Music Intervention and Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Neurological Diseases

NCT ID: NCT05706831

Last Updated: 2025-06-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a musical interventionand non-invasive brain stimulation in neurological patients. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* to evaluate the residual neuroplastic processes in DOC state related to music exposure
* to determine the putative modulation of the aforementioned processes and the clinical outcome of DOC patients by non-pharmacological strategies, i.e., electric (tDCS) and music stimulation
* to evaluate the impact of this intervention on caregiver's burden and psychological distress.

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three different music-listening intervention groups. Primary outcomes will be clinical, that is based on the neurologist's observations of clinical improvement, and neurophysiological, collected pre-intervention, post-intervention and post-placebo.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Disorder of Consciousness Stroke

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Three groups of neurological patients will be considered for the study. For each group, participants will be randomly allocated to one of three intervention groups. These interventions will consist of a combination of musical stimulation, sham stimulation, tDCS and noise.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group 1

Group 1 will receive tEs combined with music stimulation for 2 weeks, 1 week of wash out, then sham stimulation combined with noise (placebo) for other 2 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Combinatory effect of music stimulation and neurostimulation

Intervention Type OTHER

music

Group 2

Group 2 will receive sham stimulation and noise (placebo) for the first 2 weeks, then 1 week wash out, and finally tEs and music stimulation for other 2 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Combinatory effect of music stimulation and neurostimulation

Intervention Type OTHER

music

Group 3

Group 3 will receive only music stimulation and sham stimulation for 2 weeks, 1 week of wash out, then sham stimulation and noise (placebo) for another 2 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Combinatory effect of music stimulation and neurostimulation

Intervention Type OTHER

music

Interventions

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Combinatory effect of music stimulation and neurostimulation

music

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \> 18 years
* Post-stroke aphasia
* Post-stroke neglect
* Patients with disorders of consciusness (DOC)

Exclusion Criteria

* No auditory injury
* no hystory of neurological disease
* No hystory of psychiatric disease
* Previous stroke
* use of alcohol and drugs
* premorbid dementia
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Bari Aldo Moro

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Simona Spaccavento

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri

Bari, Ba, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy

Central Contacts

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Simona Spaccavento

Role: CONTACT

+393332783524

Facility Contacts

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Simona Spaccavento

Role: primary

References

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Spaccavento S, Carraturo G, Brattico E, Matarrelli B, Rivolta D, Montenegro F, Picciola E, Haumann NT, Jespersen KV, Vuust P, Losavio E. Musical and electrical stimulation as intervention in disorder of consciousness (DOC) patients: A randomised cross-over trial. PLoS One. 2024 May 31;19(5):e0304642. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304642. eCollection 2024.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38820520 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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345

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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