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Can music soothe the inner pain of a suicidal crisis?

NCT ID NCT04085848

Symptom relief Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers are testing whether adding music therapy to standard psychiatric care eases psychological pain in people hospitalized with suicidal thoughts or after a suicide attempt. Participants receive either standard care alone or standard care plus four 30-minute music therapy sessions over about 48 hours. The study measures changes in psychological pain using a 0-to-10 scale at 48 hours.

What this could mean

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Active substance
receptive music therapy, where patients listen to music in guided sessions
What this could lead to
If it helps, music therapy could become a low-cost addition to standard care that eases psychological pain during a suicidal crisis.
What could go wrong
Psychological pain is hard to measure, and a 48-hour window may be too short to show a lasting effect. Music therapy may add little beyond standard care.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

About 264 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Feb 2020

Expected to finish

Nov 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with suicidal ideas, thoughts or surviving suicide attempt * Patient whose emergency somatic management lasted less than 48h * Patient who, according to the physician, is still in suicidal mood * Patient admitted in the psychiatric hospitalization unit of the Public Mental Health Establishment * Patient with voluntary admission and agrees to stay in hospital from 48h to 60h * Patient able to write and read in french * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme * Patient who gives his Informed consent before any procedure related to the study Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with attempt suicide requiring a somatic care (intensive, surgery, gastric lavage...) * Patient with medical history of audiogenic and/or musicogenic epilepsy * Patient with major impairment of hearing function * Patient unable to support the headhset earphone * Patient with contra indication to BZD, hypnotics (Zopiclone) or requiring more sedative and/or psychotic drugs * Patient under guardianship or under judicial protection * Patient hospitalized at the request of a third party or ex officio

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Suicidal Ideation Suicide, Attempted

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Suicidal ideation Suicide, attempted

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Etablissement Public de Santé Mentale de La Réunion

    RECRUITING

    Saint-Paul, 97460, Reunion

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