A Music Therapy Study for Blood Cancer Survivors With Cognitive Difficulties

NCT ID: NCT07052916

Last Updated: 2025-07-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-27

Study Completion Date

2026-12-27

Brief Summary

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Research has shown that music-based activities may help improve brain functions, such as attention, memory, and executive function. Because of this past research, the researchers are doing this study to find out whether telehealth music therapy is a practical treatment for cognitive difficulties in blood cancer survivors. The researchers will also study whether music therapy and music education help improve cognitive function and other common symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and/or tiredness.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Blood Cancer Lymphoma Leukemia Myeloma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Music Therapy/MT

Participants will receive 12, weekly 60-minute MT sessions (+/- 1 week) with homework in-between sessions to reinforce in-session concepts, practice musical skills, and serve as transitions to subsequent sessions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music Therapy/MT

Intervention Type OTHER

Therapeutic music lessons are the core component of the Music Therapy/MT intervention. Other components include guided music listening to help participants use music as a tool for regulating mood, energy, and attention, as well as music-centered discussions to help participants discover songs with personal meaning that they will enjoy learning to play.

Therapist Attention-Music Education/TAME control

Patients will receive 12, weekly 60-minute Therapist Attention-Music Education/TAME sessions (+/- 1 week) with homework in-between sessions to reinforce in-session concepts and serve as transitions to subsequent sessions. The TAME control group will involve board-certified music therapists guiding participants through music listening exercises.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Therapist-Attention Music Education/TAME Control

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will receive 12, weekly 60-minute TAME sessions (+/- 1 week) with homework in-between sessions to reinforce in-session concepts and serve as transitions to subsequent sessions. The TAME control group will involve board-certified music therapists guiding participants through music listening exercises.

Wait-List Control/WLC

The Wait-List Control/WLC group will receive usual care from healthcare providers and complete the same assessments as the other groups. The WLC will have the option of receiving either 12 sessions of MT or 12 sessions of TAME intervention when the study concludes after the 24-week waiting period. The WLC participants will choose which intervention (MT or TAME) they wish to receive.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Music Therapy/MT

Therapeutic music lessons are the core component of the Music Therapy/MT intervention. Other components include guided music listening to help participants use music as a tool for regulating mood, energy, and attention, as well as music-centered discussions to help participants discover songs with personal meaning that they will enjoy learning to play.

Intervention Type OTHER

Therapist-Attention Music Education/TAME Control

Participants will receive 12, weekly 60-minute TAME sessions (+/- 1 week) with homework in-between sessions to reinforce in-session concepts and serve as transitions to subsequent sessions. The TAME control group will involve board-certified music therapists guiding participants through music listening exercises.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* English-proficient, aged 18 or older
* Diagnosis of lymphoma, leukemia, or myeloma
* Stable oncologic disease or no evidence of disease as indicated in the medical chart or by the oncology team
* Score of \<54 on the FACT-Cog PCI subscale
* Minimum life expectancy of one year as per clinician assessment
* Patient should be able to understand and complete all study assessments on their own.
* Eligible patient should be able to understand informed consent and provide signed informed consent in English.

Exclusion Criteria

* Less than 3 months since completion of surgery, radiation, induction chemotherapy (for newly diagnosed or relapsed disease), transplantation, or immunotherapy (e.g., CAR T-Cell, bispecific antibodies)

* If there is a defined treatment period, the patient must be at least 3 months from treatment completion
* If the patient is on continuous therapy, patient must have completed at least 6 months of the therapy
* Maintenance therapies are allowed
* Received music therapy (MT) in the past year
* Current music training, \>6 months of music training in the past 10 years, or plan to initiate music training during the study
* No access to an internet-connected device
* Active suicidal ideation, bipolar, schizophrenia, or substance abuse
* BOMC score ≥10 (indicative of dementia)
* Uncorrectable visual, auditory, or motor impairments
* Initiation or altered dose of sedative, stimulant, or anti-cholinergic medications in the past month or plan to initiate these medications during the study, as these are known to impact cognitive function
* Initiation of any other interventions for CRCD (e.g., cognitive rehabilitation) in the past month or plan to initiate these interventions during the study, as these are known to impact cognitive function
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Kevin Liou, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All protocol activities)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All protocol activities)

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All protocol activities)

Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Suffolk - Commack (All protocol activities)

Commack, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All protocol activities)

Harrison, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All protocol activities)

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All protocol activities)

Uniondale, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Kevin Liou, MD

Role: CONTACT

646-608-8563

Jun Mao, MD, MSCE

Role: CONTACT

646-608-8552

Facility Contacts

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Kevin Liou, MD

Role: primary

646-608-8559

Kevin Liou, MD

Role: primary

646-608-8559

Kevin Liou, MD

Role: primary

646-608-8559

Kevin Liou, MD

Role: primary

646-608-8559

Kevin Liou, MD

Role: primary

646-608-8559

Kevin Liou, MD

Role: primary

646-608-8563

Kevin Liou, MD

Role: primary

646-608-8559

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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25-119

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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