Dance4Healing: Explore the Benefits of Tele-Dance in Individuals with an Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)

Sanjiv Narayan, MD, PhD

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Patient Engagement; Anxiety; ICD

Treatments: Behavioral: Dance4Healing Telehealth Live Zoom Sessions; Behavioral: Dance Buddy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04678128

IRB # 58348

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to determine if it is feasible to using a Telehealth Dance Platform with patients that have an implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, and will compare the activity engagement, anxiety, and Quality of Life

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients that have had an ICD implanted for at least 1 month
2. Patients have access to web-based on-line programs
3. Patient can provide cardiac clearance for exercise from their treating physician OR they have written stress test results from within the last 6 months indicating no ischemia.
4. Patient is 18 years old or greater.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient is non-English speaking.
2. Patient is assessed as having NYHA Class IV heart failure.
3. Patient had ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) or has received "tachy" therapy from their ICD within last 4 weeks.
4. Patient has had a change in medical arrhythmia management or ablation procedure within the last 4 weeks.
5. Any medical issues that compromise walking or dancing, including cardiac, neurological or orthopedic .

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Dance4Healing control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will monitor their heart rate for 8 weeks (pre-intervention period), then engage in weekly live zoom dance sessions on digital Dance4Healing platform for 8 consecutive weeks (intervention period), then may elect to continue with monitoring for an additional 12 weeks (3-month post-intervention period for long-term results). During the intervention period, this group will not have a dance buddy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dance4Healing Telehealth Live Zoom Sessions

Dance4Healing Buddy Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will monitor their heart rate for 8 weeks (pre-intervention period), then engage in weekly live zoom dance sessions on digital Dance4Healing platform for 8 consecutive weeks (intervention period), then may elect to continue with monitoring for an additional 12 weeks (3-month post-intervention period for long-term results). During the intervention period, this group will have a dance buddy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dance Buddy

Behavioral: Dance4Healing Telehealth Live Zoom Sessions