Status:

COMPLETED

A Study of the Experience of Music Therapy in Cancer Patients With Delirium

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

New York University

Conditions:

Cancer Patients With Delirium

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve our understanding of the experience of music therapy by cancer patients with delirium, and the experience of music therapists working with these patients. The r...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • adult patients (ages 18-75) with delirium
  • referred for and receive music therapy.
  • were identified as having delirium by the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Confusion Assessment Method for ICU patients (CAM-ICU) or a documented diagnosis by a clinician from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the patient's electronic medical record (EMR).
  • Patients that have had music therapy in the past will be eligible for the study
  • Only patients that recover from delirium (per CAM, CAM-ICU, or progress note by a clinician from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) after receiving music therapy will be approached for interview by the researcher.
  • This study will also include their caregivers, music therapists, primary nurse, and bedside companions who have participated in or observed the participants' response to music therapy.
  • The music therapist participants are:
  • Board-certified senior music therapists with 10 or more years experience in the research site who sign a blanket consent form to participate in study.
  • Assigned to eligible patients by Integrative Medicine Service Client Service Representative (CSR).
  • The caregivers are:
  • Family or unrelated adult (\>18) caregivers who observed bedside music therapy session(s) with patients meeting inclusion criteria
  • The staff caregivers are:
  • Primary nurse caring for eligible patients who receive their first music therapy session while experiencing delirium.
  • Patient care technicians (PCT) assigned as bedside companions for eligible patients who receive music therapy

Exclusion

  • have a known hearing impairment
  • do not speak English.
  • are heavily sedated, comatose, or expected to be discharged or expire within 48 hours
  • have known comorbidities of delirium tremens, steroid psychosis, or dementia
  • Caregivers will be excluded from the study if they do not speak English. Music therapists, nurses, or bedside companions will be excluded if they are not assigned to eligible patients.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 23 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 18 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

17 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04104217

Start Date

September 23 2019

End Date

August 18 2023

Last Update

August 22 2023

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States, 10065