Evening Music Sessions With a Therapist for Sleep and Behavior in Alzheimer's Disease
Tests evening music sessions for sundowning in people with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Effects of Musical Intervention by a Therapist (IMT) on Falling Asleep and Behavioral Regulation in a Secure Care Unit (SCU)
Key facts
- Where
- Saint-Etienne, FranceSee the site
Where in France
- Saint-etienne hospitalSaint-Etienne, FranceTaking people
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
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
- Trial code
- NCT07465783
- Record updated
- 3 August 2026
- Original description
This is a prospective, multicenter study designed to evaluate the benefits of an evening music-based intervention on sundowning syndrome in patients with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders in a Protect lLife Unit setting.Read full original descriptionShow less
Effects of Musical Intervention by a Therapist (IMT) on Falling Asleep and Behavioral Regulation in a Secure Care Unit (SCU) Pilot Study
This is a prospective, multicenter study designed to evaluate the benefits of an evening music-based intervention on sundowning syndrome in patients with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders in a Protect lLife Unit setting.
Inclusion: Signature of consent by the patient's legal guardian obtained after providing information; Patients aged 60 and over who meet the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, including mainly: Lewy body disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, vascular encephalopathy, alcoholic dementia, primary progressive aphasia syndrome, posterior cortical atrophy syndrome (France Alzheimer, 2024); Patient living in a secure care unit; If taking psychotropic drugs, they must have been stable for 3 months; If taking level 2 or 3 painkillers, they must have been stable for 1 month.
Exclusion: Participation in a study on a drug/medical device/treatment technique that may affect sleep or behavior; Refusal to participate; Highly sedated patients,; Patients with acute medical instability,; Patients with productive delusions,; Patients who have been in the unit for less than 1 month.