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Behavioral Intervention

Music & Memory for Dementia (METRIcAL Trial)

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Waitlist Available

Led By Vincent Mor, PHD

Research Sponsored by Brown University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Owned by partnering health care corporations

Medicare / Medicaid-certified

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 8 months

Awards & highlights

METRIcAL Trial Summary

This trialtests if personalized music can help reduce agitated and aggressive behaviors in people with dementia living in nursing homes.

Eligible Conditions

Dementia

METRIcAL Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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You cannot participate if you are an employee or part of a healthcare organization partnering with the study.

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You have Medicare or Medicaid insurance.

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There must be at least 20 people who qualify for the study.

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Requirements for people living in nursing homes who can participate in the study.

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You have lived in a nursing home that meets the requirements for the past 90 days.

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You have been diagnosed with dementia.

METRIcAL Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 8 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~8 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 8 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Frequency of agitated and aggressive behaviors (staff report)

Secondary outcome measures

Antianxietal use

Antidepressant use

Antipsychotic use

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METRIcAL Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Music & MemoryExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Music and Memory is a personalized music program in which nursing home staff provide people with dementia with music playlists tailored to their personal history of music preferences at early signs of agitation

Group II: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

Usual care for managing agitated and/or aggressive behaviors in the nursing home setting

0 / 6Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Brown UniversityLead Sponsor

456 Previous Clinical Trials

557,544 Total Patients Enrolled

19 Trials studying Dementia

207,509 Patients Enrolled for Dementia

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH

1,671 Previous Clinical Trials

28,016,253 Total Patients Enrolled

266 Trials studying Dementia

23,624,550 Patients Enrolled for Dementia

Vincent Mor, PHDPrincipal InvestigatorBrown University, School of Public Health

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many locations are currently administering this experimental procedure?

"This clinical trial is recruiting participants from PruittHealth in Norcross, GA; Vetter Senior Living in Elkhorn, NE; and CommuniCare Terrapins Division in Blue Ash, OH as well as four other sites."

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Are there currently any slots available for individuals to participate in this research?

"Per the information on clinicaltrials.gov, this investigation is not presently recruiting participants; its first posting was May 1st 2021 and it's been amended as of November 1st 2022. Nevertheless there are 767 other trials actively accepting volunteers."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease (METRIcAL)_part2

Vincent Mor 2021. "Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease (METRIcAL)_part2". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04850807.