Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Texas Tech University

Code:

NCT05334992

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Grief

Burden, Caregiver

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Behavior Activation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Grief

Burden, Caregiver

Study ID

NCT05334992

Start date

Feb 1, 2022

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia
  • Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends
  • Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English
  • Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient)
  • Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. The heart of this work lies in becoming acquainted with the modes of mind that often characterize mood disorders while simultaneously learning to develop a new relationship to them.

experimental: Behavior Activation

BA Increase reinforcing behaviors in order to influence emotions and cognitions.

Interventions

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Individual therapy 12 to 16 weeks

Behavior Activation

Individual therapy 12 to 16 weeks

Primary outcome measure

  • Prolonged Grief Scale-12 (measuring pre-death grief) [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Casside Street, Ph.D

(806) 834-2285casside.street@ttu.edu

Keith Jones, Ph.D

(806) 834-8745keith.jones@ttu.edu

Locations

Texas Tech University

Recruiting

Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79382

Contacts

Jonathan D Singer, PhD

775-722-8066jonsinge@ttu.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Texas Tech University

Last update posted

Feb 12, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Texas Tech University on 2026-02-12.