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Impact of Music Therapy on Pain in Patients Treated for Advanced Cancer

Impact of Music Therapy on Pain in Patients Treated for Advanced Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05315427
Acronym
MSPD
Enrollment
41
Registered
2022-04-07
Start date
2022-05-02
Completion date
2023-01-05
Last updated
2025-02-14

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Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Keywords

music therapy

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of music therapy on the pain of patients cared at the Montpellier Cancer Institute (ICM) for advanced cancer in a palliative situation and requiring full hospitalization or on an outpatient basis.

Detailed description

Music therapy is a care practice that falls within the field of support, help and accompaniment therapies. Sound, musical and music are the means used to support, maintain or improve a person's physical and mental health. The patients involved in the study are patients cared at the ICM for advanced cancer in a palliative situation and requiring full hospitalization or on an outpatient basis. The aim is to assess the impact of music therapy on the pain of these patients. The patient is proposed to participate in a music therapy session. Before this session, the music therapist will assess the pain and the presence of symptoms with the patient. Following this exchange, she will define the device best suited to his expectations and his needs and will propose his a relaxation session induced by music. After the session the music therapist will assess with the patient the pain and the presence of symptoms. The patient's feelings and satisfaction about this music therapy session as well as his possible wish to participate in another session will also be evaluated.

Interventions

OTHERone music therapy session

Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) scale (before and after music therapy session), Numerical pain scale (before and after music therapy session)

Sponsors

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Male/female over 18 years old * Patient cared for at the ICM for advanced cancer followed by the Mobile Palliative and/or Pain Care Team * Patient with pain score \>= 3 (cancer related) * Patient who accepts a music therapy session * Patient having expressed his oral non-opposition * Patient able to communicate * Patient affiliated to the French Social Security System.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with uncorrected hearing loss to normal * Patient under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change between before and after music therapy session on patients painat day 1 (before and after the music therapy session)Evolution of pain assessed by a numerical pain scale ranging from 0 to 10 (10 indicating the highest degree of pain)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Description of symptom managementat day 1 (before and after the music therapy session)By the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System scale symptom score. This is a self-assessment scale of the most common symptoms in palliative care:pain, dyspnoea, fatigue, drowsiness, appetite, anxiety, depression, well-being and other possible symptoms. It's a numerical scale ranging from 0 to 10 (with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms). The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System scale allows to: * Detect the symptoms present, quantify them and follow their evolution * Validate with the patient the symptoms that bother him and that he wishes to be treated as a priority * Communicate quickly between the different professionals involved in the treatment.
Patient wishing a second session of music therapyat day 1 (after the music therapy session)Proportion of Patient wishing a second session of music therapy
Patient satisfaction of the music therapy sessionat day 1 (after the music therapy session)Assessment of the satisfaction of the music therapy session. Assessment made by a numerical scale ranging from 0 to 10 (10 indicating high satisfaction)
Agreement to participate in the studyat inclusionProportion of patients agreeing to participate among the eligible patients to whom the study was proposed

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 5, 2026