NCT01456884

Music Therapy as a Pain Modifying Intervention in Children With Life-limiting Neurological Impairments and Metabolic Conditions

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT01456884
Registration Date2011-10-21
Statuscompleted
SponsorUniversity of British Columbia
CountryCanada
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typesingel-center RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2012-01-01
Last Patient Out2014-08-01
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age12 Months - 19 Years
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field OPENAI
gpt-4o
2971ms / 8454 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
5144ms / 9817 tok
GLM
glm-5.1
6561ms / 8593 tok
Review
rct_type cross-over RCT cross-over RCT cross-over RCT OK
cancer_status non-cancer non-cancer non-cancer OK
non_cancer_spec neurodegenerative neurodegenerative neurodegenerative OK
setting_patient inpatient inpatient inpatient OK
setting_place hospice hospice hospice OK
feasibility feasibility RCT feasibility RCT feasibility RCT OK
intervention_pharmacologic no no no OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The trial involves music therapy, which is classified separately and not considered a complementary modality in this context.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — Music therapy has its own field and should not be counted as complementary medicine according to the guidelines.
no OK
intervention_device yes no → yes
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The trial involves the use of a vibroacoustic mat, which is a physical device used in interventions.
yes yes → yes
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: yes — The study uses a vibroacoustic mat, which is a physical medical device that delivers vibrations for therapeutic purposes.
no
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no no no OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music yes yes yes OK
intervention_screening no no no OK
intervention_palliative no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The intervention being tested is music therapy, not palliative care itself.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — The intervention being tested is music therapy for pain management, not palliative care consultation or service delivery - this is a behavioral intervention that happens to be conducted in a pediatric hospice setting.
yes
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital no no no OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom yes yes yes OK
outcome_qol no no no OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost no no no OK
outcome_other no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The trial's outcomes are focused on pain symptom reduction, which is included in the symptom/QoL category.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — All outcomes focus on pain symptoms (behavioral pain scores) and physiological measures (heart rate, oxygen saturation, skin conductance) which fall within the symptom category.
yes
pharmacologic_sub N/A N/A N/A OK
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