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NCT Number: NCT05315427

Impact of Music Therapy on Pain in Patients Treated for Advanced Cancer

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of music therapy on the pain of patients cared at the Montpellier Cancer Institute (ICM) for advanced cancer in a palliative situation and requiring full hospitalization or on an outpatient basis.

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Key information

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier

Montpellier, 34298, France

About this study

Music therapy is a care practice that falls within the field of support, help and accompaniment therapies. Sound, musical and music are the means used to support, maintain or improve a person's physical and mental health.

The patients involved in the study are patients cared at the ICM for advanced cancer in a palliative situation and requiring full hospitalization or on an outpatient basis.

The aim is to assess the impact of music therapy on the pain of these patients. The patient is proposed to participate in a music therapy session. Before this session, the music therapist will assess the pain and the presence of symptoms with the patient.

Following this exchange, she will define the device best suited to his expectations and his needs and will propose his a relaxation session induced by music.

After the session the music therapist will assess with the patient the pain and the presence of symptoms.

The patient's feelings and satisfaction about this music therapy session as well as his possible wish to participate in another session will also be evaluated.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Male/female over 18 years old
  • Patient cared for at the ICM for advanced cancer followed by the Mobile Palliative and/or Pain Care Team
  • Patient with pain score >= 3 (cancer related)
  • Patient who accepts a music therapy session
  • Patient having expressed his oral non-opposition
  • Patient able to communicate
  • Patient affiliated to the French Social Security System.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient with uncorrected hearing loss to normal
  • Patient under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice

Treatment and study plan

one music therapy session

Other

Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) scale (before and after music therapy session), Numerical pain scale (before and after music therapy session)

Primary outcomes

  1. Change between before and after music therapy session on patients pain

    Time frame: at day 1 (before and after the music therapy session)

    Evolution of pain assessed by a numerical pain scale ranging from 0 to 10 (10 indicating the highest degree of pain)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Description of symptom management

    Time frame: at day 1 (before and after the music therapy session)

    By the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System scale symptom score. This is a self-assessment scale of the most common symptoms in palliative care:pain, dyspnoea, fatigue, drowsiness, appetite, anxiety, depression, well-being and other possible symptoms. It's a numerical scale ranging from 0 to 10 (with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms).

    The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System scale allows to:

    • Detect the symptoms present, quantify them and follow their evolution
    • Validate with the patient the symptoms that bother him and that he wishes to be treated as a priority
    • Communicate quickly between the different professionals involved in the treatment.

  2. Patient wishing a second session of music therapy

    Time frame: at day 1 (after the music therapy session)

    Proportion of Patient wishing a second session of music therapy

  3. Patient satisfaction of the music therapy session

    Time frame: at day 1 (after the music therapy session)

    Assessment of the satisfaction of the music therapy session. Assessment made by a numerical scale ranging from 0 to 10 (10 indicating high satisfaction)

  4. Agreement to participate in the study

    Time frame: at inclusion

    Proportion of patients agreeing to participate among the eligible patients to whom the study was proposed

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle

Other

Registry information

Acronym: MSPD

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Apr 7, 2022
Registry last updated
Feb 14, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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