- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03320902
Sudden Death Counselling and Its Impact on Family Members of Sudden Death Victims (SUIVIPROCHE)
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Family members are often shocked and devastated by the death of their loved one, especially when it is sudden and unexpected. On the scene, families often don't really believe it happened because they didn't have time to absorb the fact of their loss. They hear the words and explanation given by the prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) team, but do not comprehend the full impact. Emotions seem frozen. They feel disoriented, restless, stunned and unable to think.
Most often, after cardiac arrest resuscitation attempt, the prehospital EMS team leaves the scene, letting the family without any further medical bond and support. Families are left alone facing this tragedy. After a while, families need medical counseling trying to understand what happens and why but they don't know who to consult. Instead, they remain without medical explanation or guidance with the fear regarding their own future, in particular, regarding the risk of dying from sudden death. This fear may be based on the knowledge of the eventuality of familial diseases increasing the risk of sudden death, or simply on a mechanism of identification with the deceased.
One important factor credited by experts is to encourage first-degree family members to seek sudden death counselling. However, the literature concerning this problem lacks of reliable data.
The aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate the psychological consequences of a sudden death counselling on family member after a relative's sudden death compared to the usual family management.
This study will compare the percentage of depression in a group of family members after a relative's sudden death for whom a sudden death counselling has been proposed by the prehospital medical team versus a group for whom the medical team has not modified its usual strategy.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Nelly BRIAND, PhD
- Phone Number: +33 1 44 38 18 62
- Email: nelly.briand@aphp.fr
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Patricia JABRE, MD, PhD
- Phone Number: +33 1 44 49 24 51
- Email: patricia.jabre@aphp.fr
Study Locations
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Paris, France, 75015
- Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
A first-degree relative of a:
- patient aged 18-75 years
- with an out-of-hospital sudden death*
- and cardiopulmonary resuscitation attempted Relative aged ≥ 18 years Given consent for the study. Sudden death definition*: An unexpected cardiac arrest without obvious extracardiac cause, leading to a collapse in front of a witness (or in the absence of witnesses, occurring within the hour after the onset of symptoms).
Exclusion Criteria:
Relative under guardianship/curatorship Relative unable to communicate Relative not affiliated to a medical insurance
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Sudden death counselling
The emergency physician of the prehospital EMS who intervenes at the scene will systematically give the family member allocated to the intervention the option to attend a sudden death counselling during the first month after the event.
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The Sudden Death Counselling with included relatives at 1 month (+/-15 days) after the eventafter the event will be at the Europeen Georges Pompidou hospital in Paris. The purpose of this Sudden Death Counselling is to provide to family members of sudden death victims information, support, referral and follow-up services relating to sudden death and their grief, if needed. The bereaved people will tell their experience. The Sudden Death Counselling would help them to integrate life's losses by companioning them. Cardiologist and psychologists will be present to listen to their pain and try to bring comfort by answering to their questionings. |
No Intervention: Usual practice
The physician will act as usual.
The relatives will not systematically benefit from this option.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, sub-section Depression (HADSD) >10
Time Frame: at 3 months from the sudden death
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Percentage of relatives with moderate to severe symptoms of depression evaluated by the 'Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale' score, subscale Depression (HADSD) >10
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at 3 months from the sudden death
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Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, sub-section Anxiety (HADSA) >10
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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Percentage of relatives with moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety evaluated by the 'Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale' score, subscale Anxiety (HADSA) >10
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Impact of Event Scale-revised score (IES-R) ≥ 33
Time Frame: at 3 months from the sudden death
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Percentage of relatives with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder evaluated by the 'Impact of Event Scale' score (IES-R) ≥ 33
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at 3 months from the sudden death
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Medical Outcome Study Short Form Health Survey (SF-12)
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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Quality of life questionnaire : the SF-12 is the 12 item abbreviated form of SF-36 survey.
It provides information about how participants feel, and how well they have been able to perform their usual activities.
SF-12 questions make up 8 scales: Physical Functioning, Role Physical, Bodily Pain, General Health, Vitality, Social Functioning, Role Emotional, Mental Health .
Transformed physical component summary score (PCS) and transformed mental component summary score (MCS) are derived using the sum of all 12 items and scored onto a 0-100 scale such that a higher score indicates a better health state and better functioning.
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Visits number to the general physician
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Drug use
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Visits number to the psychologist and/or psychiatrist
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Relatives number integrating a grief recovery support group
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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Number of participants that have integrated a grief recovery support group
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Feeling of the sudden death consultation or not by the relatives
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Proportion of identified causes of sudden death
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Proportion of familial screening
Time Frame: At 3 months from the sudden death
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At 3 months from the sudden death
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Patricia JABRE, MD, PhD, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- K160905
- 2017-A0098-45 (Other Identifier: ID-RCB)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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