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Animal Assisted Therapy After Pediatric Brain Injury: Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Response.
Led by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati · Updated on 2025-05-08
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
205 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Lead Sponsor
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Children requiring inpatient rehabilitation treatment following acquired brain injury (ABI) are at risk for poor engagement in rehabilitative therapies. A within subject crossover design will be used to determine whether involving dogs in physical and occupational therapies while receiving inpatient rehabilitation improves patient engagement, how involving dogs improves engagement, and identify who is most likely to benefit. This project addresses the critical need to establish an evidence base for animal-assisted therapies in pediatric rehabilitation, incorporates innovative methods, and has the potential to lead to improved clinical care for children and adolescents receiving intensive rehabilitation following ABI.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Animal Assisted Therapy After Pediatric Brain Injury: Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Response.
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Participants must be admitted to inpatient rehabilitation for acquired brain injury (e.g., TBI, brain tumor, infection)
- Parents or legal guardians must provide informed consent
- Child or adolescent must give assent to participate
- Age between 4 and 21 years at screening
- Includes both males and females
- Rancho score greater than 2 at enrollment as noted in medical chart
You will not qualify if you...
- Significant allergy to dogs
- Significant fear of dogs
- Participant on contact precautions or with communicable disease posing risk to dog or handler
- Compromised immune system posing risk during interaction with dog or handler
- History of developmental delay before acquired brain injury
- History of animal abuse or cruelty by participant or family
- Rancho score of 2 or less
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229
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Research Team
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Megan Narad, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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