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NCT05551156
The Role of Therapy Dogs in Reducing Depression, Anxiety, and Loneliness Among Hospitalized Children
NA trial testing Animal-assisted interaction in Hospitalized Children in 67 participants. Completed in 17 February 2025.
17 February 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Virginia Commonwealth University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | basic science |
| Enrollment | 67 |
| Start date | 30 June 2023 |
| Primary completion | 17 February 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 17 February 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Animal-assisted interaction
- Conversational interaction
Conditions studied
- Hospitalized Children — all drugs for Hospitalized Children →
Sponsor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Who can join
8 and older, any sex, with Hospitalized Children. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The purpose of this research study is to test whether an animal-assisted intervention (AAI) is better than conversation with another person or treatment as usual for improving mood, anxiety, loneliness, quality of life, and indicators of health care services such as number of hospitalizations, length of hospital stay, and cost of services for children and adolescents.
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 NCT05551156 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Virginia Commonwealth University
- Last refreshed: 27 April 2025
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