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Effect of Music Therapy on Cognitive Recovery

NCT01947088 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-01-08

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Summary

Participation in music therapy will result in improvement in cognitive functioning, as measured by neuropsychological testing 9-12 months following surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music Therapy

Will consist of meeting with the music therapists, Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLS), or Child Life Assistants (CLA) for either music therapy for about 45 minutes, twice per week, for Weeks 1-8. The Music Therapy group will partake in interventions such as singing and playing musical instruments. All brain surgery candidates receive a neuropsychological assessment before and after surgery (9-12 months after surgery). In addition, patients who agree to participate in the study will receive cognitive screening and a music therapy evaluation prior to surgery (Baseline 1). These evaluations will also be given within 3 days of epilepsy surgery (Baseline 2), 8 weeks after surgery (Baseline 3), and 9-12 months after surgery (Baseline 4.)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seton Healthcare Family

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Townsend, MMT · Seton Healthcare Family

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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