Decreasing Emergence Delirium With Personalized Music
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Where
- St Louis, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 1/2
- People taking part
- 394 people enrolled
- Started
- 26 Jan 2024
- Ended
- 28 Mar 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Personalized Music
- No Music
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 3 years to 9 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Child aged 3-9 years
- Presenting for unilateral or bilateral myringotomy under GA
Who cannot take part
- Combined procedures
- Lack of interest in music (e.g., child who does not have musical preferences)
- Inability to hear music (patients with mild-moderate hearing loss who can perceive music will be included)
- Parent/guardian or patient refusal
Where in United States
- Washington University in St. LouisSt Louis, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is a prospective randomized controlled trial in children 3-9 years of age undergoing myringotomies at Washington University in St. Louis to assess the impact of perioperative personalized music on the incidence of emergence agitation.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Personalized Music GroupExisting treatment, for comparison
Those assigned to receive music will be asked to provide a short list of 5-10 songs familiar/well-known to the patient (specifically the song title and artist for each song). Songs will be downloaded onto an electronic mp3 player by the research staff member. The mp3 player will then be provided along with a portable Bluetooth speaker for use during the patient's perioperative period, loaded with the songs of their choice.
Treatment: Personalized Music
- No Music GroupPlacebo, for comparison
Those not assigned to the personalized music group will receive standard care without music.
Treatment: No Music
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026