Evaluation of Grief Therapy Approaches for Bereaved Parents
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Official title
Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy for Parents Bereaved by Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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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.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05142605
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 415 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy Behavioral
- Supportive Psychotherapy Behavioral
- Enhanced Usual Care Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 30, 2022
- Primary completion
- May 30, 2027
- Completion
- May 30, 2027
- Last update posted
- Jun 30, 2026
2022 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 5
- U.S. cities
- 5
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University (Data Collection Only) | Stanford | California | 94305 | Recruiting |
| University of Miami | Miami | Florida | 33136 | Not yet recruiting |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10065 | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Data Collection Only) | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | Recruiting |
| St Jude's Children's Hospital (Data collection only) | Memphis | Tennessee | 38105 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Jun 30, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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