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Music Therapy for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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Led By Kathy Murphy, PhD

Research Sponsored by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

No identified hearing disorder

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to 2 weeks

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial looks at whether music therapy can help babies with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome who are at least 28 weeks gestational age, without hearing disorders or developmental disabilities like Down Syndrome. They must be admitted to the NICU right after birth and have a guardian able to consent and complete a questionnaire.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests six music therapy interventions: Ocean disc, Contingent singing, Muted shaker, Song of Kin, Gato box, Tonal Vocal holding on newborns with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome to see how they affect the babies' outcomes.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves non-invasive music therapy interventions for infants, there are no direct side effects expected from the therapies themselves.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I do not have a hearing disorder.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to 2 weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to 2 weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 2 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Activity level

Feeding (sucking and absorption) category

Heart Rate

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Secondary outcome measures

Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ )

Trial Design

6Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Tonal Vocal holdingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Providing a 'blanket of tone' to comfort, engage or sedate

Group II: Song of KinExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Voice (with or without guitar)- lullaby/ Holding meter

Group III: Ocean discExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Creating a consistent womb-like sound soundscape to comfort, engage or sedate

Group IV: Muted shakerExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

If infant is awake, the muted shaker will be used to entrain to the infant's vital signs-to comfort, soothe or sedate

Group V: Gato boxExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Simple rhythms using Remo Gato box will be played by the MT-BC using a 3rd to comfort, engage or sedate

Group VI: Contingent singingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Provision of communicative vocalization-"parantese" to engage with infants, prosodic responses to infant cues (eye contact, body position)

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiLead Sponsor

858 Previous Clinical Trials

524,086 Total Patients Enrolled

Kathy Murphy, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorLoyola University

Joanne Loewy, PhDPrincipal Investigator - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Media Library

Contingent singing 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03533985 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is participation in this experiment still available?

"At this time, clinicaltrials.gov shows that this medical trial is not actively seeking participants; it was first listed on November 1st 2017 and its last edit occured January 19th 2022. However, there are 16 other studies presently recruiting patients."

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In what areas can people access this research?

"Six medical centres have been identified for this research, such as Drexel University/Hahnemann Hospital-College of Nursing and Health Professions in Philadelphia, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital in Hackensack, and Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans. Additionally there are 3 other recruitment sites."

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Recent research and studies

Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesJournal

NICU Music Therapy: Song of Kin as Critical Lullaby in Research and Practice

Loewy, Joanne. 2015. “NICU Music Therapy: Song of Kin as Critical Lullaby in Research and Practice”. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Wiley. doi:10.1111/nyas.12648.

PediatricsJournal

The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding, and Sleep in Premature Infants

Loewy, Joanne, Kristen Stewart, Ann-Marie Dassler, Aimee Telsey, and Peter Homel. 2013. “The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding, and Sleep in Premature Infants”. Pediatrics. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). doi:10.1542/peds.2012-1367.

PediatricsJournal

Music Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents: A Meta-analysis

Bieleninik, Łucja, Claire Ghetti, and Christian Gold. 2016. “Music Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents: A Meta-analysis”. Pediatrics. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). doi:10.1542/peds.2016-0971.

Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesJournal