DreamDeath: Dreams and Bereavement

• Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon (Other)
• Overall Status: Recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT03107403
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 50
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 54
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate a possible role of dreaming in emotion regulation testing whether dreaming of a close relative recently deceased is correlated with a positive evolution of the bereavement process

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Healthy Subjects	Behavioral: web form	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 50 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Official Title: Investigation of the Links Between Waking-life and Dream Content in the Case of the Death of a Close Relative
• Actual Study Start Date: Oct 9, 2018
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Apr 9, 2023
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Apr 9, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Healthy subjects	Behavioral: web form; The scale assessing the bereavement process is the one reported in Teissier 2010

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 1]

2. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 90]

3. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 180]

4. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 270]

5. Frequency of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 360]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 1]

2. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 90]

3. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 180]

4. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 270]

5. Content of dreams related to the deceased will be correlated to the score at the scale assessing the bereavement process [Day 360]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• age > or = 18 years old

• the death of a close relative in the last 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of psychiatric and neurologic disease

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Hospices Civils de Lyon Hôpital le Vinatier/Inserm	Bron		France	69500

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Hospices Civils de Lyon

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Alain Nicolas, MD, Hôpital le Vinatier/Inserm

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Hospices Civils de Lyon
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03107403
• Other Study ID Numbers: 69HCL17_0075; 2017-A00640-53
• First Posted: Apr 11, 2017
• Last Update Posted: Mar 14, 2022
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2022

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Hospices Civils de Lyon: dreams bereavement; emotional; regulation; bereavement

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 14, 2022