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Dance Program for HIV/AIDS (Dance Trial)

N/A

Recruiting

Research Sponsored by University of British Columbia

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 throughout the recruitment phase, up to 1.5 months

Awards & highlights

Dance Trial Summary

This trial will assess the feasibility of an aerobic dance program for women living with HIV, with the instructors also being women living with HIV.

Eligible Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Dance Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ throughout the recruitment phase, up to 1.5 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~throughout the recruitment phase, up to 1.5 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and throughout the recruitment phase, up to 1.5 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Acceptability and feasibility of the selected procedures (e.g. blood draws, questionnaires) by determining numbers who attend these sessions and complete the questionnaires

Adverse events that may occur during the trial

Continued participation of the peer dance instructors

+4 more

Secondary outcome measures

Changes in C-Reactive Protein

Changes in HbA1c

Changes in depressive symptoms measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9

+5 more

Dance Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Dance ProgramExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will take 2 in person dance classes led by peer dance instructors per week for 12 weeks

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Participants in the waitlist control will be assigned to a waiting list and will be invited to participate in dance classes after the intervention arm 12-week dance program has ended

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Dance Program

2017

N/A

~20

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of British ColumbiaLead Sponsor

1,413 Previous Clinical Trials

2,466,931 Total Patients Enrolled

Simon Fraser UniversityOTHER

52 Previous Clinical Trials

9,568 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is this trial actively recruiting participants at this time?

"Indeed, the analysis available on clinicaltrials.gov shows that recruitment is still open for this trial. Initially posted in May 1st 2022 and last updated 16 days later, 30 participants are needed at a single site."

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How many participants is the research team recruiting for this project?

"Affirmative. The clinicaltrials.gov website indicates that this research study is actively searching for test subjects. Launched on May 1st 2022 and updated most recently on the 16th of May, it aims to enroll 30 patients at a single site."

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What is the projected impact of this trial on patient health?

"This research endeavour has two primary objectives to evaluate: the proportion of women who accept the invitation to join and changes in social cohesion, measured using a 6-point Likert scale. Other goals include assessing telomere lengths with quantitative polymerase chain reaction as well as general physical and mental health through an SF-36 questionnaire. These analyses are slated to take place between Week 13-24."

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