Your playlist might be the best medicine for surgery nerves
NCT ID NCT05472909
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether listening to your own choice of music during awake hand surgery lowers anxiety more than standardized relaxation music. 170 adults having hand surgery with only local anesthetic will be randomly assigned to one of the two music groups. Researchers will measure anxiety using questionnaires and vital signs before, during, and after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- music (standardized relaxation or personal choice)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give doctors a simple, drug-free way to help patients feel calmer during awake hand surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (170 people) comparing two music types, not testing a new drug. The results may not apply to other surgeries or settings.
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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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About 170 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Adult (18 years of age or older) patients * Undergoing Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under the age of 18 * Patients unable to consent for themselves * Patients unwilling to consent * Non-English speaking patients * Patients with significant hearing impairment not able to be corrected with assistive devices
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Wisconsin
RECRUITINGMadison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States
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