RECRUITING

The Missing Pieces Trial: A Comparison of Two Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

Parents of children who die traumatically or unexpectedly from things like suicide or an overdose suffer from mental and physical health problems and can experience massive disruptions in their family life. For about half of these parents, the first, and sometimes only, interactions they have with the healthcare system when their child dies are with a medical examiner or coroner (hereafter 'ME'). But MEs have little to no training in helping grieving families, and there are no standards guiding medical examiners or coroners on how or even if they should help grieving families. This gap leaves parents to find the help they need on their own. This research will test two different strategies for addressing this gap in the healthcare system.

Official Title

The Missing Pieces Trial: A Multi-Site Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-03-04
Study Completion:2028-02
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06136260

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Parents or caregivers of ME cases involving a person \< 25 years old from one of the following offices: Cook County Medical Examiners, Lake County Coroners, DuPage County Coroner, Will County Coroner, McHenry County Coroner, Kane County Coroner
  2. * Parents or caregivers who provide permission to the ME to be referred to Missing Pieces
  3. * Parent or caregivers who are referred to Missing Pieces by a ME
  4. * Parents or caregivers able to read and communicate in English or Spanish
  1. * Parents or caregivers unable to read or communicate in English or Spanish
  2. * Parents or caregivers under the age of 18 years old

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH
CONTACT
312-227-4800
kmichelson@luriechildrens.org
Carolyn Sutter, PhD
CONTACT
312-227-7059
csutter@luriechildrens.org

Principal Investigator

Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Lurie Children's Hospital
Stacy Lindau, MD, MAPP
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Chicago

Study Locations (Sites)

Cook County Medical Examiner's Office
Chicago, Illinois, 60612
United States
Will County Coroner's Office
Joliet, Illinois, 60432
United States
Kane County Coroner's Office
Saint Charles, Illinois, 60175
United States
Lake County Coroner's Office
Waukegan, Illinois, 60085
United States
DuPage County Coroner's Office
Wheaton, Illinois, 60187
United States
McHenry County Coroner's Office
Woodstock, Illinois, 60098
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

  • Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Lurie Children's Hospital
  • Stacy Lindau, MD, MAPP, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Chicago

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-03-04
Study Completion Date2028-02

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-03-04
Study Completion Date2028-02

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • grief
  • caregivers
  • community resources
  • pediatric
  • self-efficacy
  • coroners and medical examiners

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Bereavement