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NCT05694156Completed

Musical Attention Control and Executive Function Training for Adults With MDD

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Mar 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The investigators have developed music-based cognitive training sessions derived from Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) techniques. The music-based cognitive training sessions will address areas of attention and executive function, which appear to progress over time and worsen as an individual experiences more episodes of depression. The aim of this pilot is to test 8-weeks of music-based cognitive training to improve cognitive function among adults with major depressive disorder.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
18 (actual)
First submitted
27 Dec 2022
Start date
17 Aug 2023
Primary completion date
2 May 2024
Lead sponsor
Unity Health Toronto
Diseases
Depression
NCT number
NCT05694156

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 18
  • From 17 Aug 2023 to the primary completion date, 2 May 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Participation in music therapy 6 months prior to study
  • Private music lessons for a period of 1 year prior to study

Other illness

  • The presence of cognitive impairment that would limit consent or understanding of neurologic music therapy
  • Hearing impairment

Other

  • The presence of active psychosis
  • The presence of mood and suicidal symptom severity requiring immediate treatment
  • Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent

Who the study is looking for

  • Clinical diagnosis of MDD meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Diploma in Social Medicine (DSM-V) criteria
  • Experiencing suicidal ideation in the past week (Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation \>10)
  • Have received more than 12 sessions of psychotherapy
  • Stable medication use \> 4 weeks
  • Ability to undergo music-based cognitive training sessions in English
  • Capable of giving informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
St. Michael's Hospital
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status

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