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Behavioral Intervention

Music & Memory for Dementia (METRIcAL Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Vincent Mor, PHD
Research Sponsored by Brown University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 8 months
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

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

Eligible Conditions
  • Dementia

Timeline

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

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Frequency of agitated and aggressive behaviors (staff report)
Secondary study objectives
Antianxietal use
Antidepressant use
Antipsychotic use
+3 more

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: 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

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Brown UniversityLead Sponsor
466 Previous Clinical Trials
698,260 Total Patients Enrolled
19 Trials studying Dementia
207,214 Patients Enrolled for Dementia
National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH
1,788 Previous Clinical Trials
28,183,703 Total Patients Enrolled
292 Trials studying Dementia
23,633,669 Patients Enrolled for Dementia
Vincent Mor, PHDPrincipal InvestigatorBrown University, School of Public Health
~180 spots leftby Nov 2025
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