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TerminatedNCT04394767COCOONUpdated May 16, 2025

Couple and Spouse Caregiver in Huntington's Disease

An observational study in Huntington Disease, sponsored by University Hospital, Lille. Terminated at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-16.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Lille · Observational

Why this study was terminated
Sponsor's decision, no more inclusions made since the last extension
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
48
Ages
30 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objectives are to better document the psychosocial status and needs of caregiver of HD patients and understand the dyad functioning, facing the disease at various stages.

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Conditions studied

  • Huntington Disease

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Keywords

  • Huntington's disease
  • spouse caregiver
  • quality of life
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In context

Huntington Disease

285 studies on the registry are indexed under Huntington Disease; 49 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 48 is below the median of 90 across 78 observational studies indexed under Huntington Disease.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Lille is the lead sponsor of 625 studies on the registry; 141 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Huntington disease population ( patient, caregiver, spouses)

Inclusion criteria

For patient :

  • HD, CAG > 36, motor UHDRS > 5
  • Being able to communicate with the investigator

For both spouses :

  • Living together since at least 5 years
  • 30 to 60 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

For patient :

  • Other chronic neurologic disorder

For both spouses :

  • Psychiatric disease
  • Unable to participate, incl read, understand and sign the informed consent
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
48 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. report of the experience and interactions of couple and Spouse Caregiver in Huntington's Disease

    Qualitative assessment: Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) by semi-structured interviews to explore families representations and strategies about the patients with Huntington's Disease

    Time frame: once time, Baseline

Secondary outcomes

  1. report of the experience and interactions of couple and Spouse Caregiver in Huntington's Disease

    Qualitative assessment : Thematic analysis by COAT (Carers Outcome Agreement Tool) during a semi-structured interviews to explore families representations and strategies about the patients with Huntington's Disease

    Time frame: once time, Baseline

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHU Lille
    Lille, 59037, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 16, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04394767
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Lille
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 19, 2020
Start date
Jan 13, 2020
Primary completion
Jan 12, 2024
Completion
Jan 12, 2025
Last update
May 16, 2025

Study contacts

Clémence Simonin, MD
principal investigator · University Hospital, Lille
Pascal ANTOINE, MD
principal investigator · University Hospital, Lille

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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