Music as medicine: study tests tunes for Pain-Free stitches
NCT ID NCT05388591
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether listening to music through the Music Care app can lower pain during wound suturing in the emergency department. 171 adults with wounds needing stitches were randomly assigned to music or standard care. The goal was to see if music reduces the worst pain felt during the procedure, measured on a 0-10 scale.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Music listening via the Music Care app
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could provide a simple, non-drug way to reduce pain during wound stitching in the emergency room.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study. The effect may be modest or not apply to all patients. Pain is subjective and hard to measure precisely.
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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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171 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Finished
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Feb 2023
- 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: * \> 18 years admitted to ER with suturable wound (at least 1 stitch) * able to understand and express oneself * giving free, informed and written consent signed by the participant and the investigator Exclusion Criteria: * who has a severe wound with suspected open fracture or requiring surgical exploration in the operating room * with severe hearing loss or deafness, speech disorders or any acute or chronic condition that compromises listening (at the investigator's discretion), musicogene epilepsy * no social security cover * unable to decide for himself or herself (at the discretion of the investigator): confused patient, foreign language not understood by the investigator, severe acute intoxication, patient with severe neurological or psychiatric comorbidity * under judicial protection
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de la Réunion
Saint-Denis, 97400, Reunion
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CHU de la Réunion
Saint-Pierre, 97410, Reunion