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Meaning in Music-Based Pain Modulation Study

This study is exploring how the meaning you find in music might affect pain. Researchers will ask you to choose different music clips based on how meaningful, enjoyable, and preferred they are to you. They will measure how much pain you feel (Pain Unpleasantness and Pain Intensity) before and during the music intervention to see if the music changes your pain. This study is looking for healthy volunteers between 18 and 65 years old who do not have ongoing pain and have normal hearing. The study's status is currently unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 50 healthy volunteers.
What's involved
You will select music clips and wear an EEG (a device that measures brain activity). Your pain levels will be measured at the start and during the music intervention.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Pain Unpleasantness and Pain Intensity are measured at baseline (start) and during the intervention.

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NCT07036315

Meaning in Music-Based Pain Modulation

Recruiting
NAAges 18–65InterventionalBasic science
University of Virginia
~50 participants
Updated 2025-11-25 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Music intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Pain Unpleasantness
Measured over Baseline/Pre-intervention and During the Intervention
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

The Focus of the Study is Healthy Volunteers

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Healthy Volunteers

NCT07036315

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, Virginiastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Claudia Denoue, MD
[email protected]
4342436744
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

\< 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

What this trial measures

  • Pain UnpleasantnessBaseline/Pre-intervention and During the Intervention

    Participants will be asked to report pain unpleasantness on a 1 - 100 visual analogue scale ranging from 0 (no sensation) to 100 (intolerable pain)

  • Pain IntensityBaseline/Pre-intervention and During the Intervention

    Participants will be asked to report pain intensity on a 1 - 100 visual analogue scale ranging from 0 (no sensation) to 100 (intolerable pain)