NCT07730983 · NOT YET RECRUITING
Animal-Assisted Therapy Combined With Standard Rehabilitation for Motor Recovery in Dementia Patients in a Medical and Rehabilitation Care Unit
This trial tests whether adding sessions with a trained dog or rabbits to standard rehabilitation improves movement, independence, quality of life, and fall risk in older adults with dementia. Everyone gets 8 one-hour sessions over 4 weeks. It is a non-drug study with no phase, so it is not a drug approval pathway.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Hospitalized in the geriatric medical and rehabilitation ward (SMR) of Institut Médical de Sologne (IMDS) * Diagnosed dementia or confirmed cognitive decline, shown by a score between 15 and 24 on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE - a short standardized test of memory and thinking) * Has active motor rehabilitation goals (identified need to improve movement abilities during hospitalization) * Participant and/or their legal guardian, trusted person (personne de confiance), curator, or family member has provided written consent to participate in the study * Affiliated to a French social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to the animals used in the animal-assisted therapy sessions (dog, rabbits) * Fear of animals * History of aggressive behavior toward animals * Concomitant psychiatric disorders * Needs only a stimulation and/or skills maintenance approach (no active motor rehabilitation goals) * Currently enrolled in another interventional research study (Note: A participant who was previously enrolled in another interventional study may join RÉMÉDI-A once their participation in the prior study has ended, without a washout period, provided all eligibility criteria are met.)
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-07-28