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Music Therapy for Cardiac Surgery Recovery

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Must not have
Patients that are deaf, hemodynamically unstable, intubated, and on infectious disease precautions after surgery.
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change in serum immunoglobulin a before and 30 minutes after start of intervention period
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will test whether music can help people recover from cardiac surgery by reducing anxiety, pain, and stress.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for adults over 18 who've had heart valve or coronary surgery and are stable, extubated, and can hear. It's not for those who are deaf, unstable, intubated, or on infection precautions post-surgery.
What is being tested?
The study tests if listening to music for 30 minutes helps recovery after cardiac surgery by looking at stress hormones like cortisol and immune markers like Immunoglobulin A compared to usual care without music.
What are the potential side effects?
Music as an intervention is expected to have little to no side effects while potentially improving emotional well-being and physical responses during early recovery.

Eligibility Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

You may be eligible for the trial if you check “No” for criteria below:
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I am not deaf, unstable, intubated, or on post-surgery infection precautions.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change in heart rate before and 30 minutes after start of intervention period
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change in heart rate before and 30 minutes after start of intervention period for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Change in Serum Cortisol
Secondary study objectives
Anxiety
Blood Pressure
Heart Rate
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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Treatment ArmExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
30 minutes of listening to music
Group II: Standard of CareActive Control1 Intervention
actual sounds of the intensive care unit environment
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
music
2019
Completed Phase 3
~1200

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Massachusetts General HospitalLead Sponsor
3,014 Previous Clinical Trials
13,309,311 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

music Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04551469 — N/A
Cardiac Surgery Research Study Groups: Standard of Care, Treatment Arm
Cardiac Surgery Clinical Trial 2023: music Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04551469 — N/A
music 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04551469 — N/A
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