NCT03533985

Effect of Music Therapy on Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

The Effect of Music Therapy on Neonates Diagnosed With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Pilot Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study examines the effects of 6 different music therapy interventions on outcomes for neonates diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.

Detailed description

The purpose of this exploratory pilot study is to learn what, if any, effects live music therapy interventions have on the pacification, stabilization, and development of infants diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who has been exposed to illegal or prescription opiates while in the mother's womb. Participants will receive 6 music therapy sessions over a 14-day period based on a randomized treatment schedule of 6 different interventions.

Conditions

• NAS

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Song of Kin	Music therapists will assess meaningful song/theme (of choice/culture) and provide musical elements in a way that nurtures parents. They will then develop a simplified part of the theme into a soothing lullaby for their infants to be utilized directly by the parent/s and/or the music therapist to comfort, engage or sedate.
OTHER	Gato box	Depending on the time of intervention and need of the infant the music therapist will provide rhythmic entrainment that follows the heart rate or suck patterns of the infant
OTHER	Ocean disc	Depending on the time of intervention and needs of the infant the music therapist will provide a whoosh sound using the Remo Ocean disc. It will be entrained to the infant's respiratory rate.
OTHER	Contingent singing	Depending on the state of the infant, the music therapist will provide short segments of conversant prosody, to enhance quiet-alert, or stimulate relaxation/sleep
OTHER	Tonal Vocal holding	Music therapist will provide a vowel, long held tone, sung without vibrato
OTHER	Muted shaker	If infant is awake, the muted shaker will be used to entrain to the infant's vital signs-to comfort, soothe or sedate

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2018-05-23
• Last updated: 2025-02-24

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: United States