Recruiting

Music Therapy

Sponsor:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Code:

NCT02328573

Conditions

Stroke and Aphasia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Communal singing

Study Details

Brief summary:

The study will focus on the impact of communal singing on patients with stroke and their personal caregivers. Forty post-stroke patients will be randomly assigned to two groups: the first group of 20 stroke survivors and their caregivers (up to 40 total participants) will receive 6 months (approximately 24 sessions) of music therapy. The second control groups of 20 stroke survivors and their caregivers will receive standard post-stroke care

Conditions

Stroke and Aphasia

Study ID

NCT02328573

Start date

Apr 4, 2014

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Nov 13, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 13, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Stroke victim, regardless of level of stroke

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Communal singing

Participants in the study group will join the choir and participate in a weekly hour rehearsal for six months and will be assessed for aphasia, mood, and quality of life outcomes

no intervention: Control

The control group will not participate in the choir for the first six months. At the end of the six months study period, all participants will be evaluated again for changes in aphasia, language, mood and quality of life

Interventions

Communal singing

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in mood and quality of life as indicated through saliva (cortisol and melatonin sampling) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Joanne Loewy, DA

212-420-3484joanne.loewy@mountsinai.org

Locations

Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10003

Contacts

Marie Grippo

212-420-2704marie.grippo@mountsinai.org

Principal Investigator:

Joanne Loewy, DA

More Information

Sponsor

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Last update posted

Jul 22, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on 2026-07-22.