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CompletedNCT01515436

The Effect of Music Periodicity on Interictal Epileptiform Discharges

A Randomized, Single-Blinded Clinical Trial: The Effect of Music Periodicity on Interictal Epileptiform Discharges

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10 (actual)
Sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
5 Years – 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if having children listen to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448) will lessen the amount of spike discharges on his/her Electroencephalography (EEG). These spike discharges often occur during a 24 hour period in the EEG of a child with Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BCECTS), or Rolandic Epilepsy. Should there be a decrease in the amount of spike discharges after listening to Mozart's music, this information may lead to new understanding and possible treatments for epilepsy.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERMozart alternating with BeethovenStudy participants will listen to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 alternating with Beethoven's Fur Elise.
OTHERBeethoven alternating with MozartStudy participants will listen to Beethoven's Fur Elise alternating with Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448.

Timeline

Start date
2004-02-01
Primary completion
2004-05-01
Completion
2007-12-01
First posted
2012-01-24
Last updated
2012-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01515436. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.