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Targeting Apathy With Music in Parkinson's Disease

NCT05505019 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2026-03-23

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Summary

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is often accompanied by non-motor symptoms that make treatment more difficult. One such symptom is apathy (lack of motivation and emotion). There are no treatments for apathy in PD, and this remains a major unmet need in PD patients. One possible way to target apathy in PD patients is listening to music, which has been shown to help improve apathy in older adults. Little work has explored the mechanism in which music targets apathy. Thus, the goal of this study is to understand how music listening can impact the brain towards decreasing apathy in PD patients.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Apathy

Interventions

OTHER

Music listening

This intervention involves listening to participant-selected music that they have evaluated as rewarding/motivating. YouTube Music will be used to build both personalized music and podcast interventions.

OTHER

Podcast listening

This intervention involves listening to participant-selected podcasts of neutral content. YouTube Music will be used to build both personalized music and podcast interventions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northeastern University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-09
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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