Binaural Beats for Postoperative Pain and Anxiety Reduction
Recruiting
Binaural Beats vs Music of Choice for Early Postoperative Pain After Ambulatory Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who can join
Ages 18 to 99 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System (ASA) 1-3 * Spinal anesthesia * Patients receiving nerve-block in Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) * Primary total hip or total knee arthroplasty Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate-severe hearing impairment or use of hearing aids * History of significant tinnitus, active delirium, chronic high-dose opioid therapy (\>60 MME/day baseline) * Major psychiatric pathology * General anesthesia
About the study
To deliver a 30-minute binaural beats audio intervention in PACU and collect pain and anxiety outcomes immediately following surgery, and 4 hours following surgery completion in adults undergoing ambulatory total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA).
What is being tested
- Binaural Beats Audio Intervention (other)
- Music of Choice (other)
Sponsor: University of Miami · Participants: 50 · Started: Mar 9, 2026
Contact the study team
- Andrew R Moya, MD · Phone: 1786-856-6463
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07437469
Locations in the U.S.
| Florida | Univeristy of Miami Health System, Miami |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.