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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04540471
Other study ID # 201901698B0
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 1, 2020
Est. completion date December 31, 2020

Study information

Verified date August 2020
Source Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Contact Chinghui Chuang, PhD
Phone 886-7-7317123
Email chinhui@cgmh.org.tw
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation for breast cancer consist of interdisciplinary team care but few researchers investigate the efficacy of music therapy, which have shown some benefits in breast cancer rehabilitation. According to previous research, music therapy has been proposed to improve quality of life, as well as depression and stress of breast cancer patients. However, to the best of our knowledge, only few studies have investigated the impact of music therapy among health-related parameter of patient with breast cancer. Considering the fact that music therapy had merely no adverse events, we assume music therapy is an optimal add-on therapy for patient with breast cancer. Therefore, we plan to conduct a study to evaluate the impact of music therapy on anxiety, and fatigue on patients with breast cancer.


Description:

Patients and Method:

We designed this study as an assessor blinded, randomized, controlled, parallel group trial. The participants will be recruited from general surgery unit of tertiary referral hospital in Southern Taiwan. Inclusion criteria will be as follows: (1) patients with first-ever breast cancer between 20~80 years old (1 to 6 months post- surgery) (2) able to follow basic orders (verbal or gesture) and tolerated music therapy by 1 hour. Individuals will be excluded from the study if they (1) are unable to cooperate with music therapy, (2) undergoing psychotherapeutic treatment during the study period, using antidepressants during the study period, (3) are significantly hearing impaired, not agree to sign the informed consent, or do not agree further evaluation, and (4) pregnant women. Randomization in a 1:1 ratio will be performed with computer-generated randomization list. All the included patients will be categorized into two groups: music therapy (MT) group and control group. Both groups will receive comprehensive in-patient education program for 12consecutive weeks, but the MT group will receive additional music therapy in the 12 consecutive weeks. The participants in MT group will receive neurologic music therapy 1 day per week for 1 hour with total 4 hours in 4 consecutive weeks after initial enrollment. The primary outcome is anxiety and fatigue. The Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan (BFI-T) State anxiety inventory (STAI) and WHOQOL until 12 weeks after randomization. All health-related parameters will be evaluation prior to intervention and after intervention.

Aim of the study:

The aim of the study is to explore the impact of music therapy on anxiety and fatigue among patients with breast cancer. We aim to investigate whether music therapy is an optimal add-on therapeutic model for patients with breast cancer.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 130
Est. completion date December 31, 2020
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- We design this study as an assessor blinded, randomized, controlled, parallel group trial. The participants will be recruited from OPD unit of tertiary referral hospital in Southern Taiwan. Inclusion criteria will be as follows: (1) patients with breast cancer between 20~80 years old at stage (1-6 months post surgery) (2) able to follow basic orders (verbal or gesture) and tolerated music therapy by 1 hour.

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals will be excluded from the study if they are unable to cooperate with music therapy, are significantly hearing impaired, are severely mentally impaired (MMSE<10), or not agree to sign the informed consent, uncontrolled seizure or do not agree further evaluation. -

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
music
MT group receives additional music therapy
comprehensive in-patient education program
comprehensive in-patient education program

Locations

Country Name City State
Taiwan Chang Gung Kaohsiung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other WHOQOL Survey The WHOQOL scoring total ranges from4 to20points; a higher score corresponds to good quality of life. The WHOQOL's internal consistency showed a Cronbach's value of .90. Test-retest reliability of WHOQOL was 0.75. Construct validity was examined by Person correlations (r =0.48-0.82) (Yao et al., 2000). 12 weeks
Primary State anxiety inventory (STAI) Survey We accessed anxiety by State anxiety inventory (STAI) it has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. State anxiety items include: "I am tense; I am worried" and "I feel calm; I feel secure." Trait anxiety items include: "I worry too much over something that really doesn't matter" and "I am content; I am a steady person." All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from "Almost Never" to "Almost Always"). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety. The STAI is appropriate for those who have at least a sixth-grade reading level. Internal consistency coefficients for the scale have ranged from .86 to .95; test-retest reliability coefficients have ranged from .65 to .75 over a 2-month interval (Spielberger et al., 1983). Test-retest coefficients for this measure in the present study ranged from .69 to .89. Considerable evidence attests to the construct and concurrent validity of the scale (Spielberger, 1989). 12 weeks
Secondary Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan (BFI-T) Survey The BFI-T scoring total ranges from0 to 90 points; a higher score corresponds to higher fatigue.
The BFI-T's internal consistency showed a Cronbach's ! value of .97. Construct validity of the BFI-T was estimated by factor analysis with a factor loading range of 0.80 to 0.94 on a single factor. Convergent validity was examined by correlations between the BFI ''worst'' fatigue and fatigue severity scores with Profile of Mood States vigor (r = j0.69 and j0.71, respectively) and fatigue subscale scores (r = 0.82 and 0.87, respectively)(Chou, Hsieh, Yao, & Barsevick, 2016)
12 weeks