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This study aims at evaluating whether music therapy intervention is effective in decreasing psychological (distress) and physical symptoms (pain) in patients with suspected or diagnosed lung cancer undergoing minimally invasive lung surgery.
A diagnosis of cancer may result in extensive emotional, physical and social suffering. Moreover, surgical treatment of lung cancer represents itself a stressful event. It is important that cancer care incorporates services that help meet patients' psychological, social and spiritual needs. Music therapy interventions have been used to alleviate symptoms and treatment side effects in cancer patients and their efficacy has been demonstrated in various settings. Within the distinction between music therapy (a personalized approach based on the interaction with a trained music therapist) and music medicine (with pre-recorded music), the best efficacy results have been reported with music therapy.
The use of music listening is growing in the field of music therapy intervention because of the impact musical contents can have on physiological, psychological and behavioural levels.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate whether music therapy intervention is effective in decreasing psychological (distress) and physical symptoms (pain) in patients with suspected or diagnosed lung cancer undergoing minimally invasive lung surgery. Secondary objectives are the evaluation of the decrease of the serum cortisol as biomarker of stress and the request of additional doses of analgesics for pain control.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arm A treated with classical music therapy and standard of care | Experimental | Patients with suspected or diagnosed lung cancer undergoing minimally invasive lung resection will be treated with classical music therapy and standard of care. |
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| Arm B treated with standard of care only | No Intervention | Patients with suspected or diagnosed lung cancer undergoing minimally invasive lung resection will be treated with standard of care only. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music therapy intervention | Other | Patient randomized to experimental Arm A will receive a classical music therapy intervention throughout the duration of their hospital stay for a minimally invasive lung resection. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Level of distress | Change of the level of distress on the Distress thermometer | From the day of surgery until the day of discharge from the hospital (in average 6 days after surgery) |
| Pain intensity | Change of pain intensity on the numerical scale | From the day of surgery until the day of discharge from the hospital (in average 6 days after surgery) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Serum cortisol levels | Change in the levels of serum cortisol measured in the morning | From the day of surgery until the day of discharge from the hospital (in average 6 days after surgery) |
| Additional doses of analgesics for pain control |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Patrizia Froesch, MD | Contact | +41 91 811 48 40 | patrizia.froesch@eoc.ch | |
| Luigi Tortola, PhD | Contact | +41 91 811 96 68 | luigi.tortola@eoc.ch |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI) | Recruiting | Bellinzona | Canton Ticino | 6500 | Switzerland |
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This is a monocentric open-label randomized controlled clinical trial with two arms:
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Number of additional doses of analgesics administered for pain control per day
| From the day of surgery until the day of discharge from the hospital (in average 6 days after surgery) |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D008175 | Lung Neoplasms |
| D010146 | Pain |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012142 | Respiratory Tract Neoplasms |
| D013899 | Thoracic Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
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