Clinical trial · Interventional
Bridging the Gap: Using Video Art to Document the Human Face of Disease & Predict Quality of Life Assessments in Brain Tumor Patients
NCT02890940CI-TRIAL-00069994completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this study is to explore whether facial expression changes in visual portraits correlate with Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaire responses before and after pet therapy sessions and to compare scores of QOL questionnaires before and after pet therapy.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Assisted Therapy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Brain Tumors | Brain Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pet Therapy
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Pet Therapy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Correlation of facial expression changes with QOL questionnaire responses
- timeFrame
- Immediately prior to therapy session to immediately after therapy session
- description
- Will look to see if there is a correlation between facial expression changes in visual portraits with QOL questionnaire responses before and after pet therapy sessions
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Comparison of scores of QOL questionnaires before and after pet therapy
- timeFrame
- Immediately prior to therapy session to immediately after therapy session
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with brain tumors * Willingness to participate in a brief pet therapy session with a dog * Willingness to allow photographs, pictures and audio used in an art exhibit Exclusion Criteria: * Allergy to dogs * Concurrent disease or condition that would make the patient inappropriate for study participation or any serious medical or psychiatric disorder that would interfere with the subject's safety
References
Publications (9)
- BACKGROUNDVariations VII by John Cage (Experiments in Art & Technology), Artpix/Microcinema International, 2008, DVD.
- BACKGROUNDJill Fox, Artists-In-Labs: Networking in the Margins (New York: SpringerWien, 2010)
- BACKGROUNDKarin Lipson, "Islip Exhibition Explores How Science Influences Art," The New York Times, October 22, 2015
- BACKGROUND"The Scar Project," accessed January 12, 2016, http://www.thescarproject.org/
- BACKGROUND"Ne Serait ce Qu' Une Seconde," The Mimi Foundation, accessed December 27, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFVMe8w0Tx0.
- BACKGROUNDFerry Q, Steinberg J, Webber C, FitzPatrick DR, Ponting CP, Zisserman A, Nellaker C. Diagnostically relevant facial gestalt information from ordinary photos. Elife. 2014 Jun 24;3:e02020. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02020. PMID 24963138
- BACKGROUNDLangner, O., Dotsch, R., Bijlstra, G., Wigboldus, D. H. J., Hawk, S. T., & van Knippenberg, A. (2010). Presentation and validation of the Radboud Faces Database. Cognition and Emotion, 24(8), 1377-1388.
- BACKGROUNDTaphoorn MJ, Sizoo EM, Bottomley A. Review on quality of life issues in patients with primary brain tumors. Oncologist. 2010;15(6):618-26. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2009-0291. Epub 2010 May 27. PMID 20507891
- BACKGROUNDLiu R, Page M, Solheim K, Fox S, Chang SM. Quality of life in adults with brain tumors: current knowledge and future directions. Neuro Oncol. 2009 Jun;11(3):330-9. doi: 10.1215/15228517-2008-093. Epub 2008 Nov 10. PMID 19001097