# The Effect of Pre Surgery Dog Visits on Post Surgery Consumption of Pain Medication

> **NCT00452738** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences**

## Conditions studied

- Post Tonsillectomy Pain

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Therapy dog
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Costumed character
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Parents-only

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00452738
- **Lead sponsor:** Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2007-04
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2008-02
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** PI left university. Did not start study
- **Last updated:** 2015-04-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00452738

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00452738, "The Effect of Pre Surgery Dog Visits on Post Surgery Consumption of Pain Medication". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-09-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00452738. Licensed CC0.

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