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Can music or writing help heal healthcare Workers' trauma?

NCT ID NCT04626050

Symptom relief Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study aims to find helpful treatments for healthcare workers suffering from PTSD and distress due to work-related trauma. In the first phase, 120 participants will be randomly assigned to either a music-listening or a writing session over two weeks. Those who still have PTSD can then choose between two proven therapies: interpersonal therapy or exposure therapy. The study focuses on whether these brief interventions are feasible and acceptable, and whether they reduce symptoms.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Medical music, narrative writing, prolonged exposure therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a practical, two-step treatment plan to reduce PTSD and distress in healthcare workers.
What could go wrong
This is an early feasibility study with only 120 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The interventions are brief and may not work for everyone.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 120 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jan 2022

Expected to finish

Apr 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Any healthcare worker providing medical care or support who has experienced occupational-related trauma * English-speaking * Age \>18 * Medically stable * Able to provide informed consent and function at an intellectual level sufficient to allow accurate completion of all assessment instruments * If on psychotropic medication stable for prior 60 days For phase II additional inclusion criteria: \- Current diagnosis of PTSD Exclusion Criteria: * Current significant unstable medical illness precluding regular session attendance or assessment completion * Participants who in the investigator's judgment pose a current homicidal, suicidal, or other risk * Lifetime or current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder * Participation in a clinical trial or concurrent evidence-based treatment for psychiatric conditions or PTSD during the previous 3 months.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

post-traumatic stress disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Moral injury Post-traumatic stress disorder

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Weill Cornell Medicine

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

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