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Latin Dancing for Sleep Quality in Hispanic Cancer Survivors

This study is looking at whether Latin Dance can help improve sleep quality for Hispanic cancer survivors. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, identify as Hispanic, have had a solid tumor or blood cancer, and finished your main cancer treatment at least three months ago. The researchers want to see if Latin Dance is practical and well-received, and if it can improve sleep. They will measure how easy it is to do the intervention and how people feel about it after about 8 weeks, as well as checking sleep quality at the beginning and end of the study. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status.

Study design
This is a feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving about 40 participants. It compares a Latin Dance intervention to usual care.
What's involved
Participants will engage in a Latin Dance intervention over approximately 8 weeks. Sleep quality will be measured at the beginning and end of this period.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants' sleep quality and treatment perception will be assessed at approximately 8 weeks, which is post-intervention.

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NCT06844981

Effects of Latin Dancing on Sleep Quality in Hispanic Cancer Survivors

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
~50 participants
Updated 2026-08-07 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Latin Dance

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Feasibility of the Intervention
Measured over 8 weeks
+2 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Cancer Survivorship
Sleep Disturbances

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute

    New Brunswick, New Jerseyno site contact published

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Evelyn Arana, DrPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rutgers Cancer Institute

Who to contact

Evelyn Arana, DrPH
[email protected]
908-642-0861
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Be 18 years of age or older
Self-identify as Hispanic and/or Latino(a)
Have a confirmed diagnosis of a solid tumor or hematologic malignancy
Must have completed primary cancer treatment 3+ months prior to enrollment (e.g., chemotherapy, surgery, and/or radiation therapy but may be on hormonal therapy and/or immunotherapy or other long-term therapies)
Have sleep disturbance (indicated by a response of 3 or more on the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory sleep question by using an 11-point scale anchored by 0 \[no sleep disturbance\] and 10 \[worst possible sleep disturbance\]
Be able to read and understand English and/or Spanish
Physically Inactive (\<150 minutes of vigorous exercise/week within the past 3 months)

Exclusion

Current regular Latin dancing practice within the past year (2-3 times a week over a period of two months that is not interrupted).
Inability to speak and read English or Spanish proficiently
Inability to understand informed consent
Medical conditions that can cause sleep impairment: sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, shift work
Regular use of a walker or wheelchair
Healing or unhealed fractures
Heart failure
Life expectancy \<12 months
Unwilling to be randomized to study arms and/or commit to 8 weeks of classes and a follow-up assessment

What this trial measures

  • Feasibility of the Intervention8 weeks

    Feasibility in this study will include recruitment, adherence, and retention rates.

  • Treatment Perception Questionnaire (Acceptability of Intervention)Post-intervention (at approximately 8 weeks)

    Acceptability is defined as at least 80% of participants in the Latin Dance group agreeing or strongly agreeing that the intervention was acceptable via the Treatment Perceptions Questionnaire (TPQ). The TPQ consists of 10 statements about treatment satisfaction on a Likert-type scale from 0 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). Average scores ≥ 3 indicated acceptable satisfaction.

  • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexBaseline and post-intervention (approximately 8 weeks)

    Changes in sleep quality will be assessed pre and post-intervention with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The PSQI measures sleep quality with a total score ranging from 0-21 with higher scores indicating worse sleep quality.