Music before surgery: a simple tune to calm nerves?
NCT ID NCT06600919
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 20-minute session of passive music therapy, delivered through an app just before entering the operating room, can lower anxiety and pain in adults undergoing ear, nose, or throat surgery. Five hundred participants will be randomly assigned to receive music therapy or standard care. Researchers will measure anxiety levels at admission and discharge, and track pain and anxiety at key points during the hospital stay.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- passive music therapy via the Music Care® app
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to ease anxiety and pain before surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study, and earlier smaller studies were not conclusive. The effect may be small or not apply to all patients.
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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 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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
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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: * Male or female, aged 18 years or older * Patient has signed informed consent * Patient scheduled to undergo ENT surgery (cervical, endonasal, otologic, oropharyngeal-laryngeal) at the participating facility * Patient is affiliated with or a beneficiary of a social security system Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to provide consent * Patient with severe bilateral hearing loss (\> 70 dB HL) * Patient unable to read, write, or understand French * Vulnerable patient as defined by Article L1121-6 of the French Public Health Code (CSP) * Adult patient under guardianship, curatorship, or judicial protection * Patient unable to personally provide consent as per Article L1121-8 of the CSP or an adult under legal protection * Pregnant or breastfeeding women as per Article L1121-5 of the CSP * Patient who has already participated in the current study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Saint Vincent
RECRUITINGSaint-Denis, 97400, Reunion
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