NCT06924892

Assessment of Music Experiences in Navigating Depression

Assessment of Music Experiences in Navigating Depression (AMEND)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study team sought to scientifically investigate strategic subsets of depressed individuals or people prone to or at-risk of depression through music experiences of individual, group, and blended supported contexts. Meetings with the study multi-disciplinary team, included member of the Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute and University affiliates, where the study team gathered quantitative and qualitative data in individual and group forums, measuring disease process and levels of participation. Through tabulation of participatory options with standardized depression and resilience measurements, the study team studied how live music could alter depressive symptoms over time and/ or change negative influencers of mood, shift quality of life, and lead toward possibly enhanced disease trajectory outcomes.

Conditions

• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Music therapy	Independent music therapy 45-minute sessions provided weekly for 3 months
OTHER	Wellness Concerts	Wellness Concerts provided at partner sites (Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute, Cooper Union College, Third Street Music Settlement).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-05
• Primary completion: 2025-03-24
• Completion: 2025-03-30
• First posted: 2025-04-11
• Last updated: 2025-10-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States