← Back to Search

Behavioural Intervention

Animal Assisted Therapy - Dog Session for Traumatic Brain Injury (AAT Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Megan Narad, PhD
Research Sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up throughout study completion, an average of 2 weeks
Awards & highlights

AAT Trial Summary

This trial will study the effects of therapy dogs in PT and OT sessions.

Eligible Conditions
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Acquired Brain Injury

AAT Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~throughout study completion, an average of 2 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and throughout study completion, an average of 2 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Objective mood assessment - AAT
Objective mood assessment - TAU
Objective session participation - AAT
+5 more
Secondary outcome measures
Galvanic Skin Response - AAT
Galvanic skin response - Tau
Heart Rate - Tau
+3 more

AAT Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Animal Assisted Therapy - Dog SessionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Therapy dog added to PT and OT session
Group II: Treatment as usual - No Dog sessionActive Control1 Intervention
No dog added to PT and OT session - PT and OT session as usual standard of care

Find a Location

Who is running the clinical trial?

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH
1,963 Previous Clinical Trials
2,674,610 Total Patients Enrolled
Children's Hospital Medical Center, CincinnatiLead Sponsor
815 Previous Clinical Trials
6,531,556 Total Patients Enrolled
Megan Narad, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorChildren's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Human-Animal Interaction to Promote Recovery Following Pediatric Brain Injury
2019. "Human-Animal Interaction to Promote Recovery Following Pediatric Brain Injury". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04016961.
All > Brain Injury
~7 spots leftby Apr 2025
Unbiased ResultsWe believe in providing patients with all the options.
Your Data Stays Your DataWe only share your information with the clinical trials you're trying to access.
Verified Trials OnlyAll of our trials are run by licensed doctors, researchers, and healthcare companies.
Back to top