Music as medicine: new study tests if tunes can soothe Post-Stroke anxiety
NCT ID NCT07432204
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether listening to specially chosen music every day for 4 weeks can help reduce anxiety and depression in people who have recently had a stroke. About 132 participants will either receive the music therapy plus standard care, or standard care alone. The goal is to see if music can improve emotional recovery and quality of life after a stroke.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 132 people
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- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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18 years and older
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of first ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke verified by Computerized Axial Tomography or Magnetic Resonance * Age above 18 years * Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 24 * Latency from the event \< 3 months * Presence of clinically significant anxiety and/or depression (Generalized Anxiety Disorder and/or Patient Health Questionnaire ≥10) * Onset of acute event not more than 90 days prior to enrollment in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Clinical instability * Lesions dated over 3 months from onset * Multiple or bilateral lesions * Mini Mental State Examination \< 24 * Previous or concomitant neurological, psychiatric, or internal pathologies found in the year preceding the study that, in the judgment of the clinical investigator, may affect the psychological condition and/or interfere with study procedures * Behavioral/cognitive disorders that prevent adequate patient compliance with treatment * Therapeutic-rehabilitative treatments with music in the year preceding the study * Previous musical skills (training or musical practice lasting more than 3 years) * Refusal or impossibility to sign informed consent For the subgroup of patients subjected to functional Magnetic Resonance, the following exclusion criteria will also be taken into account: * Incompatibility with the execution of the MRI investigation (e.g., ascertained or possible presence of metal in the body; claustrophobia; sickle cell anemia) * Inability to understand or provide informed consent for the execution of the MRI investigation
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Locations
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Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri I.R.C.C.S.
RECRUITINGPavia, 27100, Italy
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