Delirium in Neurodegenerative Disease Patients: A Music Therapy Intervention for Hospital Care

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Boston Medical Center
Study ID
NCT07137949
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Delirium

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
60 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Music therapy — BEHAVIORAL
    Live music therapy (MT) sessions will occur 3 times/week, up to 5 sessions. Sessions will be responsive to patient preferences, culture, and identity using information gained from medical record review, intake assessment, and in the moment therapeutic assessments.

Study Details

In this pilot study a new kind of music therapy will be created and tested to help prevent confusion, called delirium, that can happen in the hospital. This can affect people with brain diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Each of the anticipated 30 participants will have up to five music therapy sessions. The sessions will be made just for them and may include live music, playing instruments, or listening to recorded music. Surveys will be used to learn how easy the therapy is to do in the hospital and what people think about how helpful the sessions may be for future patients.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 11, 2026
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Music therapy
    Participants will undergo one-on-one music therapy (MT) sessions of approximately 30 minutes duration conducted by a board-certified music therapist. Sessions will be customized to address patient needs but will consistently adhere to the four principal MT methods of re-creation, composition, improvisation, and therapeutic listening experiences.

Primary Outcome Measure

Delirium scores [ Time Frame: every 24 hours until discharge (on average 7 days) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Boston Medical CenterBostonMassachusetts02118
Kara M Smith, MD MSCI FAAN
[email protected]

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