Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 2Months - 17Years
All Genders
NCT05541029

Music Listening: A Mechanistic Trial

Led by University of Pittsburgh · Updated on 2026-01-20

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Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

215 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

U

University of Pittsburgh

Lead Sponsor

E

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

A randomized within-subject crossover trial to compare the effects of live and recorded music listening on biomarkers of stress and pain among children receiving mechanical ventilation in the pediatric intensive care unit.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Music Listening: A Mechanistic Trial

Who Can Participate

Age: 2Months - 17Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Age between 2 months and 17 years
  • Currently intubated and receiving mechanical ventilation
  • Expected to stay in the pediatric intensive care unit for more than 72 hours
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Primary caregiver does not read, write, and speak English
  • Child is not expected to survive the pediatric intensive care unit stay
  • Child has deafness in both ears, history of musicogenic epilepsy, or is receiving neuromuscular blockade infusion
  • Child has a diagnosis of COVID-19
  • Child was admitted for a new traumatic brain injury

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224

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Research Team

J

Jessica Eldridge

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

SINGLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

6

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