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Music Therapy for Chronic Pain

N/A
Recruiting
Led By Bunty Shah
Research Sponsored by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up within 30 minutes following the subject's interventional procedure
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will study if music therapy can help ease chronic lower back pain.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for adults over 18 with chronic lower back pain who are undergoing standard lumbar procedures. It's not for those who can't consent, don't speak English, take beta blockers, have a pacemaker set at a fixed rate, or have hearing issues.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests if listening to music during lumbar procedures can reduce anxiety and pain. Patients will either receive music therapy or no music to see how it affects their reported feelings of anxiety and pain as well as changes in vital signs.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since the intervention involves only playing music, there are no direct medical side effects expected from this treatment compared to typical clinical drug trials.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~within 30 minutes prior to the subject's interventional procedure
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and within 30 minutes prior to the subject's interventional procedure for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Post-procedure State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Score
Pre-procedure State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Score
Secondary outcome measures
Post procedural Visual Analog Score (VAS)
Pain

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Music TherapyExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Music of the subject's preferred genre will be played during the subject's standard of care lumbar spinal interventional procedure (including: epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch blocks).
Group II: No MusicActive Control1 Intervention
No music will be played during the subject's standard of care lumbar spinal interventional procedure (including: epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch blocks).

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterLead Sponsor
492 Previous Clinical Trials
2,798,792 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Chronic Pain
119 Patients Enrolled for Chronic Pain
Bunty ShahPrincipal InvestigatorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center

Media Library

Music Therapy Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04924244 — N/A
Chronic Pain Research Study Groups: No Music, Music Therapy
Chronic Pain Clinical Trial 2023: Music Therapy Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04924244 — N/A
Music Therapy 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04924244 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is enrollment still available for this experiment?

"Affirmative. Visible on clinicaltrials.gov, this research study has been under recruitment since its initial post date of July 15th 2021 and is still seeking participants after the most recent revision made to it in November 29th 2022. 30 patients need to be recruited from a single site for this trial."

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How many individuals are participating in this clinical experiment?

"Correct. According to information posted on clinicaltrials.gov, this study commenced on July 15th 2021 and is still open for recruitment as of November 29th 2022. 30 participants are needed from a single site."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Maryland
What site did they apply to?
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Effect of Music on Pain and Anxiety in Chronic Pain Patients Undergoing Lumbar Interventional Procedures.
Bunty Shah 2021. "Effect of Music on Pain and Anxiety in Chronic Pain Patients Undergoing Lumbar Interventional Procedures.". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04924244.
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