Music Listening: A Mechanistic Trial

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Critical Illness

In brief

A randomized within-subject crossover trial to compare the effects of live and recorded music listening on biomarkers of stress and pain among children receiving mechanical ventilation in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05541029

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

171

Starts

2023-03-20

Expected to finish

2027-05-03

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-20

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 2 months -17 years old
• intubated and receiving MV
• expected to have a PICU stay of >72 hours

You may not qualify if…

• Primary caregiver does not read, write, and speak English
• The child is not expected to survive the PICU stay
• The child has deafness in both ears, has a history of musicogenic epilepsy, is receiving neuromuscular blockade infusion
• The child has a diagnosis of COVID-19
• The child was admitted for a new traumatic brain injury

Where it is running

• UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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