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Status unknownNCT04702594DEMUseUpdated Jul 14, 2021

Music Therapy and Psycho-behavioral Disorders in the Elderly Population

An interventional study of Music therapy session via tools validated by MUSIC CARE in Behavioral Disorder and Music Therapy, sponsored by Hospices Civils de Lyon. Status unknown at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 60 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-07-14.

Sponsored by Hospices Civils de Lyon · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
35
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
60 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Since the 1990s, neuroscience, with functional MRI, has made it possible to understand the beneficial neurophysiological effect of music on man and his brain. They have shown that music stimulates brain plasticity and contributes to the reorganization of the affected neural circuits. The concept of cerebral plasticity and cerebral symphony have thus been developed. In March 2008, the HAS (High Authority for Health) proposed in its recommendations good practices concerning the management of neurodegenerative diseases that "Music therapy, aromatherapy, multisensory stimulation ... could improve certain of behavior's aspects ". Music has shown that memory capacity can remain present in people with Alzheimer's disease even in the advanced stages. Music also improves the well-being of patients with Alzheimer's or mixed dementia living in institutions and reduces the suffering of caregivers. It improves communication with others, including those who have lost the usual codes of communication and improves the quality of sleep of elderly people living in institutions.

However, although musical interventions have recently gained popularity as a non-pharmacological treatment for dementia, the scientific evidence warrants further research.

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Conditions studied

  • Behavioral Disorder
  • Music Therapy

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In context

Mental Disorders

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This study's planned enrollment of 35 is below the median of 94 across 1,574 interventional studies indexed under Mental Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Hospices Civils de Lyon is the lead sponsor of 1,826 studies on the registry; 439 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
60 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients over the age of 60 present in the reinforced hospital unit during the study period
  • Patients over 60 years hospitalized in follow-up care and rehabilitation with behavioral disorders in the context of a neurocognitive disorder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unpaired deafness
  • Refusal to participate
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
35 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    UHR and SRH

    All patients over the age of 60 present in the UHR and hospitalized in SRH with behavioral disorders in the context of a neurocognitive disorder

    Behavioral: Music therapy session via tools validated by MUSIC CARE

Interventions

  • BehavioralMusic therapy session via tools validated by MUSIC CARE

    Use of the MUSICARE tool, a digital space allowing access to different validated methods of music therapy. Music listening times are offered to patients with cognitive impairment with psycho-behavioral symptoms. The sessions are individual or group performed by a psychomotor therapist in UHR and volunteer caregivers trained in SRH. The sessions last on average 20-30min.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evolution of the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory (NPI) scale

    The improvement in psycho-behavioral symptoms will be assessed by the NPI score provided by the MUSIC CARE application carried out by a caregiver.

    Time frame: Baseline, once a week during study participation and at the end of the patient's participation in the study (1 month after inclusion)

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Hôpital Pierre Garraud
    Lyon, 69005, France
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 14, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04702594
Lead sponsor
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 11, 2021
Start date
Jan 18, 2021
Primary completion
Aug 18, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 18, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 14, 2021

Study contacts

Anne FRELY, MD
Contact
anne.frely@chu-lyon.fr
04.72.16.71.41
Blandine DE-LA-GASTINE, MD
Contact
blandine.de-la-gastine@chu-lyon.fr
04.72.16.71.14

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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