Meaning in Music-Based Pain Modulation

University of Virginia

Status: Begins enrollment this month

Conditions: The Focus of the Study is Healthy Volunteers

Treatments: Other: Music intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07036315

HSR 230193

U24AT012601 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of this project is to examine the impact of music's meaning on pain. Relationships between trait affect, meaning in life, and subjective qualities of meaningful music will be assessed. We will also conduct interviews with a subset of participants to determine which aspects of music are most meaningful and how this meaning increases or decreases pain sensations.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-65 years old
• Absence of acute or chronic pain
• Normal hearing (either naturally or with assistance of hearing device)
• Must be able to wear an EEG
• Able to sign consent

Exclusion criteria

• < 18 or > 65 years old
• Presence of acute pain (brief pain inventory score > 3)
• Pregnant women
• Participant reports that they experience pain on more days than not in the past 6 months (i.e., chronic

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Pain-Modulation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be exposed to different music clips.

Treatment:

Other: Music intervention