Effects of Musical Intervention by a Therapist (IMT) on Falling Asleep and Behavioral Regulation in a Secure Care Unit (SCU)

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Conditions studied: Alzheimer Disease or Associated Disorder

In brief

This is a prospective, multicenter study designed to evaluate the benefits of an evening music-based intervention on sundowning syndrome in patients with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders in a Protect lLife Unit setting.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07465783

Run by

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

People needed

48

Starts

2026-02-02

Expected to finish

2027-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-03

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Signature of consent by the patient's legal guardian obtained after providing information
• Patients aged 60 and over who meet the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, including mainly: Lewy body disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, vascular encephalopathy, alcoholic dementia, primary progressive aphasia syndrome, posterior cortical atrophy syndrome (France Alzheimer, 2024).
• Patient living in a secure care unit
• If taking psychotropic drugs, they must have been stable for 3 months
• If taking level 2 or 3 painkillers, they must have been stable for 1 month

You may not qualify if…

• Refusal to participate
• Participation in a study on a drug/medical device/treatment technique that may affect sleep or behavior.
• Highly sedated patients,
• Patients with acute medical instability,
• Patients with productive delusions,
• Patients who have been in the unit for less than 1 month

Where it is running

• Saint-etienne hospital — Saint-Etienne, France (enrolling)

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