Actively Recruiting
Delirium in Neurodegenerative Disease Patients: A Music Therapy Intervention for Hospital Care
Led by Boston Medical Center · Updated on 2026-04-01
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
37 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
In this pilot study a new kind of music therapy will be created and tested to help prevent confusion, called delirium, that can happen in the hospital. This can affect people with brain diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Each of the anticipated 30 participants will have up to five music therapy sessions. The sessions will be made just for them and may include live music, playing instruments, or listening to recorded music. Surveys will be used to learn how easy the therapy is to do in the hospital and what people think about how helpful the sessions may be for future patients.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Delirium in Neurodegenerative Disease Patients: A Music Therapy Intervention for Hospital Care
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Admitted as inpatient to Boston Medical Center
- Diagnosis or history of Parkinson's Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Alzheimer's Disease-related dementias, vascular dementia, or other cognitive impairment
- Cognitive impairment documented on active problem list, past medical history, or elsewhere in the electronic medical record
- Participants with cognitive impairment able to consent or with legally authorized representative consent
- Spanish speaking participants included with certified medical interpreter support
- Patients admitted to intensive care unit not receiving continuous intravenous sedative medications, pending physician approval
You will not qualify if you...
- Admitted to observation status (not expected to remain inpatient long enough for therapy)
- Expected discharge within 24 hours of eligibility
- Self-reported history of musicogenic seizures
- Hearing loss preventing hearing recorded sounds below 70 decibels
- Dislike of music with Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire score below 40
- Current prisoners
- Patients in intensive care unit receiving continuous intravenous sedative medication
- Pregnant women
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Kara M Smith, MD MSCI FAAN
CONTACT
A
Amber Payne, MS
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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