Status:

TERMINATED

Post Traumatic Stress Among Relatives of Brain-dead, Withdrawal of Life Support, and Sudden Death Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Conditions:

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

This study concerns the nearest relatives of patients who have passed away within 3 days of admission to an ICU due to: (1) brain death with multiple organ donation +/- tissues or (2) death via limita...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants are the nearest relatives (or "person-of-trust") of a patient who has passed away in an intensive care unit (ICU). The cause of death must fall into 1 of the following three categories: (1) brain death with multiple organ donation +/- tissues; (2) death via limitation and / or cessation of active treatment (LATA) without brain death; (3) sudden death of a previously healthy patient (no physical or mental limitations; MacCabe score = 0) within 3 days of admission to ICU without LATA nor brain death
  • The participant must be one of the following (roman numerals indicate prioritization in choice of participants, if needed): (i) designated "person-of-trust"; (ii) spouse/partner of the deceased; (iii) parent of the deceased; (iv) child of the deceased; (v) sibling of the deceased.

Exclusion

  • Patient deceased after 3 days of ICU care without LATA
  • The deceased was under 18 years old
  • The deceased was over 70 years old
  • Refusal to participated
  • Participant does not speak French
  • The participant is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
  • The participant is deaf or mute
  • The deceased has no nearest relative

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 15 2012

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 28 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

119 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01412502

Start Date

June 15 2012

End Date

June 28 2016

Last Update

January 3 2018

Active Locations (6)

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1

Hôpital Beaujon -APHP

Clichy, France

2

Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Marseille

Marseille, France

3

CHU Lapeyronie

Montpellier, France, 34295

4

Hôpital Gui De Chauliac (CHU de Montpellier)

Montpellier, France, 34295