Defining Musical Toxicity and Its Effect on Patient Well-being

Mayo Clinic

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Esophageal Carcinoma

Malignant Brain Neoplasm

Head and Neck Carcinoma

Lung Carcinoma

Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Breast Carcinoma

Treatments

Other: Non-Interventional Study

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06494046

23-012760 (Other Identifier)

NCI-2024-05423 (Registry Identifier)

ROR2333 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the experience of musicians who are going through cancer treatment.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Describe specific musical difficulties that arise during and after cancer treatments: define "musical toxicity".

II. Discover any interventions or treatments which musicians found helpful while going through cancer treatment.

III. Investigate whether the priority of playing music changed through the course of cancer treatment and beyond, in relation to other priorities including cancer cure and length of life.

IV. Discover treatment and cancer related factors which are correlated with worse musical toxicity.

OUTLINE: This is an observational study. Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups.

MUSICAL TOXICITY GROUP: Patients complete a questionnaire, participate in an interview and have their medical records reviewed on study.

NO MUSICAL TOXICITY GROUP: Patients have their medical records reviewed on study.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Adults ≥ 18 years or older
- Active or accomplished musicians
  - Those performing in the community as part of a group or as a soloist
  - Those teaching lessons in an individual or group setting
  - Those for whom music teaching or performance is a primary source of income
  - Those who play music multiple times per week
- Our ideal cohort will consist of an equal number of patients with the following malignancies above the diaphragm:
  - Brain
  - Head and Neck
  - Esophagus or Lung
  - Breast
- Our ideal cohort will consist of an equal number of patients who engage in the following musical endeavors:
  - Stringed instruments
  - Wind instruments (including woodwind and brass instruments)
  - Keyboard instruments
  - Vocalists

Exclusion criteria

* < 18 years
- Did not regularly attempt to engage in musical endeavors during or after cancer treatment
- Not willing or able to complete the questionnaire or engage in a one-hour interview (i.e. limited English proficiency)