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NCT03821844 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease_part1

A NA study, sponsored by Brown University.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
1,073
Enrollment target

NCT03821844: Completed NA study, sponsored by Brown University.

NCT03821844 is a NA study that has completed, run by Brown University. The registered enrollment target is 1,073 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (24% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT03821844, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Brown University.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
1,073 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.

Primary Outcome

The tool used to interview staff about resident behaviors is the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory. Research staff interview a nursing staff member who knows the resident well to ask how frequently 29 agitated and/or aggressive behaviors occurred in the past week. There are seven response choices for each item, anchored from never (1) to several times per hour (7). Total scores on the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory range from 29 to 203, with higher scores representing more frequent agitat

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Music and Memory

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 1,073 participants
Start Date 2019-06-03
Est. Completion 2021-12-31
Phase NA
Brown University

231 total trials

What the finished NCT03821844 record still lists

NCT03821844 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. Its 1,073 participants enrollment target places it among the larger protocols in the corpus, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (24% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Music and Memory is the first listed.

NCT03821844 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT03821844 about?

NCT03821844 is a clinical study titled "Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease_part1". The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.

What is the current status of trial NCT03821844?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 1,073 participants. The study started on 2019-06-03. Estimated completion is 2021-12-31.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03821844?

The interventions under investigation include: Music and Memory (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03821844?

This trial is sponsored by Brown University, which has 231 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT03821844's enrollment target sits among peer trials

1,073 96th of 2000 higher than 1,905 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03821844, the US trial registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine. NCT03821844 (large enrollment · none site footprint · completed) retrieved and formatted by PlainTrial, see methodology.