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Animal-assisted Therapy

Animal-assisted Therapy for Stroke Rehabilitation

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Recruiting

Led By Arya Mohabbat, MD

Research Sponsored by Mayo Clinic

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline through inpatient stay, an average of 2 weeks.

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if therapy dogs can help stroke patients in addition to the usual rehabilitation treatments.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults over 18 who are currently in the Mayo Clinic's in-patient stroke rehabilitation program. They must have had a stroke, be able to give informed consent, and speak English (as questionnaires are only in English). Pregnant individuals, those with pacemakers, or anyone deemed unsuitable by medical staff cannot participate.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study is testing if having a certified therapy dog present during stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions provides additional benefits compared to typical treatment without a therapy dog.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves animal-assisted therapy rather than medication, there aren't traditional side effects. However, participants might experience allergies or discomfort around dogs.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline through inpatient stay, an average of 2 weeks.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline through inpatient stay, an average of 2 weeks.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline through inpatient stay, 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

Change in Anxiety

Change in Depression

Change in Quality of Life Outcomes

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Therapy dog during stroke rehabilitative therapy sessionsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants randomized to this arm will have a therapy dog present during their stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions.

Group II: No therapy dog during stroke rehabilitative therapy sessionsActive Control1 Intervention

Participants randomized to this arm will have stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions per standard of care with no therapy dog present.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Purina PetcareUNKNOWN

Mayo ClinicLead Sponsor

3,206 Previous Clinical Trials

3,767,005 Total Patients Enrolled

22 Trials studying Stroke

3,967 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Arya Mohabbat, MDPrincipal InvestigatorMayo Clinic

Media Library

Stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions with therapy dog present (Animal-assisted Therapy) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05046574 — N/A

Stroke Research Study Groups: No therapy dog during stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions, Therapy dog during stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions

Stroke Clinical Trial 2023: Stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions with therapy dog present Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05046574 — N/A

Stroke rehabilitative therapy sessions with therapy dog present (Animal-assisted Therapy) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05046574 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there still vacancies for this clinical trial?

"This investigation, which was first posted on November 1st 2022 and last revised on May 11th 2022, is not in the process of seeking out new participants. Despite this trial's closure for recruitment purposes, 1048 other trials are actively recruiting individuals at this time."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

A Study to Evaluate Animal-assisted Therapy in Stroke Rehabilitation

Arya B. Mohabbat, M.D. 2023. "A Study to Evaluate Animal-assisted Therapy in Stroke Rehabilitation". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05046574.