Effects of Early Musical Intervention on Prevalence and Severity of Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

NCT ID: NCT02783105

Last Updated: 2021-11-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

11 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-20

Study Completion Date

2019-12-18

Brief Summary

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Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is a frequent symptom after traumatic brain injury and concerns up to 30% of severely brain-injured patients.

PSH is due to unbalanced autonomic nervous system activity, resulting in sympathetic surges causing hypertension, tachycardia, sweating and hypertonia. The affected patients suffer more pain, more cardiovascular distress, more infections and prolonged rehabilitation and mechanical ventilation; additionally it could lead to a worse outcome.

Classical music was shown to reduce autonomic nervous system imbalance in healthy people and in many medical diseases. It could be a means to dampen sympathetic surges for brain-injured patients presenting with PSH, as well.

Our study aims at demonstrating that early musical intervention, started with the weaning of sedation, can reduce both the prevalence and the severity of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity in traumatic brain-injured patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity

Keywords

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Music therapy Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity Traumatic brain injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Musical intervention

Music is provided through headphones: Two 30-min musical sessions per day (one in the morning and one in the evening) beginning at the onset of desedation (Day 0) until day 21.

Both have inverted "U" shape.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Musical intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Control

Patients wear headphones twice a day during 30 minutes, starting at the onset of desedation (Day 0) until day 21, but no music is provided (blank playlist): Sham

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients wear headphones twice a day during 30 minutes, starting at the onset of desedation (Day 0) until day 21, but no music is provided (blank playlist): Sham

Interventions

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Musical intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Control

Patients wear headphones twice a day during 30 minutes, starting at the onset of desedation (Day 0) until day 21, but no music is provided (blank playlist): Sham

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Severe traumatic brain injury (either initial Glasgow Coma Scale \< 8 or intracranial pressure \> 20mmHg for more than 20 min)
* National health service coverage
* Informed consent signed by next of kin

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-traumatic brain injury
* Conditions interfering with measures: bilateral fixed pupils, temporal bone fracture including acoustic channel, eye trauma, previous eye surgery, otorrhagia, hypoacusis,
* Preexisting autonomic nervous system imbalance: severe diabetes, arrhythmias, pace maker, implantable defibrillator, cardiac transplantation
* Respiratory rate \< 9/min
* Patient subject to guardianship or wardship
* Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
* Current participation in another biomedical research protocol
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fondation Apicil

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

MDMS

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Association française des traumatisés crâniens d'Alsace

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Association strasbourgeoise des médecins et infirmiers en anesthésie réanimation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation- Hôpital de Hautepierre

Strasbourg, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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6224

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id