Music as medicine? study tests levantine tunes against pain
NCT ID NCT07496866
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study looks at whether listening to self-selected Levantine music can change how sensitive healthy young adults are to pressure pain, compared to silence. Twelve Lebanese university students will have their pain threshold and mood measured before and after each condition. The goal is to see if music can be a simple, drug-free way to help manage pain.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- self-selected Levantine music
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a non-drug way to manage pain using culturally familiar music.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 12 healthy people, so results may not apply to patients with chronic pain or other populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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- Ages
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18 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy Lebanese adults aged 18 to 25 years * No chronic pain * No hearing impairment * No current use of analgesic medication Exclusion Criteria: * Neurological disorders * Recent injury at PPT assessment sites * Regular use of medication * Pregnancy * Severe allergic reactions * Systemic disease * Neurological disease * Metabolic disease * Cardiovascular disease * Chronic pain * Ongoing psychiatric or psychological treatment * Hypertension (\>140/90 mmHg)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Antonine University
Baabda, Baabda, Lebanon
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