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DAANCE FOR CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NEUROPATHY
Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Summary
Up to 80% of breast cancer survivors experience chemotherapy-induced neuropathy that impairs quality of life and increases fall risk long into survivorship, yet treatment options for neuropathy remain limited. The successful treatment will target neurophysiologic mechanisms for restoring function while addressing patient-reported symptoms and participation in treatment. Toward this end, the investigators propose to study a noninvasive, social sensorimotor intervention - Adapted Argentine Tango - which targets motor control restoration, symptom alleviation, and treatment participation in concert.
Official title: DANCE-BASED AVENUES TO ADVANCE NONPHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT OF CHEMOTHERAPY EFFECTS (DAANCE): A MULTICENTER TRIAL
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
140
Start Date
2025-02-19
Completion Date
2029-08-15
Last Updated
2025-11-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Tango
The intervention being studied is a 16 session intervention (2x4-week modules), delivered over an 8-week period by community-based individuals with expertise in dance and patient care and certified in Adapted Tango or AdapTango dance instruction. Steps available to teach, including order and cues to teach them, are detailed in Hackney's AdapTango manual. All steps are based on the Argentine Tango steps that emerged within working class community centers in Buenos Aires, Argentina (milongas) in the late 1800s and have been adapted by the investigators for use as medical exercise among people with mobility deficits. Of note, Argentine Tango is distinct from, and the precursor for, the American Tango style of competitive ballroom dance: where American Tango highlights showmanship and complicated footwork, Argentine Tango prioritizes connection between partners and musicality within a basic walk motion.
Locations (2)
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States