Status:

RECRUITING

Education & Care in RARE: Efficacy of Targeted Psychoeducational Intervention Among Pediatric Rare Disease Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of Vienna

Conditions:

Orphan Diseases

Rare Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-20 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

"Rare Diseases" is an umbrella term including more than 8.000 different diseases which individually affect only a small percentage of people. Rare diseases predominantly affect children and adolescent...

Detailed Description

1. Background 1.1. Rare diseases Rare diseases are defined as serious diseases which affect only a very small number of people compared to the general population. The more than 8.000 different rare di...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children and adolescents with a confirmed diagnosis of a rare disease with
  • Age 5-20 years, corresponding to a developmental age of 5-18 years
  • Existing medical care at a participating study center because of the rare disease
  • Voluntary participation and informed consent
  • Ability to complete the questionnaires
  • Ability to actively participate the intervention (psychoeducation)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Moderate or severe cognitive impairment
  • Simultaneous admission of the child / adolescent to a setting with high-frequency psychotherapeutic intervention (e.g. admission to psychosomatic medicine, child and adolescent psychiatry)
  • No informed consent
  • Language barrier of the child / adolescent
  • Assumption that compliance is too low to attend all study appointments

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 15 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06729554

Start Date

December 15 2024

End Date

December 1 2027

Last Update

May 13 2025

Active Locations (7)

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Medical University of Graz

Graz, Austria, Austria, 8010

2

Medical University of Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria, Austria, 6020

3

The Faculty of Medicine JKU Linz

Linz, Austria, Austria, 4020

4

SALK PMU

Salzburg, Austria, Austria, 5020