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Mechanisms Within the Autonomic Nervous SysTEm undeRlying MusIc Therapy's aNalgesic Effects in Sickle Cell Disease (MASTERMIND)

4 de noviembre de 2026 actualizado por: Kamal Chemali, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Sickle cell disease causes very painful episodes that can happen without warning. Pain is one of the biggest problems for people with SCD. Medicines like opioids can help, but they have serious side effects. Doctors are looking for other ways to treat pain.

Investigators have already found that music therapy - breathing exercises guided by a trained music therapist - can lower pain in adults with SCD. But investigators don't know exactly how it works yet inside the body.

This study will look at two possible reasons why music therapy helps:

  • It may calm the body's "fight-or-flight" (sympathetic) nervous system, which can make pain worse when it is too active.
  • It may boost the "calming" (parasympathetic) nervous system, which may ease pain and reduce inflammation.
  • It may lower swelling and inflammation in the body, which also drives pain.

Descripción general del estudio

Estado

Aún no reclutando

Condiciones

Intervención / Tratamiento

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Estimado)

10

Fase

  • No aplica

Contactos y Ubicaciones

Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.

Estudio Contacto

Ubicaciones de estudio

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

18 años y mayores (Adulto, Adulto Mayor)

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

No

Géneros elegibles para el estudio

Todos

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria:

  • (1) are age ≥18 years
  • (2) have a diagnosis of SCD documented in the electronic health record (EHR)--- (3) meet Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations Innovations Opportunities and Networks-American Pain Society Pain Taxonomy (AAPT) criteria for chronic SCD pain
  • (4) are able to speak and understand English
  • (5) have an email address and access to a mobile device with a functioning data plan (to get pain diaries)
  • (6) report that pain interfered with daily activities at least 1-2 days in past week will be eligible for the study. -

Exclusion Criteria:

  • (1) have < 3 vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) per year and no VOCs in the past 3 months
  • (2) have significant visual, hearing, psychiatric or cognitive impairment
  • (3) are currently engaged in mind-body therapies under the supervision of a healthcare professional specifically for pain management
  • (4) have a planned major medical event in next 8 weeks (e.g., childbirth, orthopedic surgery, gene therapy, stem cell transplant) that does not include routine disease modifying therapies (e.g., blood transfusions)
  • (5) are unable or unwilling to refrain from stopping all medications that interfere with the autonomic nervous system for 5 half-lives prior to autonomic testing and from changing their medication regimen during the 2 weeks that separate autonomic testings and blood draws
  • (6) develop active VOC requiring hospitalization at enrollment
  • (7) have conditions that would significantly affect autonomic testing interpretation, such as severe arrhythmias or pregnancy, will be excluded from the study.

Plan de estudios

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.

¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Ciencia básica
  • Asignación: N / A
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación de un solo grupo
  • Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Experimental: Music Therapy

The MT-BC will engage the participant in a 20-minute deep breathing exercise with live music beating at a defined tempo. Participants will repeat this session on their own.
Conductual: Music Therapy

Participants will undergo a 20-minute music therapy session with a board certified music therapist, then will repeat this on their own once daily for 2 weeks.

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change in electrodermal activity (EDA) as measured by change in electrical potential at the surface of the skin
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Lower EDA reflects less sympathetic tone
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Change in Quantitative Sudomotor Axon Reflex Test (QSART) as measured by sweat output values
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Lower QSART values reflect less sympathetic activity
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Changes in Pupillometry parameters as measured by constriction velocity
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Faster constriction velocity indicates a higher pupillary vagal tone.
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Changes in Pupillometry parameters as measured by percent reflex amplitude
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Larger percentage of reflex amplitude indicates higher pupillary vagal tone.
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Changes in Pupillometry parameters as measured by dilation velocity.
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks.

Slower dilation velocity indicates lower pupillary sympathetic tone.
Baseline and after 2 weeks.
Change in Heart Rate Response to deep breathing
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Increased heart rate response to deep breathing denotes increased cardiovagal tone.
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Measurement of average supine resting Blood Pressure (BP)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Lower average resting BP denote lower cardiac sympathetic tone
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Measurement of average supine resting Heart Rate (HR)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Lower average resting HR denote lower cardiac sympathetic tone
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Change in supine resting respiratory rate
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

A lower resting respiratory rate reflects a shift of autonomic balance toward parasympathetic (vagal) dominance with reduced central sympathetic outflow.
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Change in the maximum heart rate during the Valsalva maneuver
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

An increased Valsalva Ratio (maximum heart rate to the minimum heart rate) reflects an increase in cardiac parasympathetic tone.
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Change in the minimum heart rate shortly after the Valsalva maneuver
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

An increased Valsalva Ratio (maximum heart rate to the minimum heart rate) reflects an increase in cardiac parasympathetic tone.
Baseline and after 2 weeks

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change in C Reactive Protein as measured by bloodwork
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Lower levels of CRP indicate lower levels of inflammation
Baseline and after 2 weeks
Change in Cytokine levels as measured by bloodwork
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks

Lower levels of cytokines indicate lower levels of inflammation
Baseline and after 2 weeks

Otras medidas de resultado

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Pain intensity changes as measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks of daily music therapy

The VAS is a straight 100 mm line-usually horizontal-with descriptive word anchors at each end representing opposite extremes of a subjective experience, such as 0 being "no pain" and 10 being "worst possible pain".
Baseline and after 2 weeks of daily music therapy
Pain intensity changes as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline and after 2 weeks of daily music therapy

Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) is a self-administered questionnaire used to evaluate pain severity and how pain interferes with daily life on scales from 0 to 10, with 0 being no pain, and 10 being severe pain.
Baseline and after 2 weeks of daily music therapy
Pain diaries
Periodo de tiempo: Daily for 2 weeks

Daily pain intensity and analgesic use
Daily for 2 weeks
Music therapy adherence
Periodo de tiempo: Daily for 2 weeks

Daily log of adherence to the home-based music therapy protocol
Daily for 2 weeks

Colaboradores e Investigadores

Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.

Patrocinador

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Kamal R Chémali, MD, University Hospitals

Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Estimado)

2 de enero de 2027

Finalización primaria (Estimado)

30 de junio de 2028

Finalización del estudio (Estimado)

30 de junio de 2028

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

14 de octubre de 2026

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

4 de noviembre de 2026

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

10 de noviembre de 2026

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

10 de noviembre de 2026

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

4 de noviembre de 2026

Última verificación

1 de octubre de 2026

Más información

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Palabras clave

Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • STUDY20260271

Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)

¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?

NO

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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