Music and breathing may ease delirium in ICU patients
NCT ID NCT07624097
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether listening to music (Taiwan-localized or classical) combined with mindful breathing can reduce delirium, pain, and anxiety in ICU patients. Fifty-one adults at risk for delirium will receive the intervention twice daily for five days. Researchers will measure delirium severity, pain, and anxiety to see if this low-cost, non-drug approach helps.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- music therapy (Taiwan-localized or classical) combined with mindful breathing
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to lower delirium and improve comfort for ICU patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 51 participants, so results may not apply widely. The effects of music and breathing can be hard to measure objectively.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 51 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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20 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Adults aged 20 years or older who can communicate verbally or in writing * Able to receive music therapy * Pain score \> 2 within the past 24 hours * Delirium prediction model risk \> 20% Exclusion Criteria: * Positive delirium screening at ICU admission * Significant hearing impairment * Inability to cooperate with wearing over-the-ear headphones
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