Clinical trial · Interventional
Complicated Grief Among Children After a Death From Cancer or Another Cause: A Longitudinal and Prospective Study (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
NCT03330145CI-TRIAL-00052888CAPScompletedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grief | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scales, questionnaires and inventory | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- children who lost a parent to cancer
- description
- Children will complete scales, questionnaires and inventory at 3 months post-loss and only 2 scales at 6 and 12 month post-loss
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Scales, questionnaires and inventory
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- children who lost a parent not to cancer
- description
- Children will complete scales, questionnaires and inventory at 3 months post-loss and only 2 scales at 6 and 12 month post-loss
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Scales, questionnaires and inventory
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Inventory of Complicated Grief
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 6 Years
- Maximum age
- 17 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 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 Exclusion Criteria: 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
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTRevet 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 34249245