An interventional study of DAID and Dog walking in Physical Activity and Social Responsibility, sponsored by Oregon State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 8 Years to 17 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-08.
Sponsored by Oregon State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
Among 2,858 studies in Motor Activity with a site in United States — 423 open to participants now, 564 under way, 9 of them phase 3. Motor Activity · United States.
Among the 2,858 studies in Motor Activity with a site in United States, this one is the 1,480th largest by enrollment of the 2,605 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 160 that started in 2017, is one of 2,243 with no phase, and was the 1,431st registered.
9,798 studies on the registry are indexed under Motor Activity; 1,910 are open to participants now.
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Of the 1,201 Motor Activity studies recruiting now, 517 (43%) set no upper age limit and 535 (45%) stop at 75 or younger; 180 take children under 18; 420 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 8 Years to 17 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.
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2,858 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
A study in two phases is counted once above. Listed by phase, each with its combined phases: Phase 1 139 · Phase 2 180 · Phase 3 83 · Phase 4 33
First in 1977; this study’s year is marked. 160 started in 2017.
This study's enrollment of 45 is below the median of 60 across 8,388 interventional studies indexed under Motor Activity.
Median enrollment 55 across the 2,605 interventional studies, 67 across the 240 observational. Of the 2,100 that completed or were terminated, 539 (26%) have results posted.
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82 of 2,858 have an industry lead sponsor. The 10 most frequent:
Oregon State University is the lead sponsor of 38 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.
Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (67%) have results posted.
Oregon State University has 6 studies filed under Motor Activity — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
210 of the studies in Motor Activity with a site in United States that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 3 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT07298915Phase 3University of VirginiaThe Effect of Exercise and Tirzepatide on Weight and Health Outcomes (EXER-MED) | 2026-12 |
| NCT06159335Phase 3University of Wisconsin, Madison18F-FLUC PET/MR in Patients With Brain Mets | 2027-06 |
| NCT05422534Phase 3Vanderbilt University Medical CenterCoQ10 and Exercise for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Advance Kidney Disease | 2027-06-20 |
| NCT07125027National University of Natural MedicineA Multicomponent Intervention for Patients With Lumbosacral Radiculopathy: Move-MORE | 2026-11 |
| NCT06290713University of FloridaVasodilator and Exercise Study for DMD (VASO-REx) | 2026-11 |
Among the 2,858 studies in Motor Activity with a site in United States, from their registry updates:
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This R21 application will provide a multidisciplinary One Health approach to DAID physical activity intervention for adolescents with developmental disabilities and their family dog. The novel intervention approach includes the use of the family dog in an established dog training protocol, focused on physical activity and aimed at improving physical activity, quality of life and social wellbeing for children with and without developmental disabilities. Recent pilot work has revealed physical and social-emotional improvements in children with developmental disabilities following an animal assisted intervention. There has been relatively limited research focused on the physical activity of adolescents with developmental disabilities and there remains a critical need to develop strategies that will encourage an active lifestyle for adolescents with and without developmental disabilities. Animal assisted therapy has known positive impacts on morale and is also known to reduce depressive psychological symptoms for children and adults. Yet, traditional 'service dogs' are prohibitively expensive for many families. Dog ownership alone is known to improve health-related physical activity. Thus, a critical need exists to create physical activity interventions that are easily accessible and provide manageable home-based physical activity adherence, but that are less expensive than traditional service dogs. To achieve these goals the investigators of this project have developed the following specific aims: 1) To develop and evaluate a novel DAID dog training program to promote physical activity in children with and without developmental disabilities; 2) To determine what impact participation in a DAID dog-training program has on the child's quality of life, feelings of social wellbeing and the child-dog relationship. The long term goal of this research is to improve the lives of adolescents with and without developmental disabilities. This research supports the One Health initiative and brings together aspects of improving health related to human and animal development.
Several publications have demonstrated the extent of physical activity deficits in adolescent children with DD, however very few interventions have targeted this health disparity. Not only do significant disparities exist when children with DD are compared to their peers without disabilities, but without intervention, physical activity behaviors in children with DD further decline with age. The investigators, have successfully worked together on animal assisted interventions, ultimately focused on promoting physical activity in children with disabilities. Preliminary data strongly support the conclusion that physical activity, quality of life and social wellbeing improves with a family-dog-assisted intervention. While dog-assisted interventions have become increasingly popular across applied settings, the need for further empirical evaluation is clear. Given the rapid growth of scientific knowledge in the areas of developmental disabilities, human-animal interactions and canine behavior in recent years, the development and empirical evaluation of new animal assisted intervention programs built on a solid theoretical foundation and targeted to the needs of children with DD is especially critical. In addition to the development of this intervention, we will employ an experimental design to conduct within- and between-group evaluations that will be used to assess the efficacy of the proposed DAID intervention, as well as its relative value when compared with a traditional dog walking intervention and waitlist control (true control). To further strengthen our approach, the investigators will use a combination of objective validated physical (physical activity accelerometers), self-report (Quality of Life, Dog Care Responsibility Inventory, and Pet Relationship \& Friendship Scales) and behavioral measures (Child-dog/Dog-child proximity seeking, sociability and attachment) to evaluate program outcomes.
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Trained assistants will help participants train their dog to engage in imitation based dog training, using positive reinforcement training (operant conditioning) focused on physical activities.
Behavioral: DAID
Trained assistants will help children train their dog to walk on a loose leash (eliminate pulling behavior) during this period using positive training techniques. The focus of this group will be on appropriate walking behavior to facilitate enjoyable independent dog-walking at home.
Behavioral: Dog walking
This group will all own family dogs but will not participate in either intervention during year 1. All participants assigned to the waitlist will be offered the DAID intervention the subsequent summer.
The DAID intervention group will engage in imitation based dog training, using positive reinforcement training (operant conditioning) to teach their dog to copy the physical actions they demonstrate on the command "Do it".
Children will participate in dog walking. Trained assistants will teach the children to teach their dog basic commands. Dog walking will occur during the intervention phase and children will be encourage to walk their dogs at home.
Physical activity Change
Physical activity change will be measured through accelerometry
Time frame: Baseline; Immediately post intervention (after 2- 5 weeks); one-year post intervention; a fourth immediate post-intervention for waitlisted participants who participate in the intervention (~1 year and 1 month)
Plan to share: No — The proposed research will involve a small sample (45 subjects) of adolescents recruited from youth programs within Corvallis and the surrounding counties/ communities including programs targeting children with developmental disabilities. Participants must also have a family dog to participate in this study. Even with the removal of all identifiers, the investigators believe that it would be difficult to protect the identities of subjects given the small region of recruitment and disability/ age characteristics of subjects and their family dogs. Therefore, the investigators are not planning to share the data.
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Ran from May 2017 to primary completion in Jun 2023, 73 months.
Of 5,147 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Motor Activity, half reached primary completion within 17 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 36. This study's 73 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 5,207 studies reached it within 17 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 36.
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