NCT03533465

Understanding the Role of Sleep in Complicated Grief

Understanding the Role of Sleep in Complicated Grief: A Pilot Study

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the causes of Complicated Grief (CG) in those who experience the loss of a loved one. This study aims at learning more about the sleep patterns and emotions in participants with CG as compared to those who have lost a loved one but do not have CG. This study will consist of two aims: Aim 1: Approximately 10 complicated grief (CG) patients and 10 controls (without a current psychiatric diagnosis) will complete a 3-day home polysomnography (PSG) sleep assessment in addition to several self-report sleep and psychiatric measures. Aim 2: Approximately 10 CG patients (subsample from Aim 1) will complete 16 weekly sessions of complicated grief therapy (CGT) in addition to completion of repeated PSG assessments and self-report sleep and psychiatric measures.

Conditions

• Sleep
• Grief

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT)	CGT is an evidence based 16 session targeted grief therapy delivered in individual one hour weekly sessions. Treatment will end at 16 sessions (offered over the course of 20 weeks)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-02
• Primary completion: 2019-03-25
• Completion: 2019-03-25
• First posted: 2018-05-23
• Last updated: 2022-03-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States