Music therapy may ease dementia stress for patients and caregivers
NCT ID NCT07419022
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test whether 8 weeks of improvisation music therapy can improve mood and lower stress for people with mild Alzheimer's disease and their care partners. About 40 older adults and their caregivers will attend music sessions and fill out questionnaires before and after the program. The goal is to see if making music together helps everyone feel better and cope more easily.
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 40 people
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- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
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Dec 2028
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Other sponsor
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60 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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 Inclusion criteria for the Person Living with Dementia (PLWD) are: * Age 60 and over, living independently in the community * Medical diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease * Mild dementia defined as MoCA score between 16-20, or MMSE score between 19-24 * Sufficient visual and hearing acuity (age-related to normal hearing loss with assistive devices) * English fluency rated fairly well to well (self-rated English fluency) Inclusion Criteria for Caregiver are: * Age 18 or Older * Moderate to good English fluency (self-rated English fluency) * Willing to participate in intervention with PLWD Exclusion Criteria Exclusion criteria for PLWD are: * Medical diagnosis of severe dementia (any etiology) * Non-AD dementia diagnosis (e.g., frontotemporal dementia) * Serious medical condition (e.g., an end-stage disease requiring hospice, aphasia from stroke, paralysis, brain injury) requiring active medical management that would interfere with participation in the study * Significant difficulty moving the hands or arms (severe arthritis, neuropathy) * Plans to move out of the area within six months Exclusion criteria for Caregiver are: * Current but not prior severe psychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) * Serious medical condition (e.g., an end-stage disease requiring hospice, aphasia from stroke, paralysis, brain injury) requiring active medical management that would interfere with participation in the study * Plans to move out of the area
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University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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