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The Effects of Music Therapy on Adult Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, and ARDS admitted to the ICU requiring mechanical ventilation * Patients that are anticipated to remain on invasive mechanical ventilation for 48 hours or more will be screened for participation in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Under 18 years of age * Identified hearing disorder * Prior history of chronic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation * RASS score of -4, or -5 * Active seizures, or status epilepticus * Cardiac arrest * Coma * End of life * More than 2 vasopressors
About the study
While most studies in the medical literature that indicate "music" as an intervention may recognize its impact and capacity to decrease pain perception, anxiety, and/or its role in the regulation of cardiac and respiratory function in ICU patients, no identifiable studies have implemented entrained live music therapy protocols into clinical trials. Music therapy treatment is a non-pharmacological intervention that is individually tailored to the patient's needs and focuses on the assessment and intervention of a specific music application that is provided by a certified music therapist. Entrained music therapy focuses on a dynamic interaction between the patient and music therapist in which the music therapist attempts to promote relaxation and comfort through the patient's identified Song of Kin (SOK). This study measures the effects of live music therapy entrained to the vital signs of adult patients on duration of mechanical ventilation.
What is being tested
- Toning (other)
- Ocean drum & SOK melody (other)
- SOK (other)
- Process (behavioral)
- Holding Harmonic Container (other)
Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Participants: 178 · Started: Dec 12, 2018
Contact the study team
- Joanne Loewy, DA, LCAT, MT-BC · Phone: (212) 420-3484
- Christopher Pizzute, MA, LCAT-LP, MT-BC · Phone: (212) 636-3112
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT03642002
Locations in the U.S.
| New York | Mount Sinai West, New York |
| Texas | Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.