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New study offers hope for parents struggling with grief after Child's cancer death

NCT ID NCT05142605

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study compares three support programs for parents who lost a child to cancer at least six months ago and still have high grief levels. The programs include Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy, Supportive Counseling, and Enhanced Usual Care. Researchers will measure changes in grief and depression symptoms to see which approach helps most.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 415 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2022

Expected to finish

May 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Parent Participant Inclusion Criteria: * 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 * Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report * Experienced the loss of a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report * Elevated prolonged grief (PG) symptoms (PG-13-R scores of 30 or above) * 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 * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? °(Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate Support Provider Inclusion Criteria: * Must be age 18 or over as indicated by self-report * Has been identified by the bereaved parent participant as a support or someone important to bereaved parent * 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 * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? °(Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Family Participant Inclusion Criteria: * 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 * Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report * Experienced the loss of a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report * 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 * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? °(Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Training Case Inclusion Criteria: * A biological, adoptive, step-parent, or legal guardian from across the United States as indicated by self-report * Age 18 or older as indicated by self-report * Experienced the loss of a child at least 6 months prior to enrollment as indicated by medical record or self-report * 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 * 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 * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? ° (Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Training Case Support Provider Inclusion Criteria: * Must be age 18 or over as indicated by self-report * Has been identified by the bereaved parent training case participant as a support or someone important to bereaved parent * 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 * English-speaking as per the language assessment items below and willing to receive the intervention in English * What is the participant's preferred language? ° (Specify Lang)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ * How well does the participant speak English? * Very well (PARTICIPANT IS ELIGIBLE) * Well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not well (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Not at all (PARTICIPANT is NOT ELIGIBLE) * Individuals who are pregnant per self-report are eligible to participate. Parent Participant Exclusion Criteria: * Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator/study staff's judgment, to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or informed consent * Inability to access a functional device for videoconferencing and declines offer to use a study loaner device as indicated by self-report * Prisoners * Participants unable to consent Support Provider Exclusion Criteria: * Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator/study staff's judgment, to preclude informed consent * Inability to access a computer with Internet as indicated by self-report * Prisoners * Participants unable to consent Family Participant Exclusion Criteria: * Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator/study staff's judgment, to preclude informed consent * Inability to access a computer with Internet as indicated by self-report * Prisoners * Participants unable to consent Training Case Exclusion Criteria: * Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator/study staff's judgment, to preclude completion of the assessment measures, interview or informed consent * Inability to access a functional device for videoconferencing and declines offer to use a study loaner device as indicated by self-report * Prisoners * Participants unable to consent Training Case Support Provider Exclusion Criteria * Significant psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator/study staff's judgment, to preclude informed consent * Inability to access a computer with Internet as indicated by self-report * Prisoners * Participants unable to consent

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

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How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Data Collection Only)

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • St Jude's Children's Hospital (Data collection only)

    RECRUITING

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, United States

  • Stanford University (Data Collection Only)

    RECRUITING

    Stanford, California, 94305, United States

  • University of Miami

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

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