The Grief Navigation Trial: A Comparison of Two Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death
NCT06136260
This study is recruiting at 6 US sites in 1 state, according to its ClinicalTrials.gov record last updated .
Summary
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.
Shortened from the sponsor's brief summary. View official record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Conditions studied
- Bereavement
Eligibility basics and study details
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- Last updated on ClinicalTrials.gov
- July 8, 2026
These are the basic criteria only. The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official record, and the study team decides who can take part.
US recruiting sites
Illinois · 6
- Cook County Medical Examiner's Office · Chicago, IL
- Will County Coroner's Office · Joliet, IL
- Peoria County Coroner's Office · Peoria, IL
- Lake County Coroner's Office · Waukegan, IL
- DuPage County Coroner's Office · Wheaton, IL
- McHenry County Coroner's Office · Woodstock, IL
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, data processed . Recruiting US sites filtered by distance and site status; summaries shortened.