# Can Service Dogs Improve Activity and Quality of Life in Veterans With PTSD?

> **NCT02039843** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 287 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Post Traumatic Stress Disorders

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Emotional Support Dogs
- **OTHER:** Service Dogs

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02039843
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-12-15
- **Primary completion:** 2019-06-30
- **Final completion:** 2019-06-30
- **Target enrollment:** 287 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02039843

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02039843, "Can Service Dogs Improve Activity and Quality of Life in Veterans With PTSD?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02039843. Licensed CC0.

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