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A Study of Music Therapy for Anxiety in People With Cancer

NCT ID: NCT07845422
Registry status: Recruiting
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Conditions: Cancer

Overview

ClinicalTrials.gov lists this study as Recruiting.

Official title: Virtual AI-Assisted Music Therapy for Anxiety Symptoms in People With Advanced Cancer (VIRTUOSO)

Enrollment: 240 participants (Estimated).

What is being studied

Other: AI-Assisted Collaborative Songwriting (ARTIST) Intervention
Intervention: Investigative Techniques
Intervention: Methods
Intervention: Physical Phenomena
Intervention: Time
Other: Time and attention matched-music listening (TAME)

Who may be eligible

Ages: 18 Years to no maximum
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers accepted: No

ClinicalTrials.gov lists the following eligibility criteria.

Criteria: * Patients must have a pathologically confirmed advanced cancer diagnosis: stage III or IV lung cancer; any stage pancreatic cancer, unresectable cholangiocarcinoma, unresectable liver cancer, unresectable ampullary or peri-ampullary cancer, or other stage IV gastrointestinal cancer; stage III or IV ovarian or fallopian tube cancers or other stage IV gynecologic cancer; stage IV breast cancer; stage III testicular cancer or any stage IV genitourinary cancer; stage IV sarcoma; stage IV melanoma; stage IV endocrine cancer; lymphoma, myeloma, or leukemia * Currently receiving oncological treatment * Age ≥ 18; English or Spanish-speaking * Ambulatory as indicated by a Karnofsky performance score of 60 or higher * Score of 8 or higher on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) anxiety subscale * Anxiety symptoms lasting for at least 1 month * Greater than 6-month expected survival as judged by the treating oncologist * No diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or substance abuse * Score of 10 or higher on Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration indicative of dementia * No prior receipt of music therapy within the past six months * Not currently receiving any form of psychotherapy * Concomitant Medications * No initiation or change in scheduled anxiety medications (e.g., anxiolytics, sedatives, hypnotics, antidepressants) within the past 4 weeks * Initiation or change in PRN anxiety medications are allowed within the past 4 weeks * No plan to initiate or change scheduled anxiety medications during the study * Initiation or change in PRN anxiety medications are allowed during the study * Access to an internet-connected device * Able to provide informed consent * Willing to adhere to study procedures, including randomization, session attendance, and completion of assessments

Study locations

7 study locations are listed.

Recruiting site status is explicitly provided for 7 locations; 7 are listed as Recruiting.

Countries: United States

New Jersey, United States: 3
New York, United States: 4

Sample of listed locations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All protocol activities) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All protocol activities) — Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All protocol activities) — Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Suffolk - Commack (All protocol activities) — Commack, New York, 11725, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All protocol activities) — Harrison, New York, 10604, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All protocol activites) — New York, New York, 10065, United States — Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All protocol activities) — Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States — Recruiting

Study details

Start date: September 4, 2026
Primary completion date: September 1, 2029
Completion date: September 1, 2029
First posted: September 28, 2026
Collaborators: Drexel University

Source and update information

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
NCT ID: NCT07845422
Registry last updated: September 28, 2026
QualifiedStudies registry data refreshed: October 5, 2026
QualifiedStudies record fetched: October 5, 2026

View NCT07845422 on ClinicalTrials.gov

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