Music as a Complement to Pharmacological Sedation in Ventilator Treated ICU Patients.

Music as a Complement to Pharmacological Sedation in Ventilator Treated ICU Patients - Prospective Randomized Cross-over Study.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05602662

Enrollment

100

Registered

2022-11-02

Start date

2022-04-01

Completion date

2027-12-31

Last updated

2026-02-12

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Conditions

Music Therapy

Keywords

Music therapy, Ventilator treated patients, Need of sedation.

Brief summary

Can music theraphy during mechanical ventilation in the ICU, decrease the need of pharmacological sedation? Included patients will listen to music selected by a music therapist via headphones two times one hour during two days. Effects on heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and dosing of pharmacological sedation will be observed. 100 patients will be included and radomized equally to earphones with and without music.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMusic

Music therapy during mechanical ventilation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Caregiver, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

In the ICU, entilator treated adults \> 18 years. \-

Exclusion criteria

* Children \>18 years. * Deaf people. * Children \<18 Years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Changed dose of sedatives,	2 times one hour	Change of sedative treatment during mechanical ventilation.

Countries

Sweden

Contacts

CONTACTRagnar N Henningsson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

ragnar.henningsson@regionvarmland.se+46708707524

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026