Music Intervention in Chronic Pain Patients

NCT ID: NCT06436378

Last Updated: 2025-01-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-28

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a personalized music intervention program to improve the condition of individuals suffering from chronic pain.

The main objective is to evaluate if the intervention program will significantly reduce participants composite score of pain, anxiety, and well-being (reversed) as evaluated by the Edmonton symptom assessment scale (ESAS-r) immediately after the intervention, and whether this improvement will be significantly greater than that of control sessions.

Detailed Description

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The participants (n = 36) will be randomized into two groups. The intervention will last for 4 weeks. Once per week for the first 2 weeks, the first group will have a personalized musical intervention in person on the university campus and will evaluate their pain, anxiety, and well-being scores before and after each session. For the following 2 weeks, the participants will have online access to their music sessions and will also assess their levels of pain, anxiety, and well-being before and after each intervention session.

The second group (control group) will evaluate their pain, anxiety, and well-being scores 20 minutes apart once per week for the first 2 weeks.Participants will continue their daily activities between the two measurement times. During the next 2 weeks, the participants will listen to online musical sessions once per week and will again evaluate their levels of pain, anxiety, and well-being before and after each intervention session.

The main objective of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the immediate effect of a personalized music intervention for the experimental group/in-person intervention on a composite score of pain, anxiety, and well-being (reversed), compared to the control group/no intervention sessions, as measured by the ESAS-r. The secondary objective is to assess the evolution of each of these three ESAS-r variables (pain, anxiety, well-being) from pre-test to post-test compared with changes in these variables in the control group/no intervention sessions.

The differences between in-person musical interventions and online musical sessions, as well as the feasibility and adherence of participants to an online music intervention program, will also be assessed. Furthermore, the effect of a music session preceded by a period of relaxation compared to the effect of a musical session alone, and the experiential dimensions experienced, will be evaluated.

At the end of the experiment, both groups will be interviewed to analyze their comments regarding the interventions.

Conditions

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Chronic Pain Anxiety Well-Being, Psychological

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Musical intervention

This arm will receive a personalized music intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music intervention in person

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The music intervention consists of listening to two or three pieces of music chosen by each participant that bring them a sense of well-being. One of the two music intervention sessions will be preceded by a moment of relaxation, during which participants will be asked to focus their attention on their breathing, on relaxation, and on the process of self-absorption. This intervention, preceded by a brief moment of relaxation, will take place during the first session for half of the participants and during the second session for the other half.

No musical intervention

This arm will carry out its daily activities and will be assessed using the same measures at the beginning of each session and after a delay comparable to the duration of the intervention administered in the experimental group.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Music intervention in person

The music intervention consists of listening to two or three pieces of music chosen by each participant that bring them a sense of well-being. One of the two music intervention sessions will be preceded by a moment of relaxation, during which participants will be asked to focus their attention on their breathing, on relaxation, and on the process of self-absorption. This intervention, preceded by a brief moment of relaxation, will take place during the first session for half of the participants and during the second session for the other half.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18 years and older;
* Suffering from chronic pain and actively attending the pain clinic at the CHU de Québec-Université Laval;
* Have an email and be able to respond to online questionnaires using a computer, tablet, or phone;
* Have satisfactory or corrected hearing;
* Understand French;
* Be able to travel to Université Laval.

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Université de Montréal

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Laval University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Josiane Bissonnette

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Anne Marie Pinard, Md, MA

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CIRRIS

Locations

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Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Canada

Central Contacts

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Josiane Bissonnette, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

418-656-2131

Anne Marie Pinard, Md, MA

Role: CONTACT

418 656-2131 ext. 404519

Facility Contacts

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Josiane Bissonnette, Ph.D

Role: primary

418-656-2131

Other Identifiers

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2023-6620

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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