Study to Evaluate Music Therapy on Irritability and Impulsivity in Patients With Huntington's Disease (MUSIC-HD)
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Conditions studied: Huntington Disease
In brief
The study is an open-label clinical trial evaluating whether music therapy combined with conventional management reduces irritability and impulsivity in 15 patients with early-stage Huntington's disease. This pilot study aims to show the interest of alternative non-pharmacological measures such as a digital music therapy tool, adapted to an audience of Huntington's patients, to help manage the psychobehavioral symptoms frequently observed in this affection, and to avoid breakdowns due to caregiver exhaustion.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06414967
- Run by
- Poitiers University Hospital
- People needed
- 15
- Starts
- 2024-10-15
- Expected to finish
- 2026-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-12-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age >= 18 years
- Huntington disease genetically confirmed by the presence of at least 35 repeats of the CAG triplet in exon 1 of the HTT gene
- UHDRS (Unified Huntington's disease Rating Scale) score <= 5 with a diagnostic confidence score =4
- Absence of significant cognitive impairment MoCA >=24
- Stable drug therapy in the 28 days prior inclusion and during the study
- Without legal tutors or subordination
- Affiliated to a health insurance system as required by the French law on biomedical research
- Written informed consent for participation in the study
You may not qualify if…
- Inability to give free and informed consent for study participation
- Significant hearing impairment
- Participating to another study the day of enrollement
- Persons benefiting from enhanced protection, i.e.persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, adults under legal and finally patients in a vital emergency situation.
Where it is running
- CHU Poitiers / CIC — Poitiers, France (enrolling)
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