Mind Engagement With Music for Nondrug Pain Relief

This study has been completed.

First Received: February 15, 2005 Last Updated: June 19, 2008 History of Changes

Sponsored by:	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Information provided by:	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00103870

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether engaging in music listening tasks can reduce the perception of pain and provide nondrug pain relief.

Study hypotheses: 1) Performing a highly engaging listening task reduces psychophysiological arousal to painful stimuli. 2) Psychophysiological arousal to painful stimuli is a function of the complexity of the auditory signal. 3) Signal complexity and task difficulty interact to produce the greatest engagement and maximum reduction in psychophysiological arousal to painful stimuli.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Pain	Procedure: Electrodermal stimulation Procedure: Music listening task	Phase I

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Music Engagement for Non-Pharmacological Analgesia

Further study details as provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM):

Primary Outcome Measures:

Reduction in psychophysiological markers for nociceptive responses

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Level of engagement as measured by engagement ratings and absorption scale

Estimated Enrollment:	120
Study Start Date:	February 2005
Study Completion Date:	March 2008
Primary Completion Date:	March 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Willing and able to comply with all study requirements

Exclusion Criteria:

Abnormal hearing
Severe allergies to skin preparations
Psychoactive drugs
Hypertension drugs
Pregnancy

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00103870

Locations

United States, Utah
University of Utah Pain Research Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84108

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

David H. Bradshaw, PhD

University of Utah Pain Research Center

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	R21 AT001586-01A1
Study First Received:	February 15, 2005
Last Updated:	June 19, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00103870 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM):

Music Therapy
Electric Stimulation
Electric Shock
Analgesics

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Shock
Pain
Analgesics

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 11, 2009