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Music Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A study testing Psycho-Music Therapy in people with Pulmonary Diseases, run by Beth Israel Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The investigators combine traditional medical care with an integrative modality - Music Therapy specifically including wind playing, singing, and music visualizations- to study the effects on physical function and quality of life for adults with COPD. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 45 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pulmonary Diseases
What is being tested?
Psycho-Music Therapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
68 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jun 2008to Dec 2012
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 45 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient with at least moderate COPD according to the GOLD classification as well as other chronic disabling respiratory diseases. Inclusion criteria were defined as being enrolled in a Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) program as well as the ability to attend music therapy sessions at least once a week for 5 of 6 weekly sessions.
  • The patients were required to be medically stable simultaneously allowing them to participate in the pulmonary rehabilitation program

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel

    New York, New York, 10003

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About this study

Official title: The Effects of Music Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The investigators combine traditional medical care with an integrative modality - Music Therapy specifically including wind playing, singing, and music visualizations- to study the effects on physical function and quality of life for adults with COPD. The primary goals are to increase respiratory function and reduce respiratory symptoms and hospitalizations in order to improve breathing, functional capacity for activities of daily living, psychological well-being and quality of life in adult age 45 and above who are diagnosed with COPD

Read the detailed description

This study examines the effect of a multimodal psycho-music therapy intervention on respiratory symptoms (dyspnea), depression, and quality of life of patients with pulmonary disease during Pumonary Rehabilitation, in the combined effort of two departments of Mount Sinai Beth Israel: The Alice Lawrence Center for Health and Rehabilitation and The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine

  1. Desing The study cohort included patient with at least moderate COPD according to the GOLD classification as well as other chronic disabling respiratory diseases. Inclusion criteria were defined as being enrolled in a Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) program as well as the ability to attend music therapy sessions at least once a week for 5 of 6 weekly sessions. The patients were required to be medically stable simultaneously allowing them to participate in the pulmonary rehabilitation program. Standard, routine pulmonary rehabilitative medical care was used as the control to music therapy plus PR and patient selection was provided by a computer generated randomization protocol. The intervention included live music listening with visualization, wind playing and singing undertaken to study their effects on perceived dyspnea, depression and quality of life. Patients were allowed to choose between easy to play wind instruments i.e recorder, slide whistle, harmonica, etc. and instructed on their use. Ninety- eight subjects were evaluated as potential candidates for the study. Thirty of them were excluded because they would not commit to participate in the required number of music therapy sessions either due to the anticipated time commitment or personal/medical concerns. The 68 patients who agreed to participate in the investigation (Age Mean: 70.1), were randomize and 38 were allocated to the treatment group and 30 to the control group. These 68 patients who were newly enrolled in the Alice Lawrence Center had voluntarily sought to participate active PR through advertising and flyers posted in the community and throughout the hospital and affiliated office practices. The weekly music therapy sessions lasted 45 min, for a period of 6 weeks, in groups of 6 participants or less.

2- Method At the beginning and end of each session the patients were asked to score the intensity of current breathlessness by drawing a circle on different pictures of lungs that represented extent of dyspnea (VAS) These recorded measures would be collected at the end of each session, in order to evaluate the subjective effect of the treatment on the patients perception of dyspnea. CRQ and BDI were also administered at the beginning of the PR program and subsequently at 6 weeks, the end of the PR program. In the music therapy group, every session included music visualizations, wind instrument playing, and singing, providing direct methods of working with the breath control and offering active music-making experiences to support optimal breathing, foster self-expression, and increase opportunities for coping with the challenges of chronic respiratory disease.

3-Outcome measures

Primary outcomes were depressive symptoms, disease-specific quality of life factors, and patients' perceived dyspnea:

  • Depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Beck Depression Inventory 2nd edition-Fast Screen (BDI-FS), a 7-item subscale of the BDI-II. The BDI-FS measures signs and symptoms such as sadness, pessimism, past failure, anhedonia, self-dislike, self-criticalness, and suicidal thoughts or ideation.
  • Disease-specific quality of life as measured by the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire Self-Reported (CRQ-SR) is divided into four dimensions of dyspnea, fatigue, emotional function and mastery, with a 7-point Likert scale response for each question. Dyspnea relates to a patient's symptoms of shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. Mastery relates to a patient's sense of having control over his or her disease and symptoms. Emotion relates to a patient's general mood. Fatigue relates to a patient's energy level. We measured CRQ-SR domain scores at the time of enrolment in the study and again at completion, immediately following the final session after six weeks).
  • Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scale. This measures perceived dyspnea or breathlessness in participants during the music therapy sessions. The VAS is widely used in the measurement of breathlessness as well as other symptoms, e.g. pain, anxiety (annotate to appendix) 4-Statistical analysis Each of the dependent measures of primary outcomes (Depression, Dyspnea, and Health-Related Quality of Life) was analyzed using a generalized linear mixed model (SAS Proc GLIMMIX, SAS 9.3) involving a single between subjects factor (Treatment vs. Control) and a single within subjects factor (Period - enrollment vs. follow up 6 weeks later) Test of Treatment Group differences at Enrollment and at 6 weeks were made using planned contrast on the Least-Square means.
Being tested
Psycho-Music Therapy
Keywords
Music Therapy, Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Music Visualization, Therapeutic Singing, Wind-playing, Lung Condition
Medical subject headings
Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Psycho-Music TherapyBehavioural

Study groups in NCT02146235
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment Group - Music TherapyExperimentalThe experimental group participates in once weekly group music therapy session for 6 weeks using playing of simple wind instruments, singing, and music visualization. The Music therapy session lasts 45 min. and encourages patients to use breathing techniques to achieve a relaxation response. Extructured techniques involving singing, music improvisation supports breath pattens and provides supporting coping styles. The use of wind instruments involves a focus of breathing efficiently and elongating the exhalation to prolong musical tones and transferring breath control. Music Visualization involving deep breathing techniques provides optimal mind-body connection, influences breathing rhythms through more indirect means while reducing stress, accessing altered states and encourages healing imagery.
Receives: Behavioral: Psycho-Music Therapy
Standard Pulmonary RehabilitationNo interventionPulmonary rehabilitation is a program to people with chronic lung diseases like COPD, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis lead full, satisfying lives and restore them to their highest functional capacity. Pulmonary rehab is aimed to improve quality of life by: Decreasing respiratory symptoms and complications Encouraging self-management and control over daily functioning Improving physical conditioning and exercise performance Improving emotional well-being Reducing hospitalizations Pulmonary rehab programs include: Medical management Exercise Breathing retraining Education Emotional support Nutrition counseling

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire Self-Reported (CRQ-SR)

    CRQ-SR is divided into four dimensions of dyspnea, fatigue, emotional function and mastery, with a 7-point Likert scale response for each question. Dyspnea relates to a patient's symptoms of shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. Mastery relates to a patient's sense of having control over his or her disease and symptoms. Emotion relates to a patient's general mood. Fatigue relates to a patient's energy level. Patients generally report that they feel better with an average improvement of 0.5 per dimension. Changes between 0.75 and 1.25 represent important changes of moderate magnitude, and changes greater than 1.5 represent important changes of large magnitude.

    Measured: up to six weeks

  2. Beck Depression Inventory 2nd edition-Fast Screen (BDI-FS)

    BDI-FS), a 7-item subscale of the BDI-II. The BDI-FS measures signs and symptoms such as sadness, pessimism, past failure, anhedonia, self-dislike, self-criticalness, and suicidal thoughts or ideation. (P5:22). Each question on the BDI is answered on a scale of 0-3 (zero being little or none, and 3 representing a high level of the characteristic in question). Therefore the scale for the sum of the 7 questions goes from 0-21. The suggested scoring is 0-3 = minimal symptoms of depression, 4-6 = mild symptoms of depression, 7-9 = moderate symptoms of depression, and 10-21 = severe symptoms of depression.

    Measured: up to six weeks

  3. Perceived dyspnea Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

    A visual analogue scale, consisted in a succession of lung draws representing the breathlessness process with a numerical rating scale. This unidimensional instrument is commonly used in the measurement of dyspnea.

    Measured: Treatment group only. It is administrated prior and post every music therapy session. (6 weeks)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 May 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2008
  3. Primary completionDec 2012
  4. Study completionDec 2012

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
68 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02146235
Sponsor's protocol ID
081-08
Status last verified
May 2014
First submitted
21 May 2014
Last updated
23 May 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Bauldoff GS, Rittinger M, Nelson T, Doehrel J, Diaz PT. Feasibility of distractive auditory stimuli on upper extremity training in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2005 Jan-Feb;25(1):50-5. doi: 10.1097/00008483-200501000-00011.

    PubMed 15714113
  • Panigrahi A, Sohani S, Amadi C, Joshi A. Role of music in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a literature review. Technol Health Care. 2014;22(1):53-61. doi: 10.3233/THC-130773.

    PubMed 24398814
  • Bauldoff GS, Hoffman LA, Zullo TG, Sciurba FC. Exercise maintenance following pulmonary rehabilitation: effect of distractive stimuli. Chest. 2002 Sep;122(3):948-54. doi: 10.1378/chest.122.3.948.

    PubMed 12226037
  • von Leupoldt A, Taube K, Schubert-Heukeshoven S, Magnussen H, Dahme B. Distractive auditory stimuli reduce the unpleasantness of dyspnea during exercise in patients with COPD. Chest. 2007 Nov;132(5):1506-12. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-1245. Epub 2007 Sep 21.

    PubMed 17890458
  • Pfister T, Berrol C, Caplan C. Effects of music on exercise and perceived symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 1998 May-Jun;18(3):228-32. doi: 10.1097/00008483-199805000-00007.

    PubMed 9632325
  • Thornby MA, Haas F, Axen K. Effect of distractive auditory stimuli on exercise tolerance in patients with COPD. Chest. 1995 May;107(5):1213-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.107.5.1213.

    PubMed 7750308
  • Ho CF, Maa SH, Shyu YI, Lai YT, Hung TC, Chen HC. Effectiveness of paced walking to music at home for patients with COPD. COPD. 2012 Aug;9(5):447-57. doi: 10.3109/15412555.2012.685664. Epub 2012 May 29.

    PubMed 22643033
  • Louie SW. The effects of guided imagery relaxation in people with COPD. Occup Ther Int. 2004;11(3):145-59. doi: 10.1002/oti.203.

    PubMed 15297895
  • Singh VP, Rao V, V P, R C S, K KP. Comparison of the effectiveness of music and progressive muscle relaxation for anxiety in COPD--A randomized controlled pilot study. Chron Respir Dis. 2009;6(4):209-16. doi: 10.1177/1479972309346754.

    PubMed 19858350
  • le Roux FH, Bouic PJ, Bester MM. The effect of Bach's magnificat on emotions, immune, and endocrine parameters during physiotherapy treatment of patients with infectious lung conditions. J Music Ther. 2007 Summer;44(2):156-68. doi: 10.1093/jmt/44.2.156.

    PubMed 17484523
  • Sliwka A, Nowobilski R, Polczyk R, Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E, Szczeklik A. Mild asthmatics benefit from music therapy. J Asthma. 2012 May;49(4):401-8. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2012.663031. Epub 2012 Mar 7.

    PubMed 22397390
  • Muller V, Lindenberger U. Cardiac and respiratory patterns synchronize between persons during choir singing. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e24893. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024893. Epub 2011 Sep 21.

    PubMed 21957466
  • Irons JY, Kenny DT, Chang AB. Singing for children and adults with bronchiectasis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Feb 17;2010(2):CD007729. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007729.pub2.

    PubMed 20166097
  • Herer B. [Outcomes of a pulmonary rehabilitation program including singing training]. Rev Mal Respir. 2013 Mar;30(3):194-202. doi: 10.1016/j.rmr.2012.10.602. Epub 2012 Dec 13. French.

    PubMed 23497929
  • Lord VM, Hume VJ, Kelly JL, Cave P, Silver J, Waldman M, White C, Smith C, Tanner R, Sanchez M, Man WD, Polkey MI, Hopkinson NS. Singing classes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pulm Med. 2012 Nov 13;12:69. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-69.

    PubMed 23145504

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Psycho-Music Therapy in people with Pulmonary Diseases, run by Beth Israel Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 May 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire Self-Reported (CRQ-SR) (time frame: up to six weeks). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02146235, which also lists 22 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

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AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 May 2014.

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