PainNCT04862832
Reduction of Thermal Pain From a Personalized Musical Intervention : Effect of Musical Preference
A study testing Music intervention in people with Pain, run by Association de Musicothérapie Applications et Recherches Cliniques at 1 site in Canada.
Trial summary
This is a randomized, 3-days study with the objective to compare the modulation of pain from our musical intervention to the CPT-induced analgesia and silence. The mean pain felt before and after CPT, the silence, and at three times points for the music conditions, 2.20 minutes, 11.30 minutes and 20 minutes, will be… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 45 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Pain
- What is being tested?
- Music intervention
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 33 participants
- Where
- 1 siteCanada
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2021to 20 May 2021
- 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 18 to 45 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- healthy adults
Who cannot join
- musicians with knowledge of music theory
- diagnosed and taking medication for chronic pain
- skin problems
- psychological or neurological pathologies
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
This is a randomized, 3-days study with the objective to compare the modulation of pain from our musical intervention to the CPT-induced analgesia and silence. The mean pain felt before and after CPT, the silence, and at three times points for the music conditions, 2.20 minutes, 11.30 minutes and 20 minutes, will be evaluated.
Based on previous data, the sample size has been estimated, and 30 participants will be enrolled.
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They will undergo four conditions: CPT, silence, Most-Liked Music (MLM) and Least-Liked Music.
The music used will be Music Care, a personalized musical intervention used in clinical settings. It has a U shape in six sections that each have different tempi, number of instruments and volume.
There will be two music conditions: the most-liked-music (MLM) and least-liked-music (LLM) conditions. The sequence rated the highest will be listened to during the MLM and the one rated the lowest will be listened during the LLM condition. MLM will be considered as a score between 7 and 10 on the preference scale. LLM will be considered as a score between 0 and 4.
The cold pressor test will consist in the immersion of the participants' arm in 10 degrees circulating water for two minutes.
The silence condition will consist of six minutes in which the participants stay seated on the examination chair without access to their phones or other provided distractions.
There will be three testing days for each participants. They will be seated in a comfortable chair in a quiet room. The first day, before the pain tests started, consent form will be read and signed by the participants. After, the MLM and LLM will be determined. Then, the sociodemographic questionnaire, the two State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) subscales, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) will be administered. Finally, a first two minutes pain test will be performed (T1), the CPT and a second pain test (T2).
The second and third day will consist of first the STAI, the state subscale, the silence condition and then one music condition. The order of music condition will be randomized. The silence condition will consist of a first pain test (T3 or T8), six minutes of silence and then a second pain test (T4 or T9). Those 6 minutes will be chosen in order to equal the duration between the end of the first pain test and the start of the second one of the music intervention condition. In fact, for the music condition, whether it's the MLM or LLM, the first pain tests will be performed at 2.20 minutes after the music started (T5 or T10). The second will be after the relaxation phase at 11.30 minutes (T6 or T11) and the third after the whole 20-minutes cycle (T6 or T12). A post music condition score of the MLM and LLM on the same preference scale as the selection will be administered.
Quantitative data will be described using mean, standard deviation, median, extreme values (minimum and maximum) and the number of missing data.
Qualitative data will be described by their distributions in terms of numbers and percentages by class as well as the number of missing data.
The normality condition will be verified using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Quantitative variables will be compared by the paired Student test if conditions were checked or by the non-parametric test of the signed Wilcoxon ranks, as part of the comparison of 2 modalities. The quantitative variables will be compared between the 3 conditions using a repeated-measure ANOVA or Friedman test.
Tests will be bilateral, with a threshold of 5%.
Read the detailed description
Background: Music is used as a management technique for pain in multiple clinical settings. Music-induced analgesia (MIA) seems to be using the endogenous descending pain modulatory system. This latter is demonstrated by the The Cold Pressor Test (CPT), used here alongside silence as a control condition for MIA.
Study design: This is a randomized, 3-days study with the objective to compare the modulation of pain from our musical intervention to the CPT-induced analgesia and silence.
Objectives: The objective of this study will be to compare the modulation of pain from our musical intervention to the CPT-induced analgesia and silence. In addition, the difference in pain modulation from the most-liked music and least-liked music conditions will be evaluated. It is predicted that most liked music will reduce pain perception in a similar fashion than the CPT and more than the least liked music and silence.
The mean pain felt before and after CPT, the silence, and at three times points for the music conditions, 2.20 minutes, 11.30 minutes and 20 minutes, will be compared.
Participants: Based on previous data, the sample size has been estimated, and 30 participants will be enrolled.
Intervention: Each participant will undergo four conditions: CPT, silence, Most-Liked Music (MLM) and Least-Liked Music.
The music used will be Music Care, a personalized musical intervention used in clinical settings. It has a U shape in six sections that each have different tempi, number of instruments and volume.
There will be two music conditions: the most-liked-music (MLM) and least-liked-music (LLM) conditions. The sequence rated the highest will be listened to during the MLM and the one rated the lowest will be listened during the LLM condition. MLM will be considered as a score between 7 and 10 on the preference scale. LLM will be considered as a score between 0 and 4.
The cold pressor test will consist in the immersion of the participants' arm in 10 degrees circulating water for two minutes.
The silence condition will consist of six minutes in which the participants stay seated on the examination chair without access to their phones or other provided distractions.
Measures: There will be three testing days for each participants. They will be seated in a comfortable chair in a quiet room. The first day, before the pain tests started, consent form will be read and signed by the participants. After, the MLM and LLM will be determined. Then, the sociodemographic questionnaire, the two STAI subscales, BDI and PCS will be administered. Finally, a first two minutes pain test will be performed (T1), the CPT and a second pain test (T2).
The second and third day will consist of first the STAI, the state subscale, the silence condition and then one music condition. The order of music condition will be randomized. The silence condition will consist of a first pain test (T3 or T8), six minutes of silence and then a second pain test (T4 or T9). Those 6 minutes will be chosen in order to equal the duration between the end of the first pain test and the start of the second one of the music intervention condition. In fact, for the music condition, whether it's the MLM or LLM, the first pain tests will be performed at 2.20 minutes after the music started (T5 or T10). The second will be after the relaxation phase at 11.30 minutes (T6 or T11) and the third after the whole 20-minutes cycle (T6 or T12). A post music condition score of the MLM and LLM on the same preference scale as the selection will be administered.
Statistical methods: Quantitative data will be described using mean, standard deviation, median, extreme values (minimum and maximum) and the number of missing data.
Qualitative data will be described by their distributions in terms of numbers and percentages by class as well as the number of missing data.
The normality condition will be verified using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Quantitative variables will be compared by the paired Student test if conditions were checked or by the non-parametric test of the signed Wilcoxon ranks, as part of the comparison of 2 modalities. The quantitative variables will be compared between the 3 conditions using a repeated-measure ANOVA or Friedman test.
Tests will be bilateral, with a threshold of 5%.
- Conditions
- Pain
- Being tested
- Music intervention
- Keywords
- Pain, Anxiety, Musical intervention, Web app-based
- Medical subject headings
- Pain, Anxiety Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Music interventionOther
Also called Cold Pressor Test (CPT)
The cold pressor test will consist in the immersion of the participants' arm in 10 degrees circulating water for two minutes.
The music sequences will be all 20 minutes, instrumental, professionally recorded in the studio and composed specifically for the Music Care application and are thus unfamiliar to participants. There will be two music conditions: the most-liked-music (MLM) and least-liked-music (LLM) conditions.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| CPT - LLM - MLM | Experimental | On day 1: CPT On day 2: LLM On day 3: MLM Receives: Other: Music intervention |
| CPT - MLM - LLM | Experimental | On day 1: CPT On day 2: MLM On day 3: LLM Receives: Other: Music intervention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Pain level change from baseline to the end of music intervention
Pain level measured using a Computerized Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) from 0: "no pain" to 100: "most intense pain tolerable".
Measured: Collected before the music starts (considered as baseline), and after the whole 20-minutes cycle.
Secondary outcomes (3)
Pain level change from baseline to the beginning of music intervention
Pain level measured using a Computerized Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) from 0: "no pain" to 100: "most intense pain tolerable".
Measured: Collected before the music starts (considered as baseline) and 2.20 minutes after the music start.
Pain level change from baseline to the relaxation phase of music intervention
Pain level measured using a Computerized Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) from 0: "no pain" to 100: "most intense pain tolerable".
Measured: Collected before the music starts (considered as baseline) and after the relaxation phase at 11.30 minutes.
Perception of time
Under both music conditions, the duration of the session will not be communicated to the participants. At the end of the musical intervention sequence, they will be asked how long it had lasted according to their opinion.
Measured: 20 minutes after music starts
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Apr 2021
- Study start1 Apr 2021
- Primary completion20 May 2021
- Study completion20 May 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 33 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Association de Musicothérapie Applications et Recherches Cliniques
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04862832
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MUSEC
- Status last verified
- Feb 2022
- First submitted
- 16 Apr 2021
- Last updated
- 3 Mar 2022
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Soyeux O, Marchand S. A web app-based music intervention reduces experimental thermal pain: A randomized trial on preferred versus least-liked music style. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023 Jan 16;3:1055259. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.1055259. eCollection 2022.
PubMed 36726374
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Mar 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Reduction of Thermal Pain From a Personalized Musical Intervention : Effect of Musical Preference
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04862832
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MUSEC
- Conditions
- Pain
- Keywords
- Pain, Anxiety, Musical intervention, Web app-based
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 33 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Association de Musicothérapie Applications et Recherches CliniquesUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 20 May 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 20 May 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 28 Apr 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is a randomized, 3-days study with the objective to compare the modulation of pain from our musical intervention to the CPT-induced analgesia and silence. The mean pain felt before and after CPT, the silence, and at three times points for the music conditions, 2.20 minutes, 11.30 minutes and 20 minutes, will be evaluated.
Based on previous data, the sample size has been estimated, and 30 participants will be enrolled.
They will undergo four conditions: CPT, silence, Most-Liked Music (MLM) and Least-Liked Music.
The music used will be Music Care, a personalized musical intervention used in clinical settings. It has a U shape in six sections that each have different tempi, number of instruments and volume.
There will be two music conditions: the most-liked-music (MLM) and least-liked-music (LLM) conditions. The sequence rated the highest will be listened to during the MLM and the one rated the lowest will be listened during the LLM condition. MLM will be considered as a score between 7 and 10 on the preference scale. LLM will be considered as a score between 0 and 4.
The cold pressor test will consist in the immersion of the participants' arm in 10 degrees circulating water for two minutes.
The silence condition will consist of six minutes in which the participants stay seated on the examination chair without access to their phones or other provided distractions.
There will be three testing days for each participants. They will be seated in a comfortable chair in a quiet room. The first day, before the pain tests started, consent form will be read and signed by the participants. After, the MLM and LLM will be determined. Then, the sociodemographic questionnaire, the two State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) subscales, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) will be administered. Finally, a first two minutes pain test will be performed (T1), the CPT and a second pain test (T2).
The second and third day will consist of first the STAI, the state subscale, the silence condition and then one music condition. The order of music condition will be randomized. The silence condition will consist of a first pain test (T3 or T8), six minutes of silence and then a second pain test (T4 or T9). Those 6 minutes will be chosen in order to equal the duration between the end of the first pain test and the start of the second one of the music intervention condition. In fact, for the music condition, whether it's the MLM or LLM, the first pain tests will be performed at 2.20 minutes after the music started (T5 or T10). The second will be after the relaxation phase at 11.30 minutes (T6 or T11) and the third after the whole 20-minutes cycle (T6 or T12). A post music condition score of the MLM and LLM on the same preference scale as the selection will be administered.
Quantitative data will be described using mean, standard deviation, median, extreme values (minimum and maximum) and the number of missing data.
Qualitative data will be described by their distributions in terms of numbers and percentages by class as well as the number of missing data.
The normality condition will be verified using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Quantitative variables will be compared by the paired Student test if conditions were checked or by the non-parametric test of the signed Wilcoxon ranks, as part of the comparison of 2 modalities. The quantitative variables will be compared between the 3 conditions using a repeated-measure ANOVA or Friedman test.
Tests will be bilateral, with a threshold of 5%.
Detailed description
Background: Music is used as a management technique for pain in multiple clinical settings. Music-induced analgesia (MIA) seems to be using the endogenous descending pain modulatory system. This latter is demonstrated by the The Cold Pressor Test (CPT), used here alongside silence as a control condition for MIA.
Study design: This is a randomized, 3-days study with the objective to compare the modulation of pain from our musical intervention to the CPT-induced analgesia and silence.
Objectives: The objective of this study will be to compare the modulation of pain from our musical intervention to the CPT-induced analgesia and silence. In addition, the difference in pain modulation from the most-liked music and least-liked music conditions will be evaluated. It is predicted that most liked music will reduce pain perception in a similar fashion than the CPT and more than the least liked music and silence.
The mean pain felt before and after CPT, the silence, and at three times points for the music conditions, 2.20 minutes, 11.30 minutes and 20 minutes, will be compared.
Participants: Based on previous data, the sample size has been estimated, and 30 participants will be enrolled.
Intervention: Each participant will undergo four conditions: CPT, silence, Most-Liked Music (MLM) and Least-Liked Music.
The music used will be Music Care, a personalized musical intervention used in clinical settings. It has a U shape in six sections that each have different tempi, number of instruments and volume.
There will be two music conditions: the most-liked-music (MLM) and least-liked-music (LLM) conditions. The sequence rated the highest will be listened to during the MLM and the one rated the lowest will be listened during the LLM condition. MLM will be considered as a score between 7 and 10 on the preference scale. LLM will be considered as a score between 0 and 4.
The cold pressor test will consist in the immersion of the participants' arm in 10 degrees circulating water for two minutes.
The silence condition will consist of six minutes in which the participants stay seated on the examination chair without access to their phones or other provided distractions.
Measures: There will be three testing days for each participants. They will be seated in a comfortable chair in a quiet room. The first day, before the pain tests started, consent form will be read and signed by the participants. After, the MLM and LLM will be determined. Then, the sociodemographic questionnaire, the two STAI subscales, BDI and PCS will be administered. Finally, a first two minutes pain test will be performed (T1), the CPT and a second pain test (T2).
The second and third day will consist of first the STAI, the state subscale, the silence condition and then one music condition. The order of music condition will be randomized. The silence condition will consist of a first pain test (T3 or T8), six minutes of silence and then a second pain test (T4 or T9). Those 6 minutes will be chosen in order to equal the duration between the end of the first pain test and the start of the second one of the music intervention condition. In fact, for the music condition, whether it's the MLM or LLM, the first pain tests will be performed at 2.20 minutes after the music started (T5 or T10). The second will be after the relaxation phase at 11.30 minutes (T6 or T11) and the third after the whole 20-minutes cycle (T6 or T12). A post music condition score of the MLM and LLM on the same preference scale as the selection will be administered.
Statistical methods: Quantitative data will be described using mean, standard deviation, median, extreme values (minimum and maximum) and the number of missing data.
Qualitative data will be described by their distributions in terms of numbers and percentages by class as well as the number of missing data.
The normality condition will be verified using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Quantitative variables will be compared by the paired Student test if conditions were checked or by the non-parametric test of the signed Wilcoxon ranks, as part of the comparison of 2 modalities. The quantitative variables will be compared between the 3 conditions using a repeated-measure ANOVA or Friedman test.
Tests will be bilateral, with a threshold of 5%.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| CPT - LLM - MLM | Experimental | Other: Music interventionOn day 1: CPT On day 2: LLM On day 3: MLM |
| CPT - MLM - LLM | Experimental | Other: Music interventionOn day 1: CPT On day 2: MLM On day 3: LLM |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 45 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- healthy adults
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- musicians with knowledge of music theory
- diagnosed and taking medication for chronic pain
- skin problems
- psychological or neurological pathologies
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Music interventionAlso: Cold Pressor Test (CPT)The cold pressor test will consist in the immersion of the participants' arm in 10 degrees circulating water for two minutes. The music sequences will be all 20 minutes, instrumental, professionally recorded in the studio and composed specifically for the Music Care application and are thus unfamiliar to participants. There will be two music conditions: the most-liked-music (MLM) and least-liked-music (LLM) conditions. | Other | CPT - LLM - MLM, CPT - MLM - LLM |
Primary outcome
Pain level change from baseline to the end of music intervention
Time frame: Collected before the music starts (considered as baseline), and after the whole 20-minutes cycle.
Pain level measured using a Computerized Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) from 0: "no pain" to 100: "most intense pain tolerable".
3 secondary outcomes
Pain level change from baseline to the beginning of music intervention
Time frame: Collected before the music starts (considered as baseline) and 2.20 minutes after the music start.
Pain level change from baseline to the relaxation phase of music intervention
Time frame: Collected before the music starts (considered as baseline) and after the relaxation phase at 11.30 minutes.
Perception of time
Time frame: 20 minutes after music starts
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Mar 2022.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 36726374Soyeux O, Marchand S. A web app-based music intervention reduces experimental thermal pain: A randomized trial on preferred versus least-liked music style. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023 Jan 16;3:1055259. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.1055259. eCollection 2022.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Music intervention in people with Pain, run by Association de Musicothérapie Applications et Recherches Cliniques at 1 site in Canada.
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 1 inclusion and 4 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 3 Mar 2022. 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 Canada. 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?
Pain level change from baseline to the end of music intervention (time frame: Collected before the music starts (considered as baseline), and after the whole 20-minutes cycle.). 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 NCT04862832, which also lists 1 linked publication.
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.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Mar 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.