Tests a home music app for adults with hard-to-treat epilepsy
Tests music played at home through a web app for adults with epilepsy.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Self-administered ONe-of-a Kind Approach to Epilepsy Therapy Through a Web-based Music Application
Key facts
- Where
- Lebanon and Worcester, United StatesSee the 2 sites
Where in United States
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanon, United StatesTaking people
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolWorcester, United StatesNot yet recruiting
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Trial code
- NCT06425029
- Record updated
- 20 May 2026
- Original description
This is a prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blinded randomized study of self-administered auditory intervention in a naturalistic home environment.Read full original descriptionShow less
SONATA: Self-administered ONe-of-a Kind Approach to Epilepsy Therapy Through a Web-based Music Application
This is a prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blinded randomized study of self-administered auditory intervention in a naturalistic home environment.
Inclusion: Adults with medication-refractory focal epilepsy who have undergone RNS implantation at least six months prior and are in the judgement of the treating physician on a stable RNS regimen in terms of stimulation; Willing to attend all study visits and complete all required study procedures; Access to private or public wireless data service at regular intervals; Access to personal mobile device.
Exclusion: Documentation of a musicogenic, or auditory-triggered focal seizure semiology; Participant is unable to reasonably participate in study tasks as determined by the investigator; Inability to obtain informed consent from the patient or legally authorized representative.