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Non-pharmacological Care of Alzheimer's Disease: Benefice of Musical Interventions

NCT02833870 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2017-01-02

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Summary

Cares of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related disorders are presenting a real public health challenge. Because of the limited effectiveness of pharmacological treatments, there is a growing interest in care approach based on nonpharmacological treatments, such as musical interventions. Several lines of evidence suggest that musical interventions could improve behaviour, emotion and even cognition in patients with AD. However, very few studies respond to the methodological constraints required for clinical controlled trials carried out in well selected groups of patients. The efficiency of such care approaches is not scientifically proved yet and the impact of musical interventions has rarely been compared to another pleasant intervention, leaving open the question about the specific benefits of music in patients with dementia. The main goal of this research project is to demonstrate short and longer-term efficiencies and the specificity of musical interventions in dementia by investigating their effects not only in patients but also in familial and professional caregivers.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Related Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Musical intervention

BEHAVIORAL

Non-musical (cooking) intervention

BEHAVIORAL

Control with no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • CHU de Reims

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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