Music as medicine: new study tests if tunes can calm ventilator patients
NCT ID NCT07560384
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether listening to music can help lower anxiety in adults who have been on a breathing machine for more than 21 days. Two hundred participants will either get standard care or also listen to calming music through headphones for 30 minutes, twice a day, for two weeks. The goal is to see if music therapy improves anxiety, pain, sleep, and helps patients get off the ventilator faster.
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 200 people
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- Expected to start
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May 2026
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May 2027
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Other sponsor
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50 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: \- 1、Age \> 50 years 2、Diagnosed with Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation (PMV), meeting the following criteria: Continuous mechanical ventilation for ≥ 21 days Daily mechanical ventilation duration ≥ 6 hours Ventilation via endotracheal tube, tracheostomy, or non-invasive interface (face/nasal mask). 3、Voluntarily signed the informed consent form (either by the patient or their legal representative). Exclusion Criteria: * 1、Cognitive or psychiatric disorders: history of severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, severe depression, bipolar disorder) or diagnosed moderate-to-severe dementia/cognitive impairment. 2、Presence of delirium: assessed as positive by the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU) prior to enrollment. 3、Extreme hemodynamic instability: unstable vital signs requiring frequent resuscitation, or in the acute phase of a severe cardio-cerebrovascular accident. 4、Untreated hearing impairment. 5、Physical conditions preventing safe earphone use (e.g., skin damage, burns, facial or cranial fractures). 6、Poor prognosis: end-stage disease or assessed by the investigator as having a life expectancy insufficient to complete the intervention and follow-up period.
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Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100144, China
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