Complicated Grief Among Children After a Death From Cancer or Another Cause: A Longitudinal and Prospective Study (CAPS)
CAPS
Risk Factors for Complicated Grief After a Death From Cancer or an Other Cause: A Longitudinal and Prospective Study Among Children and Their Parents
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors of Complicated Grief (CG) among children and adolescents who lost a parent to cancer or from an other cause.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Nov 2015
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 27, 2016
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 6, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2020
CompletedJuly 26, 2021
July 1, 2021
4.4 years
May 27, 2016
July 22, 2021
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Inventory of Complicated Grief
Complicated Grief symptoms at 6 months post-loss among children aged from 6 to 17 years Measured by the Inventory of Complicated Grief
6 months post-loss
Secondary Outcomes (8)
Inventory of Complicated Grief for Evaluation of paths of grief symptoms developement
At 3 and 12 months post-loss
Influence of grief symptoms of the parent staying in life
At 3 months and 12 months post-loss
Evaluation of the impact of the cause of parents death (cancer or other cause) on complicated grief symptoms development.
At 6 and 12 months post-loss
Evaluation of the impact of the cause of parents death (cancer or other cause) on post-traumatic stress developement.
At 6 and 12 months post-loss
Evaluation of the impact of the cause of parents death (cancer or other cause) on depression developement.
At 6 and 12 months post-loss
- +3 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
children who lost a parent to cancer
EXPERIMENTALChildren will complete scales, questionnaires and inventory at 3 months post-loss and only 2 scales at 6 and 12 month post-loss
children who lost a parent not to cancer
ACTIVE COMPARATORChildren will complete scales, questionnaires and inventory at 3 months post-loss and only 2 scales at 6 and 12 month post-loss
Interventions
Children will complete scales, questionnaires and inventory at 3 months post-loss and only 2 scales at 6 and 12 month post-loss
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Children :
- Having lost a parent within the last 3 months
- Signed consent form from the parent
- To have health care coverage by the French social security
- Parents :
- Signed consent form
- Having lost mother or father of the child within the last 3 months
You may not qualify if:
- Children:
- Both parents are dead
- Medical disease
- Ongoing legal procedure regarding the death
- Parents :
- Decline to take part to the study
- Mental retardation or schizophrenia
- Ongoing legal procedure regarding the death
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent
Toulouse, 31000, France
Related Publications (1)
Revet A, Suc A, Auriol F, Djelantik AAAMJ, Raynaud JP, Bui E. Peritraumatic distress predicts prolonged grief disorder symptom severity after the death of a parent in children and adolescents. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2021 Jun 28;12(1):1936916. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1936916. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 34249245RESULT
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jean-Philippe RAYNAUD, MD
University Hospital, Toulouse
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 27, 2016
First Posted
November 6, 2017
Study Start
November 1, 2015
Primary Completion
April 1, 2020
Study Completion
May 1, 2020
Last Updated
July 26, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-07
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share