StrokeIMLNCT07127159
Music Listening for Mental Health Recovery After Stroke
A study testing Intentional Music Listening and Audiobook Listening in people with Stroke, run by New York University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study aims to explore whether listening to music intentionally can support the mental health of people recovering from a stroke. The question the investigators aim to answer is: Can intentional music listening improve emotional well-being in stroke survivors? And if so, what kinds of changes might music listening… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 50 to 90 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Stroke
- What is being tested?
- Intentional Music Listening and Audiobook Listening
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Jul 2025to 30 Sep 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 50 to 90 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Participants aged 50 to 90
- Confirmed diagnosis of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke occurring at least six months prior to enrollment.
Who cannot join
- Significant hearing loss, defined by a score >26 on the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly Screening (HHIE-S; Ventry and Weinstein, 1982)
- Contraindications for MRI
- Significant cognitive impairment, defined as a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; Nasreddine et al., 2005) score below 22 (unless the lower score is attributable to expressive aphasia)
- Specific musical anhedonia, defined as a score below 60 on the Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire (BMRQ; Mas-Herrero et al., 2013)
- Amusia, defined as a score below 70% on the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA; Peretz et al., 2003).
- Participants will not be excluded if currently taking medications that may affect brain function (e.g., antidepressants) or if engaged in other complementary therapies (e.g., mindfulness, yoga). Participants will be allowed to initiate new medications or therapies during the study period.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
New York University
New York, New York, 10003
Pablo Ripolles, PhD, 212-998-5424, pr82@nyu.edu
Pablo Ripolles, PhD
About this study
Official title: Feasibility of a Music Listening Intervention for Mental Health Recovery in Chronic Stroke
This study aims to explore whether listening to music intentionally can support the mental health of people recovering from a stroke. The question the investigators aim to answer is: Can intentional music listening improve emotional well-being in stroke survivors? And if so, what kinds of changes might music listening induce in mental health, thinking and memory (cognition), and brain activity? Participants will be randomly assigned to listen to either music or an audiobook for one hour each day, at home, for four weeks. Participants will also attend four in-person sessions with the researchers: at the start of the study (baseline), just before the listening period begins, after the four weeks are complete, and at a follow-up. During these visits, researchers will gather information about participants' mood and mental health (via questionnaires), assess memory and attention (via cognitive tasks), and use MRI scans to look at brain activity.
Read the detailed description
This is a feasibility clinical trial of a remotely delivered music listening intervention for individuals with chronic stroke, incorporating objective tracking of music exposure and multimodal assessments of mental health, cognitive, neural, and physiological changes.
Specifically, this is a parallel-group randomized controlled feasibility trial enrolling patients with chronic stroke. Participants will be randomized to either an intentional music listening (IML) group or an active control group that listens to audiobooks. The study includes a 4-week pre-intervention period during which no treatment is administered; this phase is designed to assess the stability of outcome measures. Following this, participants will engage in 1-hour daily listening sessions over a 4-week intervention period. All listening activity (i.e., track identity, duration, and engagement) will be continuously tracked using custom open-source software, providing a measure of treatment dose. Behavioral outcomes related to mental health will be assessed at baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up. Multimodal biomarkers (functional and structural MRI, electrodermal activity, and heart rate) will be collected pre- and post-intervention. The primary objective is to establish feasibility, defined by rates of retention and adherence, fidelity, feasibility, acceptability, and burden. Secondary outcomes include recruitment and randomization rates. This trial will provide essential data to inform the design of future large-scale clinical studies of IML for post-stroke mental health recovery.
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Being tested
- Intentional Music Listening, Audiobook Listening
- Keywords
- intentional music listening, music intervention, stroke, mental health, stroke recovery, music therapy, emotional well-being
- Medical subject headings
- Stroke, Psychological Well-Being
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Intentional Music ListeningBehavioural
Participants will receive an iPad with Spotify (for music listening) and FaceTime. For 4 weeks (excluding weekends; 20 sessions), participants will listen to music for one hour per session, without multitasking (e.g., no chores or cooking), and will be encouraged to listen attentively. The investigators will collaborate with each participant to co-create a personalized playlist composed of self-selected, culturally relevant songs. This playlist can be updated at any time by the participant, either independently or with assistance from the team. During the music-listening session, participants will be on FaceTime with a team member, who will be available to provide support as needed. A custom Python script will continuously track the songs played by participants through Spotify, logging playback activity for research purposes.
Audiobook ListeningBehavioural
Participants will be provided with an iPad equipped with a Spotify (for audiobook listening) and FaceTime. For 4 weeks (excluding weekends; 20 sessions), participants will be asked to listen to an audiobook of their choice for one hour per session, without engaging in other activities such as chores or cooking. Participants will be instructed to listen attentively and avoid multitasking during the session. A team member will connect with each participant via FaceTime to offer support. Participants may update or change their audiobook selections at any time, either independently or with help from the team. A custom Python script will be used to continuously track audiobook playback activity for research and analysis.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intentional Music Listening | Experimental | Stroke patients assigned to the Intentional Music Listening group will participate in a 4-week intervention, in which participants will engage in one hour of music listening per day and complete daily self-reports on mood and control measures. Baseline, pre-, and post-intervention evaluations will assess clinical outcomes through behavioral measures of mental health and cognition. Pre- and post-intervention evaluations will also include biomarker assessments (MRI and physiological measures). The follow-up session will assess clinical outcomes only. Receives: Behavioral: Intentional Music Listening |
| Audiobook Listening | Active comparator | Stroke patients assigned to the Audiobook Listening group will participate in a 4-week intervention, in which participants will engage in one hour of audiobook listening per day and complete daily self-reports on mood and control measures. Baseline, pre-, and post-intervention evaluations will assess clinical outcomes through behavioral measures of mental health and cognition. Pre- and post-intervention evaluations will also include biomarker assessments (MRI and physiological measures). The follow-up session will assess clinical outcomes only. Receives: Behavioral: Audiobook Listening |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Burden (Completion of evaluation sessions)
Burden associated with each of the four evaluation sessions will be assessed. The outcome measure will include the proportion of patients who complete evaluations at each time point, with a target of at least 80% completion.
Measured: From baseline to follow-up (3 months post-intervention)
Burden Ratings
Investigators will assess the perceived burden of participants by collecting at each evaluation session burden ratings. Participants will rate sessions as "not burdensome," "partially burdensome," or "very burdensome". The goal is for at least 80% of patients to rate the evaluations at each time point as "not burdensome. Burden ratings will be collected at 4 time points (baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up).
Measured: From baseline to follow-up (3 months post-intervention)
Patient acceptability
After each listening session, participants will rate the session as "not acceptable," "partially acceptable," or "fully acceptable." The goal is for at least 80% of sessions to be rated as fully acceptable.
Measured: From beginning to end of the intervention (4 weeks)
Retention and Adherence
Proportion of enrolled and randomized participants who complete the IML/Audiobook sessions. At least 80% of randomized patients complete at least 80% of the IML/Audiobook sessions.
Measured: From beginning to end of the intervention (4 weeks)
Feasibility Ratings
Each listening session will be rated by the study team member leading the session as "not feasible," "partially feasible," or "fully feasible." The primary feasibility outcome measure is the proportion of sessions rated "fully feasible," with a target threshold of 80%.
Measured: From beginning to the end of the intervention (4 weeks)
Fidelity
Fidelity will be measured as the the proportion of listening sessions delivered according to the protocol; video calls with patients will be recorded and a team member who was not present during the call will review the recordings and score the session as "delivered according to protocol" or "not delivered according to protocol". Benchmark for success: At least 80% of all sessions delivered according to the protocol.
Measured: From beginning to the end of the intervention (4 weeks)
Secondary outcomes (3)
Recruitment
Recruitment will be measured by the number of participants successfully enrolled per month. The target benchmark is a minimum of 2 participants enrolled each month.
Measured: Baseline
Randomization (Enrolment)
Randomization will be evaluated based on the proportion of screened participants who are successfully enrolled. The target benchmarks is for at least 30% of screened participants to be enrolled.
Measured: Baseline
Randomization (Participation)
Randomization will be evaluated based on the proportion of enrolled participants who complete both the baseline and pre-intervention evaluations and attend at least one IML or Audiobook session. The target benchmark is for at least 80% of enrolled participants to reach this initial level of study engagement.
Measured: Baseline, pre-intervention, and intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Aug 2025
- Study start1 Jul 2025
- Primary completion30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (6)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for StrokeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by New York UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- New York University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Pablo Ripolles, PhD, Principal investigator, New York University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07127159
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- FY2024-8826
- Acronym
- IML
- Status last verified
- Aug 2025
- First submitted
- 4 Aug 2025
- Last updated
- 12 Aug 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Experimental data, devoid of any personal information, will be released as an open-source database.
Publications
Sihvonen AJ, Leo V, Ripolles P, Lehtovaara T, Ylonen A, Rajanaro P, Laitinen S, Forsblom A, Saunavaara J, Autti T, Laine M, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Tervaniemi M, Soinila S, Sarkamo T. Vocal music enhances memory and language recovery after stroke: pooled results from two RCTs. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020 Nov;7(11):2272-2287. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51217. Epub 2020 Oct 6.
PubMed 33022148Baylan S, Haig C, MacDonald M, Stiles C, Easto J, Thomson M, Cullen B, Quinn TJ, Stott D, Mercer SW, Broomfield NM, Murray H, Evans JJ. Measuring the effects of listening for leisure on outcome after stroke (MELLO): A pilot randomized controlled trial of mindful music listening. Int J Stroke. 2020 Feb;15(2):149-158. doi: 10.1177/1747493019841250. Epub 2019 Apr 2.
PubMed 30940047Sarkamo T, Tervaniemi M, Laitinen S, Forsblom A, Soinila S, Mikkonen M, Autti T, Silvennoinen HM, Erkkila J, Laine M, Peretz I, Hietanen M. Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke. Brain. 2008 Mar;131(Pt 3):866-76. doi: 10.1093/brain/awn013.
PubMed 18287122Sihvonen AJ, Sarkamo T, Leo V, Tervaniemi M, Altenmuller E, Soinila S. Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Aug;16(8):648-660. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30168-0. Epub 2017 Jun 26.
PubMed 28663005Provias V, Kucukoglu MA, Robinson A, Yandun-Oyola S, He R, Palumbo A, Sihvonen AJ, Shi Y, Malgaroli M, Schambra H, Fuentes M, Ripolles P. Remote intentional music listening intervention to support mental health in individuals with chronic stroke: study protocol for a feasibility trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 18;15(9):e109467. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109467.
PubMed 40973376Provias V, Kucukoglu MA, Robinson A, Yandun-Oyola S, He R, Palumbo A, Sihvonen AJ, Shi Y, Malgaroli M, Schambra H, Fuentes M, Ripolles P. Feasibility Trial Protocol for a Remote Intentional Music Listening Intervention to Support Mental Health in Individuals with Chronic Stroke. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Aug 19:2025.08.15.25333806. doi: 10.1101/2025.08.15.25333806.
PubMed 40894150
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 Aug 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Feasibility of a Music Listening Intervention for Mental Health Recovery in Chronic Stroke
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07127159
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IML / FY2024-8826
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Keywords
- intentional music listening, music intervention, stroke, mental health, stroke recovery, music therapy, emotional well-being
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- New York UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Jul 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 17 Aug 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study aims to explore whether listening to music intentionally can support the mental health of people recovering from a stroke. The question the investigators aim to answer is: Can intentional music listening improve emotional well-being in stroke survivors? And if so, what kinds of changes might music listening induce in mental health, thinking and memory (cognition), and brain activity? Participants will be randomly assigned to listen to either music or an audiobook for one hour each day, at home, for four weeks. Participants will also attend four in-person sessions with the researchers: at the start of the study (baseline), just before the listening period begins, after the four weeks are complete, and at a follow-up. During these visits, researchers will gather information about participants' mood and mental health (via questionnaires), assess memory and attention (via cognitive tasks), and use MRI scans to look at brain activity.
Detailed description
This is a feasibility clinical trial of a remotely delivered music listening intervention for individuals with chronic stroke, incorporating objective tracking of music exposure and multimodal assessments of mental health, cognitive, neural, and physiological changes.
Specifically, this is a parallel-group randomized controlled feasibility trial enrolling patients with chronic stroke. Participants will be randomized to either an intentional music listening (IML) group or an active control group that listens to audiobooks. The study includes a 4-week pre-intervention period during which no treatment is administered; this phase is designed to assess the stability of outcome measures. Following this, participants will engage in 1-hour daily listening sessions over a 4-week intervention period. All listening activity (i.e., track identity, duration, and engagement) will be continuously tracked using custom open-source software, providing a measure of treatment dose. Behavioral outcomes related to mental health will be assessed at baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up. Multimodal biomarkers (functional and structural MRI, electrodermal activity, and heart rate) will be collected pre- and post-intervention. The primary objective is to establish feasibility, defined by rates of retention and adherence, fidelity, feasibility, acceptability, and burden. Secondary outcomes include recruitment and randomization rates. This trial will provide essential data to inform the design of future large-scale clinical studies of IML for post-stroke mental health recovery.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intentional Music Listening | Experimental | Behavioral: Intentional Music ListeningStroke patients assigned to the Intentional Music Listening group will participate in a 4-week intervention, in which participants will engage in one hour of music listening per day and complete daily self-reports on mood and control measures. Baseline, pre-, and post-intervention evaluations will assess clinical outcomes through behavioral measures of mental health and cognition. Pre- and post-intervention evaluations will also include biomarker assessments (MRI and physiological measures). The follow-up session will assess clinical outcomes only. |
| Audiobook Listening | Active comparator | Behavioral: Audiobook ListeningStroke patients assigned to the Audiobook Listening group will participate in a 4-week intervention, in which participants will engage in one hour of audiobook listening per day and complete daily self-reports on mood and control measures. Baseline, pre-, and post-intervention evaluations will assess clinical outcomes through behavioral measures of mental health and cognition. Pre- and post-intervention evaluations will also include biomarker assessments (MRI and physiological measures). The follow-up session will assess clinical outcomes only. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 50 to 90 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Participants aged 50 to 90
- Confirmed diagnosis of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke occurring at least six months prior to enrollment.
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Significant hearing loss, defined by a score >26 on the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly Screening (HHIE-S; Ventry and Weinstein, 1982)
- Contraindications for MRI
- Significant cognitive impairment, defined as a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; Nasreddine et al., 2005) score below 22 (unless the lower score is attributable to expressive aphasia)
- Specific musical anhedonia, defined as a score below 60 on the Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire (BMRQ; Mas-Herrero et al., 2013)
- Amusia, defined as a score below 70% on the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA; Peretz et al., 2003).
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Intentional Music ListeningParticipants will receive an iPad with Spotify (for music listening) and FaceTime. For 4 weeks (excluding weekends; 20 sessions), participants will listen to music for one hour per session, without multitasking (e.g., no chores or cooking), and will be encouraged to listen attentively. The investigators will collaborate with each participant to co-create a personalized playlist composed of self-selected, culturally relevant songs. This playlist can be updated at any time by the participant, either independently or with assistance from the team. During the music-listening session, participants will be on FaceTime with a team member, who will be available to provide support as needed. A custom Python script will continuously track the songs played by participants through Spotify, logging playback activity for research purposes. | Behavioural | Intentional Music Listening |
| Audiobook ListeningParticipants will be provided with an iPad equipped with a Spotify (for audiobook listening) and FaceTime. For 4 weeks (excluding weekends; 20 sessions), participants will be asked to listen to an audiobook of their choice for one hour per session, without engaging in other activities such as chores or cooking. Participants will be instructed to listen attentively and avoid multitasking during the session. A team member will connect with each participant via FaceTime to offer support. Participants may update or change their audiobook selections at any time, either independently or with help from the team. A custom Python script will be used to continuously track audiobook playback activity for research and analysis. | Behavioural | Audiobook Listening |
Primary outcome
Burden (Completion of evaluation sessions)
Time frame: From baseline to follow-up (3 months post-intervention)
Burden associated with each of the four evaluation sessions will be assessed. The outcome measure will include the proportion of patients who complete evaluations at each time point, with a target of at least 80% completion.
Burden Ratings
Time frame: From baseline to follow-up (3 months post-intervention)
Investigators will assess the perceived burden of participants by collecting at each evaluation session burden ratings. Participants will rate sessions as "not burdensome," "partially burdensome," or "very burdensome". The goal is for at least 80% of patients to rate the evaluations at each time point as "not burdensome. Burden ratings will be collected at 4 time points (baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up).
Patient acceptability
Time frame: From beginning to end of the intervention (4 weeks)
After each listening session, participants will rate the session as "not acceptable," "partially acceptable," or "fully acceptable." The goal is for at least 80% of sessions to be rated as fully acceptable.
Retention and Adherence
Time frame: From beginning to end of the intervention (4 weeks)
Proportion of enrolled and randomized participants who complete the IML/Audiobook sessions. At least 80% of randomized patients complete at least 80% of the IML/Audiobook sessions.
Feasibility Ratings
Time frame: From beginning to the end of the intervention (4 weeks)
Each listening session will be rated by the study team member leading the session as "not feasible," "partially feasible," or "fully feasible." The primary feasibility outcome measure is the proportion of sessions rated "fully feasible," with a target threshold of 80%.
Fidelity
Time frame: From beginning to the end of the intervention (4 weeks)
Fidelity will be measured as the the proportion of listening sessions delivered according to the protocol; video calls with patients will be recorded and a team member who was not present during the call will review the recordings and score the session as "delivered according to protocol" or "not delivered according to protocol". Benchmark for success: At least 80% of all sessions delivered according to the protocol.
3 secondary outcomes
Recruitment
Time frame: Baseline
Randomization (Enrolment)
Time frame: Baseline
Randomization (Participation)
Time frame: Baseline, pre-intervention, and intervention
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 Aug 2026.
- Background: PubMed 33022148Sihvonen AJ, Leo V, Ripolles P, Lehtovaara T, Ylonen A, Rajanaro P, Laitinen S, Forsblom A, Saunavaara J, Autti T, Laine M, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Tervaniemi M, Soinila S, Sarkamo T. Vocal music enhances memory and language recovery after stroke: pooled results from two RCTs. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020 Nov;7(11):2272-2287. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51217. Epub 2020 Oct 6.
- Background: PubMed 30940047Baylan S, Haig C, MacDonald M, Stiles C, Easto J, Thomson M, Cullen B, Quinn TJ, Stott D, Mercer SW, Broomfield NM, Murray H, Evans JJ. Measuring the effects of listening for leisure on outcome after stroke (MELLO): A pilot randomized controlled trial of mindful music listening. Int J Stroke. 2020 Feb;15(2):149-158. doi: 10.1177/1747493019841250. Epub 2019 Apr 2.
- Background: PubMed 18287122Sarkamo T, Tervaniemi M, Laitinen S, Forsblom A, Soinila S, Mikkonen M, Autti T, Silvennoinen HM, Erkkila J, Laine M, Peretz I, Hietanen M. Music listening enhances cognitive recovery and mood after middle cerebral artery stroke. Brain. 2008 Mar;131(Pt 3):866-76. doi: 10.1093/brain/awn013.
- Background: PubMed 28663005Sihvonen AJ, Sarkamo T, Leo V, Tervaniemi M, Altenmuller E, Soinila S. Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Aug;16(8):648-660. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30168-0. Epub 2017 Jun 26.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 40973376Provias V, Kucukoglu MA, Robinson A, Yandun-Oyola S, He R, Palumbo A, Sihvonen AJ, Shi Y, Malgaroli M, Schambra H, Fuentes M, Ripolles P. Remote intentional music listening intervention to support mental health in individuals with chronic stroke: study protocol for a feasibility trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 18;15(9):e109467. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109467.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 40894150Provias V, Kucukoglu MA, Robinson A, Yandun-Oyola S, He R, Palumbo A, Sihvonen AJ, Shi Y, Malgaroli M, Schambra H, Fuentes M, Ripolles P. Feasibility Trial Protocol for a Remote Intentional Music Listening Intervention to Support Mental Health in Individuals with Chronic Stroke. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Aug 19:2025.08.15.25333806. doi: 10.1101/2025.08.15.25333806.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Experimental data, devoid of any personal information, will be released as an open-source database.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Pablo Ripolles, PhD principal investigator
New York University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Intentional Music Listening and Audiobook Listening in people with Stroke, run by New York University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Pablo Ripolles, PhD (+ 1212-998-5424, pripolles@nyu.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Burden (Completion of evaluation sessions) (time frame: From baseline to follow-up (3 months post-intervention)). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07127159, which also lists 6 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Aug 2026.