Music Therapy as a Tool for Anxiety Reduction in Localized Breast Cancer

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Breast Cancer; Anxiety; Chemotherapy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Music therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05856656
• Lead Sponsor: Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest

Brief Summary

Breast cancer is the number one cancer in women worldwide, with 58,500 new cases in metropolitan France in 2018. The announcement of the cancer, the treatment methods and their side effects can generate unpleasant emotions, such as fear, for example, and the resources for coping with them differ according to the patient. Coming to the hospital as an outpatient for chemotherapy is in itself a source of anxiety.

The use of music in the treatment process is a therapy that can help patients to reduce the intensity of their unpleasant emotions. Active music therapy involves the patient playing an instrument, including voice and body movement in rhythm, without requiring any musical skills. The presence of a qualified music therapy professional is essential, particularly in the reception of the emotions that may be generated during the sessions. These sessions can be collective or individual. In breast cancer, music therapy has been shown to be effective in reducing pain, anxiety, depressive symptoms and length of hospitalisation in patients undergoing mastectomy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-05-04
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-12
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-19
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-22
• Study Start: 2023-09
• Primary Completion: 2025-09
• Study Completion: 2025-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient with localized breast cancer
• Indication for adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy
• Patient > 18 years of age
• Patient with signed consent
• Patient affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria

• Metastatic patient
• Triple negative patient
• Patient not eligible for curative surgery
• Patient who has already received chemotherapy
• Unaided deaf patient
• Women who are pregnant, likely to be pregnant or breastfeeding
• A patient presenting a depressive episode or a psychotic pathology at the time of the initial consultation
• Patient who does not understand French
• Cognitive disorder or inability to understand,
• Patient protected by law, under court protection, guardianship or curatorship

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Music therapy arm	Music therapy	A music therapy will be offered to patients before the first 3 chemotherapy cycles

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate the impact of music therapy on anxiety in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy.	5 months	Changes in anxiety before the first and third chemotherapy sessions will be measured using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (= STAI etat score).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest; 🇫🇷 Angers, France