Clinical trials: Grief
Grief, Trauma
A Clinical Trial of Interventions to Support Family Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients
Hypotheses 1a and 1b: Compared to Supportive Conversation arm, the EMPOWER intervention will significantly decrease surrogate decision makers' symptoms of grief and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (primary outcomes); and…
- Conditions
- Grief, Trauma, Psychotherapy, Critical Care
- Trial name
- NCT05587517
- Testing
- EMPOWER, Supportive Conversation
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Bereavement
Bereaved Young Adults Study
Bereaved adolescents and emerging adults are at risk for developing psychological disorders and complicated grief. Clinical grief interventions and conventional wisdom reflect an implicit assumption that sharing and expressing…
- Trial name
- NCT05352243
- Testing
- Expressive Disclosure, Expressive Helping, Fact-Writing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Bereavement
Ayahuasca Assisted Psychotherapy for Grief
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of an ayahuasca-assisted constructivist therapy with constructivist therapy and no treatment to decrease the severity of grief.
- Trial name
- PSICODUELAYA (NCT06150859)
- Testing
- Ayahausca-Assisted psychotherapy, Constructivist Psychotherapy, No treatment
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beckley Med Foundation
Grief
Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Early Maladaptive Grief
The purpose study is to test the effects of accelerated resolution therapy (ART) on pre-loss grief and prolonged grief disorder among older adult family caregivers (FCGs).
- Trial name
- NCT05624879
- Testing
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Information and Support
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Grief Disorder, Prolonged
Feasibility and Efficacy of Individual SH+ Intervention
The central aim of this research is to execute a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess the impact and effectiveness of the individually-delivered SH+ intervention among earthquake survivors in Türkiye.
- Trial name
- NCT06091540
- Testing
- Feasibility and Efficacy of Individual SH+ Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Koç University
Cancer
Trial of Family Focused Grief Therapy in Palliative Care and Bereavement
The purpose of this study is to learn how well family therapy works if given while a family member is being treated for a serious illness and whether it helps their family to continue meeting for a time after their death.
- Trial name
- NCT00580515
- Testing
- Family Focused Group Therapy, Standard of Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Loneliness, Grief
The Effects of Psilocybin on Social Connectedness
The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, expectancy-controlled, mechanistic trial. This study looks to explore whether a single dose of psilocybin (25mg) reduces amygdala reactivity to negative socioemotional…
- Trial name
- NCT07693153
- Testing
- Psilocybin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Parents Who Have Lost a Child
Development of Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Parents Who Lost a Child
Many parents who have lost a child use counseling or other resources to help with the emotional burden of their loss. The aim of this study is to begin to test a new counseling program for parents who have lost a child.
- Trial name
- NCT02153619
- Testing
- Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy (MCGT), Supportive Psychotherapy (SP), questionnaires assessments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Bereavement, Cancer
Support for Bereaved Cancer Caregivers
Friend and family caregivers of recently deceased cancer patients experience acute bereavement following the death. Post death bereavement is an intense period of mourning that includes an unfolding of the grief process and is…
- Conditions
- Bereavement, Cancer, Caregiver, Grief
- Trial name
- NCT06662409
- Testing
- Nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Family
Psychological Impact in a Relative, Following the Announcement of the Death of a Loved One After Cardiac Arrest and the Early Request for Organ Donation
The fight against the scarcity of grafts is a major public health issue in France. Despite a very good success rate of transplants from brain-dead donors or living donors, the waiting time for transplantation continues to…
- Conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Family, Psychological Distress, Organ and Tissue Procurement
- Trial name
- REPERPSY (NCT03721770)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- frederic ADNET
Perinatal Death, Perinatal Grief
Simulation of Perinatal Grief. (SPG)
A proposal for teaching innovation is proposed with the topic of "perinatal grief" very little studied and taught in degrees such as medicine, nursing and psychology, with scientific evidence demonstrating a knowledge deficit on…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Death, Perinatal Grief, Teaching Innovation
- Trial name
- NCT06169423
- Testing
- Educative intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Jaume I
Prolonged Grief Disorder
LIVIA 2.0 : A RCT Of Two French Internet Intervention For Adults Struggling With Prolonged Grief Symptoms
The investigators aim to compare the efficacy of an IBI targeting complicated grief symptoms (LIVIA 2.0) compared to an already investigated IBI (LIVIA 1) using a guidance on demand design in a randomised controlled trial (RCT).
- Trial name
- NCT05219760
- Testing
- LIVIA
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Debrot Anik
Chronic Grief, Dementia Family Caregivers
Dementia Caregiver Chronic Grief Management: A Live Online Video Intervention
The exponential rise in the number of persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) places a heavy burden on family caregivers.
- Trial name
- CGMI-V (NCT03593070)
- Testing
- Chronic Grief Management Intervention-Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Grief
The Aarhus Bereavement Study
Psychological distress is a natural reaction following the death of a loved one. Nevertheless, research has shown that for a significant minority of bereaved individuals the grieving process is disturbed.
- Trial name
- TABS (NCT03049007)
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,243 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Advanced Cancer
Identifying Family Members in Need of Support While Caregiving and After Loss
This screening tool will be used to identify significant relations of patients with advanced medical illness or serious hospitalization and family individuals who lost their loved one and who could use professional support in the…
- Trial name
- NCT02455505
- Testing
- background questionnaire, bereavement risk screening tool
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sleep Disturbance, Inflammation
Rest to Overcome Loss and Reduce Risk
The purpose of this study is to develop and optimize a targeted behavioral intervention for sleep disturbance among individuals who have recently lost a spouse/long-term cohabitating partner.
- Conditions
- Sleep Disturbance, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Bereavement
- Trial name
- RESTore Plus (NCT05803499)
- Testing
- Targeted Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia, Information-Only Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Posttraumatic Growth, Grief
The Effect of Mobile Health Application on Posttraumatic Growth in Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the type of cancer that significantly affects women's health and causes the most mortal in women. Despite the high incidence of breast cancer, women living after breast cancer are increasing due to advances in…
- Trial name
- NCT06279806
- Testing
- Mobile health application use, Information of the breast cancer survivor period booklet
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Grief
Prolonged Grief in Young Bereaved Spouses and Partners
The purpose of the research is to learn more about the experience of grief in young bereaved spouses/partners. Recent research has shown that young bereaved spouses/partners experience grief uniquely from other age groups, but it…
- Trial name
- NCT00745784
- Testing
- in-person or telephone interview
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Advanced Cancer
Caregiver Assessments of the Quality of Home Hospice Care
The Objectives are to administer the Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (FEHC) questionnaire and The Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG) to caregivers previously enrolled into the parent grant and conduct supplemental analyses…
- Trial name
- NCT00895024
- Testing
- Phone Interview/Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Bereavement, Healthy
The Impact of Familiarity and Emotional Attachment on the Visual Processing of Faces
This study uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to look at brain activity while patients view pictures of people's faces that they are familiar with or have emotional attachment to.
- Trial name
- NCT00001913
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)