Horse Assisted Rehabilitation Postoncologic Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Physical and Psychological Effects
Rehabilitació Assistida Amb Cavalls Posttractament oncològic en Nens i Adolescents: Efectes físics i psicològics
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Brief Summary
Clinical trial on the physical and psychological effects of Horse Assisted Rehabilitation after the treatment of cancer in children 4 to 18 years of age.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable cancer
Started Oct 2019
Typical duration for not_applicable cancer
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 21, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 28, 2019
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
October 15, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2022
CompletedMarch 23, 2022
March 1, 2022
2.3 years
August 21, 2019
March 22, 2022
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Self-Reported Quality Of Life Changes
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory - Child-Self Report (PedsQL-C) (PedsQL is a model for measuring quality of life in children with acute or chronic pathology; The PedsQL questionnaire is composed of 23 items comprising 4 dimensions; items are reversed scored and linearly transformed to a 0-100 scale; in order to get a total score we must sum all the items scores over the number of items answered on all the Scales; total score 0-100, higher=better).
Baseline and 25th week
Secondary Outcomes (15)
Parent-Proxys Reported Quality Of Life Changes
Baseline and 25th week
General Health Status Changes
Baseline and 25th week
Anxiety Changes
Baseline and 25th week
Depression Changes
Baseline and 25th week
Behavior Changes
Baseline and 25th week
- +10 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Control Group
NO INTERVENTIONRegular follow ups.
Intervention Group
EXPERIMENTALOne weekly session (1 hour) of Horse-Assisted Rehabilitation, 24 weeks.
Interventions
One hour weelky session of hippotherapy.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Children between 4 and 18 years of age, who had suffered a cancer with affectation of the Central Nervous System
- With or without motor, functional and / or cognitive deficits or neurological disorders due to their basic problem or be as a consequence of the therapeutic procedures, with any degree of disability
- More than 6 months after receiving the discharge of oncology (chemotherapy or radiotherapy)
You may not qualify if:
- Immunodepression
- Hypotonia with severe pelvic instability that does not allow seating on the horse safely
- Weight greater than 80Kg.
- Phobia to horses
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Escoles Universitaries Gimbernatlead
- Hospital Vall d'Hebroncollaborator
- Hospital Sant Joan de Deucollaborator
Study Sites (2)
Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Déu
Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08950, Spain
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Jordi Esquirol Caussa, PhD, MD
Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Teresa Xipell Prunés, PT
Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 21, 2019
First Posted
August 28, 2019
Study Start
October 15, 2019
Primary Completion
February 1, 2022
Study Completion
June 1, 2022
Last Updated
March 23, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share