 12 months post-transplantationThe decisional regret scale consists of five items addressing the notion of regret from different perspectives. The patient is asked to respond to each item using a 5-point Likert-type scale. The results of the Decisional Regret Scale are converted into a score from 0 to 100, with values increasing in multiples of 5. A score of 0 means no regret. Three categories of the DRE score were created: no regret (score = 0), low regret (score between 5 and 25), and moderate to high regret (score ≥ 30

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Specific Quality of Life Scale (ReTransQoL)At 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-transplantationThe ReTransQoL (Renal Transplant Quality of Life) questionnaire is a quality of life related-questionnaire, specific for kidney transplant recipients and developed by Gentile et al. in 2008 (Gentile et al, Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2008). It consists in 49 items, divided into 5 dimensions: Physical Health, Medical Care, Fear of losing the Graft, Treatment and Mental Health. This results in a quality of life score, from 0 to 100 (0 being the lowest quality of life score).
Variation of decisional regret over time, following kidney transplantation, using the Decisional Regret ScaleAt 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-transplantationThe decisional regret scale consists of five items addressing the notion of regret from different perspectives. The patient is asked to respond to each item using a 5-point Likert-type scale. The results of the Decisional Regret Scale are converted into a score from 0 to 100, with values increasing in multiples of 5. A score of 0 means no regret. Three categories of the DRE score were created: no regret (score = 0), low regret (score between 5 and 25), and moderate to high regret (score ≥ 30
Identification of biological, psychological and sociological risk factors for decisional regret at 12 months post kidney transplantation, defined as a score ≥30 on the Decisional Regret ScaleAt baseline, and during the 12 months follow-up period.The decisional regret scale consists of five items addressing the notion of regret from different perspectives. The patient is asked to respond to each item using a 5-point Likert-type scale. The results of the Decisional Regret Scale are converted into a score from 0 to 100, with values increasing in multiples of 5. A score of 0 means no regret. Three categories of the DRE score were created: no regret (score = 0), low regret (score between 5 and 25), and moderate to high regret (score ≥ 30

Countries

France

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMehdi Maanaoui, MD

University Hospital, Lille

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 15, 2026