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Personalized Music to Reduce Agitation After Surgery in Children

This study is looking at whether personalized music can help reduce agitation (being upset or restless) in children aged 3 to 9 years old after they wake up from general anesthesia for certain elective surgeries. Researchers want to see if listening to personalized music before and after surgery can make children calmer, potentially by lowering anxiety and pain. The study will compare children who listen to personalized music to those who receive standard care. Success will be measured by changes in their Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) scores, which assess how agitated a child is after surgery. The study plans to enroll 100 children. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is a prospective, randomized controlled trial with 100 participants. It compares a personalized music group to a standard care group.
What's involved
You would receive personalized music during the time before and after your surgery. All participants will receive standard anesthetic care for their procedure.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your agitation levels will be measured during the post-operative period until you are fully awake, usually about 45 minutes.

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NCT05044832

Decreasing Emergence Agitation With Personalized Music

Recruiting
NAAges 3–9InterventionalPrevention
Stanford University
~100 participants
Updated 2024-11-22 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Personalized Music

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) scores
Measured over During post operative period till the child is fully awake, usually about 45 minutes.

Conditions

Surgical Procedure, Unspecified

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Where it's being run

2 sites across 2 states
California1
Missouri1

Study leadership

  • R J Ramamurthi, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Stanford University

Who to contact

Jyoti Bhamidipati, MBBS
[email protected]
650 229 2144
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

patient ages 3-9 (chosen due to high incidence of emergence delirium and presence of musical memory seen in this age group)
unilateral or bilateral myringotomy procedure, laser treatment for skin lesions, adenoidectomy without tonsillectomy
tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy
Surgical or anesthetic complications (including use of invasive airway device for myringotomy)
History of significant hearing loss impeding the ability to hear music
Lack of interest in music reported by parents or inability to identify personally meaningful music

Exclusion

Chronic intake of any sedative or analgesic medication

What this trial measures

  • Change in Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) scoresDuring post operative period till the child is fully awake, usually about 45 minutes.

    Personalized music may help to decrease EA in children undergoing elective surgeries under general anesthesia by decreasing perioperative anxiety and minimizing perceived pain. PAED scores range from 0 to 20; a score of 10 and above is defined as emergence agitation.