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NCT Number: NCT01595191

Bach Music in Preterm Infants: No "Mozart Effect" on Resting Energy Expenditure

Exposure to Mozart music significantly lowers resting energy expenditure (REE) in healthy preterm infants. Whether this finding is related to music per-se or to music by Mozart is unknown. The objective is to study whether J.S. Bach music has a lowering effect on REE similar to that of Mozart music.

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Key information

Conditions

Resting Energy Expenditure

Age range

5 day–59 day

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tel Aviv Medical Center

Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Preterm infants at post menstrual age of 30-37 weeks who were appropriate for gestational age, clinically and thermally stable, gavage-fed, were eligible for recruitment.
  • At the time of the study they were all tolerating full enteral feeding (150-160 cc/kg weight/day) without significant gastric residuals (<5% of total feed), they were all growing steadily, and had no electrolyte imbalance.
  • All infants who were recruited successfully passed a hearing screening test prior to discharge (otoacoustic emission and automated auditory brainstem response)

Exclusion criteria

  • Infants with significant complications of prematurity such as intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leucomalacia, necrotizing enterocolitis, active apneas of prematurity, patent ductus arteriosus, active infection, electrolyte imbalance and major congenital anomalies.

Treatment and study plan

Bach music

Other

Infants listened to Bach or Mozart using the compact discs entitled "Baby Bach" and "Baby Mozart" (Baby smart, Nir Zvi, Israel).

Mozart music

Other

Infants listened to Bach or Mozart using the compact discs entitled "Baby Bach" and "Baby Mozart" (Baby smart, Nir Zvi, Israel).

Primary outcomes

  1. Resting energy expenditure

    Time frame: 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS

    Metabolic measurements were performed by indirect calorimetry using the Deltatrac II Metabolic monitor (DateOhmeda, Helsinki, Finland). This system consists of a hood, which is placed over the infant's head and of two sensors. It uses the principle of an open circuit which allows for continuous measurements of O2 consumption and C02 production. The energy expenditure is calculated using the equation 5.5VO2+1.76VCO2.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Other Gov

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
May 9, 2012
Registry last updated
May 9, 2012

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