Mind-body Resilience Program for Cardiac Arrest Survivors and Their Caregivers: Recovering Together After Cardiac Arrest

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study ID
NCT07143357
Status
Recruiting
Apply to this trial

Conditions

  • Anxiety
  • Cardiac Arrest (CA)
  • Caregivers
  • Depression
  • Emotional Distress
  • Mindfulness
  • Resilience
  • Survivorship

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 1 — BEHAVIORAL
    The intervention will teach resiliency skills (mindfulness and coping) to dyads and provider anticipatory guidance and resources to manage stressors specific to cardiac arrest. These sessions will take place in person until the survivor is discharged; remaining sessions will occur over Zoom.
  • Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 2 — OTHER
    In this minimally enhanced usual care control, dyads will participate in one 30-minute session with a clinician at beside to review a pamphlet of available psychosocial resources for cardiac arrest survivors and their caregivers.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to pilot two resilience interventions for cardiac arrest survivors and their informal caregivers, Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 1 and Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 2 . The data the investigators gather in this study will be used to further refine the interventions.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 17, 2025
Status verified
Oct 2025
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2028
Completion
Jul 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
84 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 1
    Dyads will participate in 6 30-minute skills-based sessions. Sessions will also include provision of anticipatory guidance and and resources to manage cardiac arrest-specific stressors. A clinical psychologist will deliver all of the sessions. The main intervention goal is to provide dyads with resiliency skills and resources to reduce emotional distress and prevent chronic distress.
  • Other: Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest 2
    Recovering Together after Cardiac Arrest is a minimally enhanced usual care control. Dyads will participate in one 30-minute session with a clinician reviewing available psychosocial resources for cardiac arrest survivors and their caregivers.

Primary Outcome Measure

Feasibility of Recruitment [ Time Frame: pre-test ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Massachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusetts02114
Alexander Presciutti, PhD
[email protected]
617-726-7913

Find similar trials in Boston, MA

By condition
Depression
By specialty
PsychiatryMental healthBehavioral health
By research site
Massachusetts General Hospital· Boston, MA

Related Studies