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A Study of Music Therapy for Anxiety in People With Cancer

8 oktober 2026 uppdaterad av: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Virtual AI-Assisted Music Therapy for Anxiety Symptoms in People With Advanced Cancer (VIRTUOSO)

The researchers are doing this study to compare two different music-based treatment approaches and see if one may work better to reduce anxiety. The researchers will also study whether these music-based treatment approaches help people feel socially connected and change how they cope with anxiety, and whether these changes are linked to lower anxiety levels. Both approaches use music-based activities to treat anxiety. One of the approaches uses an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered song creation platform to write songs with a music therapist. The other approach involves music listening exercises and music-based discussions with research staff, during which you will learn about music culture and history.

Studieöversikt

Studietyp

Interventionell

Inskrivning (Beräknad)

240

Fas

  • Inte tillämpbar

Kontakter och platser

Det här avsnittet innehåller kontaktuppgifter för dem som genomför studien och information om var denna studie genomförs.

Studiekontakt

  • Namn: Jun Mao, MD, MSCE
  • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8552

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Studieorter

    • New Jersey
      • Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Förenta staterna, 07920
        • Rekrytering
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All protocol activities)
        • Kontakt:
          • Kevin Liou, MD
          • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8558
      • Middletown, New Jersey, Förenta staterna, 07748
        • Rekrytering
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All protocol activities)
        • Kontakt:
          • Kevin Liou, MD
          • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8558
      • Montvale, New Jersey, Förenta staterna, 07645
        • Rekrytering
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All protocol activities)
        • Kontakt:
          • Kevin Liou, MD
          • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8558
    • New York
      • Commack, New York, Förenta staterna, 11725
        • Rekrytering
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Suffolk - Commack (All protocol activities)
        • Kontakt:
          • Kevin Liou, MD
          • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8558
      • Harrison, New York, Förenta staterna, 10604
        • Rekrytering
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All protocol activities)
        • Kontakt:
          • Kevin Liou, MD
          • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8558
      • New York, New York, Förenta staterna, 10065
        • Rekrytering
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All protocol activites)
        • Kontakt:
          • Kevin Liou, MD
          • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8558
      • Uniondale, New York, Förenta staterna, 11553
        • Rekrytering
        • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All protocol activities)
        • Kontakt:
          • Kevin Liou, MD
          • Telefonnummer: 646-608-8558

Deltagandekriterier

Forskare letar efter personer som passar en viss beskrivning, så kallade behörighetskriterier. Några exempel på dessa kriterier är en persons allmänna hälsotillstånd eller tidigare behandlingar.

Urvalskriterier

Åldrar som är berättigade till studier

18 år och äldre (Vuxen, Äldre vuxen)

Tar emot friska volontärer

Nej

Kön som är behöriga för studier

Allt

Beskrivning

Criteria:

  • Patients must have a pathologically confirmed advanced cancer diagnosis: stage III or IV lung cancer; any stage pancreatic cancer, unresectable cholangiocarcinoma, unresectable liver cancer, unresectable ampullary or peri-ampullary cancer, or other stage IV gastrointestinal cancer; stage III or IV ovarian or fallopian tube cancers or other stage IV gynecologic cancer; stage IV breast cancer; stage III testicular cancer or any stage IV genitourinary cancer; stage IV sarcoma; stage IV melanoma; stage IV endocrine cancer; lymphoma, myeloma, or leukemia
  • Currently receiving oncological treatment
  • Age ≥ 18; English speaking
  • Ambulatory as indicated by a Karnofsky performance score of 60 or higher
  • Score of 8 or higher on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) anxiety subscale
  • Anxiety symptoms lasting for at least 1 month
  • Greater than 6-month expected survival as judged by the treating oncologist or clinician on the study team
  • No diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or substance abuse
  • Score of 10 or lower on Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration
  • No prior receipt of music therapy within the past six months
  • Not currently receiving any form of psychotherapy
  • Concomitant Medications
  • No initiation or change in scheduled anxiety medications (e.g., anxiolytics, sedatives, hypnotics, antidepressants) within the past 4 weeks
  • Initiation or change in PRN anxiety medications are allowed within the past 4 weeks
  • No plan to initiate or change scheduled anxiety medications during the study
  • Initiation or change in PRN anxiety medications are allowed during the study
  • Access to an internet-connected device
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Willing to adhere to study procedures, including randomization, session attendance, and completion of assessments

Studieplan

Det här avsnittet ger detaljer om studieplanen, inklusive hur studien är utformad och vad studien mäter.

Hur är studien utformad?

Designdetaljer

  • Primärt syfte: Behandling
  • Tilldelning: Randomiserad
  • Interventionsmodell: Parallellt uppdrag
  • Maskning: Trippel

Vapen och interventioner

Deltagargrupp / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Experimentell: AI-assisted collaborative songwriting (ARTIST)

ARTIST intervention is designed to reduce anxiety by facilitating social connection and cognitive processing of cancer-related experience. The active "ingredient" of our intervention is collaborative songwriting, during which music therapists work with participants to brainstorm themes, draft lyrics, create melodies and harmonies, and produce an original song with personal meaning. Eight weekly 60-minute sessions. Post-Session Feedback: Participants will complete a five-question post-session survey after each of the 8 sessions.

Patients will complete outcome measures of anxiety, social-cognitive outcomes, and co-morbid symptoms at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 26.

Aktiv komparator: Time and attention matched-music listening (TAME)

TAME control will involve Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)-trained research staff guiding participants through passive music listening exercises.Research staff will facilitate passive listening experiences of pre-selected songs, with each session focusing on a different genre. These music listening exercises will be purely receptive with no behavioral skill training or active music engagement. Research staff will prepare discussion points for each pre-selected song, focusing on academic topics (e.g., music theory, artist biography, historical context, genre characteristics), designed to minimize personal reflection or cognitive processing of cancer-related experiences. Eight weekly 60-minute sessions and all sessions will be delivered via Zoom. Post-Session Feedback: Participants will complete a five-question post-session survey after each of the 8 sessions.

TAME control will involve Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)-trained research staff guiding participants through passive music listening exercises. This control group is designed to match therapist attention and contact time of ARTIST, as well as control for music engagement unrelated to the active ingredient of ARTIST. Patients will complete outcome measures of anxiety, social-cognitive outcomes, and co-morbid symptoms at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 26.

Vad mäter studien?

Primära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
anxiety change
Tidsram: 26 weeks

anxiety reduction at week 26 being the primary endpoint greater reduction in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) anxiety subscale

26 weeks

Samarbetspartners och utredare

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Samarbetspartners

Utredare

  • Huvudutredare: Kevin Liou, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publikationer och användbara länkar

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Studieavstämningsdatum

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Studera stora datum

Studiestart (Faktisk)

4 september 2026

Primärt slutförande (Beräknad)

1 september 2029

Avslutad studie (Beräknad)

1 september 2029

Studieregistreringsdatum

Först inskickad

22 september 2026

Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

22 september 2026

Första postat (Faktisk)

28 september 2026

Uppdateringar av studier

Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)

14 oktober 2026

Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

8 oktober 2026

Senast verifierad

1 oktober 2026

Mer information

Termer relaterade till denna studie

Ytterligare relevanta MeSH-villkor

Andra studie-ID-nummer

  • 26-214

Plan för individuella deltagardata (IPD)

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JA

IPD-planbeskrivning

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made following one year after publication and for up to 36 months later. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.

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