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NCT03910959: MCS Therapy
Therapeutic Effects of Animal-assisted Therapy for Patients in a Minimally Conscious State
NA trial testing Animal-assisted therapy in Minimally Conscious State in 30 participants. Completed in 8 August 2025.
8 August 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Basel |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | crossover |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 30 |
| Start date | 10 July 2019 |
| Primary completion | 8 August 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 8 August 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across Switzerland |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Conventional therapy — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Minimally Conscious State — all drugs for Minimally Conscious State →
Sponsor
University of Basel
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Minimally Conscious State. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of animal-assisted occupational therapy on patient's consciousness, measured via the achievement of predefined, patient-specific goals. 30 patients in a minimally conscious state will be included in this trial with randomized, controlled cross-over design. Patients will be randomized and allocated to either study arm 1 or 2 with an allocation ratio 1/1. In study arm 1, patients (N=15) receive three weeks of two AAT sessions per week followed by three weeks of two control sessions (TAU) per week. In study arm 2, patients (N=15) receive three weeks of two control sessions (TAU) per week followed by three weeks of two AAT sessions per week. Each session lasts 30 minutes. Goal attainment and secondary outcomes will be measured before the study start (pre-measurement, t0), at the end of the first 3 weeks therapy (post-measurement I, t1), at the start of the second 3 weeks (pre-measurement II, t2) as well as at the study end (post-measurement II, t3).
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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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03910959 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Basel
- Last refreshed: 13 August 2025
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