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Mind Engagement With Music for Nondrug Pain Relief

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Information provided by:
University of Utah
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00103870
First received: February 15, 2005
Last updated: December 8, 2009
Last verified: December 2009
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether engaging in music listening tasks can reduce the perception of pain and provide nondrug pain relief.

Study hypotheses: 1) Performing a highly engaging listening task reduces psychophysiological arousal to painful stimuli. 2) Psychophysiological arousal to painful stimuli is a function of the complexity of the auditory signal. 3) Signal complexity and task difficulty interact to produce the greatest engagement and maximum reduction in psychophysiological arousal to painful stimuli.


Condition Intervention Phase
Pain
 Procedure: Electrodermal stimulation
Procedure: Music listening task
 Phase 1

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Music Engagement for Non-Pharmacological Analgesia R21 AT001586-01

Further study details as provided by University of Utah:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Reduction in psychophysiological markers for nociceptive responses

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Level of engagement as measured by engagement ratings and absorption scale

Estimated Enrollment: 120
Study Start Date: February 2005
Study Completion Date: March 2008
Primary Completion Date: March 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Willing and able to comply with all study requirements

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Abnormal hearing
  • Severe allergies to skin preparations
  • Psychoactive drugs
  • Hypertension drugs
  • Pregnancy
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00103870

Locations
United States, Utah
University of Utah Pain Research Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84108
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Utah
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: David H. Bradshaw, PhD University of Utah Pain Research Center
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: David H. Bradshaw, PhD, University of Utah
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00103870     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: IRB 12579, R21AT001586-01A1
Study First Received: February 15, 2005
Last Updated: December 8, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by University of Utah:
Music Therapy
Electric Stimulation
Electric Shock
Analgesics
Distraction

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013