Music Therapy for Cancer Patients(Meraki_PC) (Meraki_Cancer)

University of Valencia

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cancer; Palliative Care

Treatments: Behavioral: MERAKI_PC

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06345924

Meraki_Palliative Care

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall aim of the study is to analyse the impact of a music therapy-based treatment on the emotional well-being and quality of life of cancer patients in palliative care (PC). To this end, the effectiveness and efficiency of a music therapy-based treatment to improve adaptation to illness and psychological well-being in this population will be validated and implemented.

Specifically, the implementation of an individualised treatment programme for palliative care patients will be carried out.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patient is receiving palliative care for an oncological diagnosis and was admitted to the hospital a week ago. They do not have moderate to severe cognitive impairment. This treatment is for oncological patients in an advanced stage who are receiving palliative anti-tumour treatment such as chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. These patients require support treatment that cannot be provided at home due to their complexity. The patient is in an advanced or terminal phase of the disease according to WHO criteria.
• Be over 18 years of age.
• Have preserved cognitive ability (SPMSQ, Pfeiffer). More than 2 errors (3 in illiterate persons) would suggest the presence of cognitive impairment.
• Have signed the informed consent form
• Have completed at least 2 of the 3 treatment sessions and have completed the pre-test and post-test assessment.

Exclusion criteria

-Estimated survival time. Patients with a life expectancy of two weeks or less shall not be operated on.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients who receive the treatment program, will previously constitute their own control group (waiting list control group).

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The study will commence with an initial evaluation (T1) one week after the patients' admission to the hospital. After an equal amount of time has passed without receiving any treatment, patients will undergo a re-evaluation (T2). Subsequently, patients will receive the music therapy treatment protocol, which consists of three sessions. Finally, patients will undergo a third evaluation (T3) after completing the treatment. Patients will undergo assessment before and after each music therapy session. Before the session, they will report their physical and emotional state, as well as their memory of the previous session's effects. After the session, they will be evaluated on their physical and emotional state, as well as the perceived effects of the current session. The therapy will consist of three individual sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MERAKI_PC