[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"bereavement\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:bereavement":27},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,7,0,[8,46,72,102,133,160,188],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":15,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":18,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":22,"briefSummary":24,"conditions":25,"keywords":29,"overallStatus":33,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":34,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":35,"startDateStruct":38,"completionDateStruct":40,"leadSponsor":42,"locationsCount":45},"100450216","evaluation-of-grief-therapy-approaches-for-bereaved-parents-100450216",false,"NCT05142605","Evaluation of Grief Therapy Approaches for Bereaved Parents","Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy for Parents Bereaved by Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial","Parent Participant Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* A biological, adoptive, step-parent or legal guardian from across the United States who lost a child diagnosed with cancer as indicated by self-report\n* Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report\n* Experienced the loss of a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report\n* Elevated prolonged grief (PG) symptoms (PG-13-R scores of 30 or above)\n* Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report\n* English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English\n* What is the participant's preferred language?\n\n  °(Specify Lang)\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n* How well does the participant speak English?\n\n  * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)\n  * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n* Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate\n\nSupport Provider Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Must be age 18 or over as indicated by self-report\n* Has been identified by the bereaved parent participant as a support or someone important to bereaved parent\n* Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report\n* English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English\n* What is the participant's preferred language?\n\n  °(Specify Lang)\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n* How well does the participant speak English?\n\n  * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)\n  * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n* Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate.\n\nFamily Participant Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* A biological, adoptive, step-parent or legal guardian from across the United States who lost a child diagnosed with cancer as indicated by self-report\n* Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report\n* Experienced the loss of a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report\n* Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report\n* English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English\n* What is the participant's preferred language?\n\n  °(Specify Lang)\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n* How well does the participant speak English?\n\n  * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)\n  * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n* Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate.\n\nTraining Case Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* A biological, adoptive, step-parent, or legal guardian from across the United States as indicated by self-report\n* Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report\n* Experienced the loss of a child at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report\n* Score of 29 or below on the PG-13-R OR lost a child to a cause other than cancer OR child's additional guardian has consented as a Parent Participant and has not provided permission to share participation status OR past participants who indicate an interest in serving as a training case and, in the judgment of the Principal Investigator, would be appropriate to enroll as a training case\n* Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report\n* English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English\n* What is the participant's preferred language?\n\n  ° (Specify Lang)\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n* How well does the participant speak English?\n\n  * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)\n  * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n* Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate.\n\nTraining Case Support Provider Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Must be age 18 or over as indicated by self-report\n* Has been identified by the bereaved parent training case participant as a support or someone important to bereaved parent\n* Resides in a state in which a study clinical supervisor is licensed to permit telepsychology practice or otherwise able to comply with current telehealth regulations as indicated by self-report\n* English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English\n* What is the participant's preferred language?\n\n  ° (Specify Lang)\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n* How well does the participant speak English?\n\n  * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE)\n  * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n  * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE)\n* Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate.\n\nParent Participant Exclusion Criteria:\n\n* Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator\u002Fstudy staff's judgment, to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or informed consent\n* Inability to access a functional device for videoconferencing and declines offer to use a study loaner device as indicated by self-report\n* Prisoners\n* Participants unable to consent\n\nSupport Provider Exclusion Criteria:\n\n* Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator\u002Fstudy staff's judgment, to preclude informed consent\n* Inability to access a computer with Internet as indicated by self-report\n* Prisoners\n* Participants unable to consent\n\nFamily Participant Exclusion Criteria:\n\n* Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator\u002Fstudy staff's judgment, to preclude informed consent\n* Inability to access a computer with Internet as indicated by self-report\n* Prisoners\n* Participants unable to consent\n\nTraining Case Exclusion Criteria:\n\n* Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator\u002Fstudy staff's judgment, to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or informed consent\n* Inability to access a functional device for videoconferencing and declines offer to use a study loaner device as indicated by self-report\n* Prisoners\n* Participants unable to consent\n\nTraining Case Support Provider Exclusion Criteria\n\n* Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator\u002Fstudy staff's judgment, to preclude informed consent\n* Inability to access a computer with Internet as indicated by self-report\n* Prisoners\n* Participants unable to consent","ALL","18 Years",{"count":19,"type":20},415,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[23],"NA","The purpose of this study is to compare three types of support programs for parents who have lost a child. The study will see how these support programs affect participants' grief and depression symptoms. The three support programs are called Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy, Supportive Counseling, and Enhanced Usual Care.",[26,27,28],"Grief","Bereavement","Cancer",[30,31,32],"Parental bereavement","Parents","Elevated prolonged grief symptoms","RECRUITING","2026-06-29",{"date":36,"type":37},"2026-07-01","ACTUAL",{"date":39,"type":37},"2022-03-31",{"date":41,"type":20},"2027-05-31",{"name":43,"class":44},"University of Miami","OTHER",5,{"id":47,"slug":48,"hasResults":11,"nctId":49,"briefTitle":50,"officialTitle":50,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":51,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":52,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":54,"briefSummary":55,"conditions":56,"keywords":57,"overallStatus":33,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":62,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":63,"startDateStruct":65,"completionDateStruct":67,"leadSponsor":69,"locationsCount":71},"100610490","help-texts-grief-intervention-for-bereaved-college-students-100610490","NCT07228260","Help Texts Grief Intervention for Bereaved College Students","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Enrolled UCLA student\n* At least 18 years old\n* Experienced death of a close person in the past 12 months\n* Able to read English",{"count":53,"type":20},126,[23],"The proposed study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Help Texts, a weekly text-based program, among bereaved students at UCLA. Specifically, the study will evaluate whether Help Texts reduces grief severity and symptoms of depression, and whether it improves academic functioning (e.g., graduation, grades, student enrollment retention).\n\nThe investigators hypothesize that bereaved UCLA students who receive a 12-month Help Texts weekly digital text intervention will have reduced grief severity and depressive symptoms and increased academic functioning compared to bereaved UCLA students in a waitlist control condition receiving treatment as usual (i.e., list of resources for grief).\n\nParticipants will complete surveys at four timepoints: baseline and 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months following enrollment. They will be randomly assigned to either the treatment condition (receive 12-month Help Texts subscription at enrollment) or the waitlist control condition (receive list of resources for grief at enrollment, and receive 12-month Help Texts subscription at 6 months following enrollment). The Help Texts program involves texts offering psychoeducation related to grief and coping strategies, delivered twice weekly.",[27],[58,59,60,61],"bereavement","digital intervention","text-based intervention","college students","2025-11-12",{"date":64,"type":37},"2025-11-14",{"date":66,"type":37},"2025-10-30",{"date":68,"type":20},"2027-06",{"name":70,"class":44},"University of California, Los Angeles",1,{"id":73,"slug":74,"hasResults":11,"nctId":75,"briefTitle":76,"officialTitle":77,"acronym":78,"eligibilityCriteria":79,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":80,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":81,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":83,"briefSummary":84,"conditions":85,"keywords":87,"overallStatus":33,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":94,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":95,"startDateStruct":96,"completionDateStruct":98,"leadSponsor":100,"locationsCount":71},"100530799","risk-and-resilience-to-suicide-following-late-life-spousal-bereavement-100530799","NCT06191484","Risk and Resilience to Suicide Following Late-Life Spousal Bereavement","Risk and Resilience to Late-life Suicidal Ideation and Behavior After Spousal Bereavement: Targeting Social Connectedness to Strengthen Circadian Rhythmicity","RISE","Older adults who recently lost their spouse or life partner and are high risk for suicidal thoughts and\u002For behavior.\n\nInclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Bereaved \\\u003C or = to 12 months from spousal\u002Fpartner loss\n2. \\> or = to 65 years old\n3. Verified history of suicide attempt\u002Fattempts and\u002For current or past history of Major Depressive Disorder\u002FMajor Depressive Episode (MDD\u002FMDE) (without psychotic features), or history of depression severe enough to trigger treatment, or current subsyndromal depression (\\> or = to 9 HDRS)\n4. No diagnosis of schizophrenia\u002Fschizoaffective disorders\u002Fbipolar\u002Fcurrent psychosis\n5. Does not reside in nursing home\n6. Not a current shift worker\n7. No major cognitive impairment: TICS score of \\> or = to 27\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Bereaved \\>12 months from spousal\u002Fpartner bereavement\n2. \\\u003C 65 years old\n3. Patient is not spousal\u002Fpartner bereaved (ex: parent, sibling, etc.)\n4. Prior diagnosis of schizophrenia\u002Fschizoaffective disorders\u002Fbipolar\u002Fcurrent psychosis or medications listed indicate diagnosis of these disorders\u002FMDD or MDE with psychotic features\n5. Major cognitive impairment: TICS score of \\\u003C27\n6. Current shift worker\n7. Resides in a nursing home\n8. Unstable medical condition (e.g., unstable angina, end stage renal disease)","65 Years",{"count":82,"type":20},169,[23],"The purpose of the RISE study is to examine how the 24-hour rhythm of sleep and social activity relate to mood and suicidal ideation among older adults that recently lost a spouse or life partner.",[86,27],"Suicide",[88,58,89,90,91,92,93],"grief","suicide","geriatric","health","technology","depression","2025-11-07",{"date":62,"type":37},{"date":97,"type":37},"2023-11-20",{"date":99,"type":20},"2029-12-01",{"name":101,"class":44},"University of Pittsburgh",{"id":103,"slug":104,"hasResults":11,"nctId":105,"briefTitle":106,"officialTitle":107,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":108,"healthyVolunteers":109,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":110,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":112,"briefSummary":113,"conditions":114,"keywords":116,"overallStatus":33,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":124,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":125,"startDateStruct":127,"completionDateStruct":129,"leadSponsor":131,"locationsCount":71},"100566994","support-for-bereaved-cancer-caregivers-100566994","NCT06662409","Support for Bereaved Cancer Caregivers","Support for Bereaved Friend and Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* 18 years old or older; Able and willing to provide reflexology\n* Able to speak and understand English\n* Have access to a telephone\n* Able to hear normal conversation\n* Cognitively oriented to time, place, and person (determined via recruiter)\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Unwilling to perform return demonstration with 90% accuracy",true,{"count":111,"type":20},70,[23],"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 characterized by strong emotions and demands on cognitive resources to those who have put aside their own needs to support the dying patient with cancer. This research will test the feasibility and acceptability of a nature-based healing meditation (NBHM) intervention to support cancer caregivers' during the bereavement process.",[27,28,115,26],"Caregiver",[117,118,119,88,120,121,122,93,123],"nature-based intervention","meditation","bereavement support","directed attention","quality of life","anxiety","cancer caregiver","2025-09-04",{"date":126,"type":37},"2025-09-11",{"date":128,"type":37},"2025-06-01",{"date":130,"type":20},"2026-08",{"name":132,"class":44},"Michigan State University",{"id":134,"slug":135,"hasResults":11,"nctId":136,"briefTitle":137,"officialTitle":138,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":139,"healthyVolunteers":109,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":140,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":142,"briefSummary":143,"conditions":144,"keywords":145,"overallStatus":33,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":151,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":152,"startDateStruct":154,"completionDateStruct":156,"leadSponsor":158,"locationsCount":5},"100526555","the-grief-navigation-trial-a-comparison-of-two-interventions-to-support-parents-after-their-childs-unexpected-or-traumatic-death-100526555","NCT06136260","The Grief Navigation Trial: A Comparison of Two Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death","The Grief Navigation Trial: A Multi-Site Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Parents or caregivers of ME cases involving a person \\\u003C 25 years old from one of the following offices: Cook County Medical Examiners, Lake County Coroners, DuPage County Coroner, Will County Coroner, McHenry County Coroner, Kane County Coroner, Peoria County Coroner\n* Parents or caregivers who provide permission to the ME to be referred to Missing Pieces\n* Parent or caregivers who are referred to Missing Pieces by a ME\n* Parents or caregivers able to read and communicate in English or Spanish\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Parents or caregivers unable to read or communicate in English or Spanish\n* Parents or caregivers under the age of 18 years old",{"count":141,"type":20},2000,[23],"Parents of children who die traumatically or unexpectedly from things like suicide or an overdose suffer from mental and physical health problems and can experience massive disruptions in their family life. For about half of these parents, the first, and sometimes only, interactions they have with the healthcare system when their child dies are with a medical examiner or coroner (hereafter 'ME'). But MEs have little to no training in helping grieving families, and there are no standards guiding medical examiners or coroners on how or even if they should help grieving families. This gap leaves parents to find the help they need on their own. This research will test two different strategies for addressing this gap in the healthcare system.",[27],[88,146,147,148,149,150],"caregivers","community resources","pediatric","self-efficacy","coroners and medical examiners","2025-04-28",{"date":153,"type":37},"2025-05-01",{"date":155,"type":37},"2024-03-04",{"date":157,"type":20},"2028-02",{"name":159,"class":44},"Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago",{"id":161,"slug":162,"hasResults":11,"nctId":163,"briefTitle":164,"officialTitle":165,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":166,"healthyVolunteers":109,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":167,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":169,"phases":4,"briefSummary":170,"conditions":171,"keywords":173,"overallStatus":33,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":179,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":180,"startDateStruct":182,"completionDateStruct":184,"leadSponsor":186,"locationsCount":71},"100505924","caregiver-stress-and-bereavement-100505924","NCT05867706","Caregiver Stress and Bereavement","The Psychobiological Adjustment to Bereavement Among Cancer Caregivers","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Participant age ≥ 18 years\n* Caregiver or spouse of a patients suffering from a terminal illness (estimated life expectancy ≤ 6 months),\n* regarded as the patients primary caregiver (i.e., intimately involved in care of the patient since time of the diagnosis, looking after his\u002Fher daily needs, supervising the medications, bringing the patient to the hospital, staying with the patient during inpatient stay, and maintaining liaison with the hospital staff),\n* German as primary language\n* signed informed consent.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Significant visual or auditory problems, cognitive impairment,\n* morbid obesity (body mass index ≥40 kg\u002Fm2,\n* alcohol or drug abuse\n* active malignancy\n* severe illness (respiratory, heart, liver and renal failure)\n* major medical conditions involving the immune system (e.g., diabetes type 1 or 2, autoimmune and\u002F or inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis, asthma, thyroid diseases)\n* severe hypertension (\\>200\u002F120 mmHg)\n* regular use of medication with major immunological consequences (e.g., corticosteroids, immunosuppressive therapy)\n* pregnant or breast-feeding",{"count":168,"type":20},150,"OBSERVATIONAL","The death of a spouse is considered one of the most stressful and impactful life events and is associated with increased morbidity and premature mortality. Early identification of individuals who are most at risk for poor health outcomes following bereavement is an important aim of precision medicine and disease prevention initiatives. A better understanding of caregiver burden and bereavement-related distress and its implication for health is a clinically-relevant step toward the development of treatments that improve health outcomes in bereaved spouses. This study aims to map profiles of individual differences in short- and long-term adjustment to loss, according to psychological (e.g., depression, stress, grief severity) and biological markers (e.g., inflammation, cortisol) over time.",[172,27,28],"Caregiver Burden",[174,58,175,176,177,178],"caregiver","stress","biomarkers","cancer","palliative care","2025-04-01",{"date":181,"type":37},"2025-04-04",{"date":183,"type":37},"2024-10-01",{"date":185,"type":20},"2027-12-31",{"name":187,"class":44},"University of Zurich",{"id":189,"slug":190,"hasResults":11,"nctId":191,"briefTitle":192,"officialTitle":193,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":194,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":195,"minAge":4,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":196,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":21,"phases":197,"briefSummary":198,"conditions":199,"keywords":203,"overallStatus":208,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":209,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":210,"startDateStruct":212,"completionDateStruct":214,"leadSponsor":216,"locationsCount":4},"100566222","perinatal-bereavement-counseling-training-for-midwives-100566222","NCT06652373","Perinatal Bereavement Counseling Training for Midwives","Evaluation of The Effectiveness of Perinatal Bereavement Counseling Training for Midwives","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Midwives who have been active midwives in one of the obstetrics, postnatal, perinatology, septic and aseptic services for at least one year\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Academic and freelance midwives\n* Midwives who have previously received specialised training in bereavement care","FEMALE",{"count":53,"type":20},[23],"Perinatal bereavement is a condition that can lead to serious psychological problems for parents and their families. Bereaved women are at high risk of mental health problems (e.g. anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression). They may also blame themselves and their bodies for the loss and feel inadequate. Inadequate support from their environment in this process may lead them to experience social isolation. Research highlights the impact of caring for bereaved parents on health professionals, and that inadequate training can have a negative impact. In this context, there is a need for well-structured and tailored training programmes that focus on the specific needs and skills required to provide appropriate bereavement care to parents experiencing pregnancy loss and perinatal death. In this context, this study was planned both to prepare a training programme with evidence of effectiveness and to investigate the effectiveness of perinatal bereavement counselling training for midwives.",[200,27,201,202],"Still Births","Perinatal Care","Perinatal Mental Health",[27,204,205,206,207],"Hospice Care","Research Design","Midwifery","Pregnancy","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2024-10-19",{"date":211,"type":37},"2024-10-22",{"date":213,"type":20},"2024-12-01",{"date":215,"type":20},"2025-12-30",{"name":217,"class":44},"Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa"]