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Prolonged Grief Disorder

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging research
1
Publications
3
Clinical trials
2024
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

Cross-national analysis of the prevalence of prolonged grief disorder.

Research2024-01-12Journal of affective disorders

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Executive briefingUpdating summary…Momentum: Low
Key developments
  • 1 clinical trial expected to report results, the earliest in Q3 2027.
Major developments
Upcoming trial readoutImportant
Results expected Q3 20272026-06-23
Clinical Milestones1View
Results expected 1
Activity timeline1

Clinical trials

3 sponsors · 1 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +1)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
3
All trials
1
Active
1
Late-stage
1
Completed
Late-stage studies

Naltrexone Treatment for Prolonged Grief Disorder: A Pilot Study

Phase 4 · Terminated · Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Recruiting

Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Prolonged Grief

Early Phase 1 · Recruiting · University of Virginia

Research activity

1 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Most influential

Cross-national analysis of the prevalence of prolonged grief disorder.

Journal of affective disorders · 2024 · 33 cites
Recent publications

Cross-national analysis of the prevalence of prolonged grief disorder.

Journal of affective disorders · 2024 · 33 cites
Major themes1
  • Bereavement1
Leading journals1
  • Journal of affective disorders1
Leading researchers6
  • Comtesse H1
  • Dückers MLA1
  • Lundorff M1
  • Rummel AM1
  • Smid GE1
  • Spreeuwenberg P1
Affiliations (unnormalised)4
  • Aarhus University Hospital1
  • ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre1
  • Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt1
  • Nivel-Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

Severe and disabling grief reactions that do not remit in the 12 months after the death of a significant other. The core of the diagnosis includes persistent yearning or missing the deceased, and preoccupation with the circumstance of the death. (Carmassi, Clinical Handbook of Bereavement and Grief Reactions, 2018)

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.