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CompletedNCT04087564

The Impact of Music on Nociceptive Processing

Investigating Differences in Modulation of Nociceptive Processing by Music in Chronic Pain Patients

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
111 (actual)
Sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The investigators are studying the ways that different music may change pain perception

Detailed description

In this study, the investigators are comparing healthy individuals to HIV and Fibromyalgia patients. The investigators are measuring the differences in pain processing between subject groups in the presence and absence of different music and distraction conditions. The investigators will be using Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) in order to induce varying pain conditions on the participants. The investigators will also have participants complete sets of psychosocial questionnaires. Patients with Fibromyalgia tend to have a higher pain sensitivity. Additionally, patients with an HIV diagnosis tend to be prescribed opioid medications. The investigators would like to find out if music can modulate pain, and in turn help reduce the amount of opioid medications those with a chronic pain diagnosis take.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERmusic interventionThe music intervention (Unwind), developed by the investigators collaborators at the Sync Project, is a machine learning protocol that generates specific sounds and phrases of music that are stitched into a music track in response to user-reported pain, anxiety and catastrophizing scales. Unwind is delivered via a web application on a smart phone. Participants will also listen to white noise and their favorite music throughout the study session

Timeline

Start date
2019-06-13
Primary completion
2023-05-23
Completion
2023-05-23
First posted
2019-09-12
Last updated
2023-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04087564. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.