NCT05223192

The Effects of Entrainment on Respiratory Stability and Cerebral Oxygenation in Preterm Infants

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 24 Weeks – 37 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Infants born prematurely at will be asked to participate in this randomized controlled trial at a corrected gestational age of 24-37 weeks. Infants will be randomly selected to each of the two groups: intervention and control. Infants in the treatment group will receive six intervention days over a two-week period, 3 sessions per week. Each intervention day consists of each of the two interventions in a random sequence: no intervention/silence and live ocean disc instrument intervention. The sound decibel level will also be recorded and maintained at 40-65dB to prevent overstimulation. Each infant will thus receive control and ocean disc intervention on the same day in the NICU. Interventions will be given in a randomized order (i.e., first ocean disc or first silence, randomized to AM or PM), with observation occurring for 10 minutes before each intervention, 15 minutes during each intervention, and 10 minutes after each per session. There will be 3 sessions per week for a two-week randomized treatment schedule. For each infant, data on total apnea time, mean respiratory rate, heart rate, O2 levels and behavior rating during will be collected. The sound decibel level will also be recorded and maintained at 40-65dB to prevent overstimulation and hearing damage. Near-infrared light spectroscopy (NIRS) data on cerebral oxygenation will also be collected. Observations will be recorded on the infant's activity or when change occurs, such as a pacifier falling out. Parents and nurses will be asked to behave as they normally would during routine care.

Conditions

• Prematurity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Music Therapy Entrainment with Ocean Disc Intervention	The studied intervention regards live entrainment with the ocean disc. Entrainment involves the use of an external stimulus, in the case of this study, an ocean disc instrument. Motion of the disc creates sounds in synchrony with the breathing of the infant and then in turn can control and influence the infant's regulation of the breath.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-31
• Completion: 2026-03-31
• First posted: 2022-02-03
• Last updated: 2025-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States