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. 2018 Nov 23;2018(11):CD009783. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009783.pub2

NCT03095443.

Trial name or title Decreasing delirium through Music (DDM)
Country: USA
Methods Parallel Assignment, 3‐armed RCT
Participants Adult mechanically ventilated ICU patients, expected: n = 90
Interventions Intervention.
  1. Personalized music; receives personalized play‐list twice a day


Control
  1. Non‐personalized music, receives standardized low beats per minute play‐list twice a day

  2. Attention control, receives audio‐book twice a day


The hypothesis is that music therapy is feasible and effective in reducing delirium incidence, duration, and severity among critically ill patients in the ICU.
Outcomes
  1. Number of participants who experience delirium (within 28 days)

  2. Average severity of delirium (average score on CAM‐ICU 7 per study arm)

  3. Delirium measured by CAM‐ICU

Starting date 1 December 2016
Contact information Amanda M Harrawood aharrawo@iupui.edu
Notes Study number: NCT03095443
Status: recruiting
Contact with author: study status 18 June 2017: the trial is actively enrolling patients and has included n = 40, recruitment will continue for several more months.