Relaxation Music for Chronic Pain
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of California, Irvine
- Where
- Orange, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 120 people enrolled
- Started
- 20 Apr 2025
- Ended
- 1 Mar 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 4 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- MIndful Jazz
- Reggae Stereotypes
- Traditional Mindfulness
- Pain psychoeducation
- Record updated
- 26 August 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 18 or older
- Living in U.S
- Have a pain rating related to IBS, Crohn's, or Colitis of five or greater in average pain on a 0-10 numeric rating scale in the preceding week
- Have had pain related to IBS, Crohn's, or Colitis for at least 3 months and for at least 15 days in the preceding 30 days
- GAD Score (Moderate to Severe Anxiety)
Who cannot take part
- Are currently using or have used prescription opioids in the past 3 months
- In one of our prior music studies
- Have a current cancer diagnosis
- Have formal experience with mindfulness
Where in United States
- University of California IrvineOrange, United StatesNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Chronic pain is a common complaint in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Compounding these concerns, opioid analgesics are frequently used to treat severe acute pain. An estimated 30% of chronic pain patients due to IBD report opioid use. Those who continue to use opioids can develop opioid misuse, and opioid misuse portends addiction and overdose so there is a need for better, non-addictive treatment options.
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Music interventions effectively reduce pain and pain-related symptomology. Meta-analytic results indicate listening to music can reduce acute and chronic pain. Music listening also decreases emotional distress from pain as well as the use of pain medication. Music interventions have demonstrated these positive effects on pain across a number of settings, including surgical, in-patient, and community settings. Importantly, due to the ubiquity of music - especially freely available online music - music interventions are easily accessible and highly scalable.
The 4 groups in the trial
- MIndful JazzTreatment being tested
Participants in this group will watch an introduction to jazz appreciation and mindfulness training video, including the use of jazz for pain tolerance prior to the 4-week intervention. Participants in the Mindful Jazz Group will be informed that listening to music they are not comfortable with (i.e., jazz) can enhance long-term pain tolerance.
- Reggae StereotypesTreatment being tested
Reggae Stereotype Group: Participants in this group will be told about he stereotype of reggae in making people more calm. They will listen to reggae music over the 4 weeks.
- Traditional MindfulnessTreatment being tested
Participants in this group will listen to a traditional mindfulness practice over the 4 weeks
- Pain PsychoeducationExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants listen to the same playlist each week of the 4-weeks. It's an audio recording of the pain psychoeducation video they watch during training. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azwEQXh5enA
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Relaxation Music for Patients With Chronic Pain From IBS, Crohn's, or Colitis
- Record updated
- 26 August 2026