Music Against Psychological Pain in Suicide

NCT04085848 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2017/CHU/19
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 264
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study compares the efficacy of music therapy associated with standard care versus the standard care alone on the psychological pain in suicidal patients.

Conditions

Suicide, Attempted; Suicidal Ideation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from inclusion psychological pain at 48 hours after inclusion

  Pain analogical visual scale (scale ranges : from 0 to 10) min = 0 = no psychological pain and max = 10 = maximum psychological pain

  48 hours after inclusion

Study Arms (2)

Groupe intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Usual care and music therapy

Other: music therapy

Groupe contrôle

NO INTERVENTION

Usual care

Interventions

music therapy OTHER

4 music therapy sessions during a period of time of 48 hours. Each session lasts 30 minutes.

Groupe intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patient with suicidal ideas, thoughts or surviving suicide attempt
• Patient whose emergency somatic management lasted less than 48h
• Patient who, according to the physician, is still in suicidal mood
• Patient admitted in the psychiatric hospitalization unit of the Public Mental Health Establishment
• Patient with voluntary admission and agrees to stay in hospital from 48h to 60h
• Patient able to write and read in french
• Patient affiliated to a social security scheme
• Patient who gives his Informed consent before any procedure related to the study

You may not qualify if:

• Patient with attempt suicide requiring a somatic care (intensive, surgery, gastric lavage...)
• Patient with medical history of audiogenic and/or musicogenic epilepsy
• Patient with major impairment of hearing function
• Patient unable to support the headhset earphone
• Patient with contra indication to BZD, hypnotics (Zopiclone) or requiring more sedative and/or psychotic drugs
• Patient under guardianship or under judicial protection
• Patient hospitalized at the request of a third party or ex officio

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion: lead

Study Sites (1)

Etablissement Public de Santé Mentale de La Réunion

Saint-Paul, 97460, Reunion

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Suicide, Attempted; Suicidal Ideation

Interventions

Music Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Suicide; Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sensory Art Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Erick GOKALSING

  EPSMR

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Emilie TECHER

CONTACT

+2 62 262 90 62 89; emilie.techer@chu-reunion.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 3, 2019
• First Posted: September 11, 2019
• Study Start: February 25, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2026
• Study Completion: May 1, 2026
• Last Updated: July 30, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

RE (1)