Talking it out: therapy group aims to ease parents' stress in rare blindness condition
NCT ID NCT07026565
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether group psychotherapy can help parents of children with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) feel better emotionally and handle stress. Forty parents will take part, with half joining therapy groups and the other half serving as a comparison. Researchers will measure mental health, mindfulness, and stress before, after, and three months after the sessions.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 40 people
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- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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A research network
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Forty parents of children and adolescents with LCA will be included in the sample. These parents must have both the clinical and genetic diagnoses of their children. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents with diagnosed mental disorders prior to the birth of their children and unrelated to the acceptance of LCA will be evaluated by the psychologists and excluded from the sample. The exclusion criteria were assigned based on the impact of these variables on the study analysis. Additionally, parents who are undergoing individual psychotherapy and/or using psychiatric medication will also be excluded.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Instituto de Genética Ocular
São Paulo, São Paulo, 04552-050, Brazil
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