Interactive Group Drumming (IGD) in Hospital Experience of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant - A Pilot Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

In brief

The purpose of this research is to determine if it is possible to perform group drumming as an intervention during HCT, to begin to understand how interactive group drumming during HCT treatment affects patients' well-being (good and bad) during the treatment course and in the first four weeks after completion of the drumming sessions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03345433

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

35

Starts

2017-11-15

Expected to finish

2019-12-04

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• People who are at least 18 years old and are scheduled for HCT
• Individuals must be able to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent form

You may not qualify if…

• People who are too ill to participate, i.e., while they are in contact isolation or have low platelets (less than 20,000/mcl) will not participate until their condition has improved.
• Patients receiving outpatient HCT except patients with multiple myeloma. Patients with multiple myeloma may participate in the study even though they tend to spend nights away from the hospital.

Where it is running

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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