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NCT03771716: REACT

Rhythm Experience and Africana Culture Trial

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 13 August 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing African Dance in Cognitive Performance in 151 participants. Completed in 16 August 2024.

Timeline
21 May 2019
Primary endpoint
25 July 2024
16 August 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Pittsburgh
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingdouble
Primary purposebasic science
Enrollment151
Start date21 May 2019
Primary completion25 July 2024
Estimated completion16 August 2024
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Who can join

Adults 60 to 80, any sex, with Cognitive Performance or Brain Structure. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Flanker Performance Primary · Changes from baseline to 6-months

A Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention task will be administered at baseline, and then following the intervention (6 months). The main outcome from this task is the computed score from the NIH Toolbox, which reflects the participant's ability to inhibit responses to irrelevant information while focusing attention on a target stimulus. In each trial, participants make a directional response to a center arrow when the flanking arrows are arranged in congruent vs. incongruent direction from the center stimulus. The computed score combines accuracy and reaction time into a single performance m

GroupValue95% CI
African Dance-0.1055-0.253 – 0.0421
African Cultural Immersion-0.0586-0.203 – 0.0857
Hippocampal Volume (mm3) Secondary · Changes from baseline to 6-months

Structural scans will be collected at baseline as well as following the intervention. Hippocampal volume will be calculated in mm3. The investigators will examine group differences in size of the hippocampus following the intervention.

GroupValue95% CI
African Dance-7.57-107.28 – 92.14
African Cultural Immersion-59.71-149.78 – 30.36

Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Time frame: 6 months. Reporting threshold: 0%. Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.

African Dance
Serious: 4/75 (5%)
Deaths: 0/75
African Cultural Immersion
Serious: 5/76 (7%)
Deaths: 0/76

Serious adverse events (4 terms)

ReactionSystemAfrican DanceAfrican Cultural Immersion
Fall; Multiple traumatic injuriesInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
NephrolithiasisSurgical and medical procedures
Hip replacementSurgical and medical procedures
Eye SurgerySurgical and medical procedures
Other adverse events (8 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemAfrican DanceAfrican Cultural Immersion
abnormal blood pressureVascular disorders
Ankle/Muscle injuryMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Gastro-IntestinalGastrointestinal disorders
AsthmaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Incidental findingGeneral disorders
Allergy reactionImmune system disorders
Skin disorderVascular disorders
COVID-19Infections and infestations

Most-reported serious reactions: Fall; Multiple traumatic injuries, Nephrolithiasis, Hip replacement, Eye Surgery.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03771716 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

REACT is a randomized intervention to examine the benefits of African Dance as a method to increase physical activity behaviors in older adults. In this 6- month intervention, older African Americans will be randomly assigned to either an African Dance or an Africana Culture class. Both before and at the completion of the intervention, the investigators will collect a comprehensive neuropsychological battery and MRI scans of brain health and function to better study how physical activity influences neurocognitive health in African Americans.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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