Chronic PainPOP SINGER 1NCT07450131
POP SINGER Pilot Study
A study testing Music Therapy in people with Chronic Pain, run by University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Conduct a single-arm pilot study (N = 24) to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the hybrid (i.e., half in-person, half online) POPSINGER group Music Therapy (MT) intervention. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Chronic Pain
- What is being tested?
- Music Therapy
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 22 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 13 Mar 2026to 8 Jul 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Adults age 18 and older
- Reporting pain on most days per month for a duration of ≥3 months
- Independently ambulatory
- Willing to participate in full scope of program
- Access to internet, active email address, \& laptop, tablet, and/or PC with videoconferencing capabilities
- Have reliable access to a mobile device with an active data plan at home and is comfortable accessing the internet and their email with this device
- Able to read and understand English
Who cannot join
- Significant hearing and/or visual impairment
- Have had a major surgery (e.g., spine surgery, joint replacement) within the past 6 months
- Have a planned surgery within the next 6 months at the time of enrollment
- Unable to independently provide consent (i.e., no proxy consent)
- Active suicidal ideation
- Severe psychological comorbidity (e.g., psychosis, schizophrenia) that would prevent patient from engaging fully in intervention
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- Receiving active cancer treatment
- Diagnosed with medical condition likely to be terminal within 24 weeks
- Active substance abuse diagnosis in EHR
- Currently receiving music therapy from a professional music therapist
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Pain Management Optimized Through Patient-centered Multi-Session Group Music Therapy Within INteGrative sharEd progRamming: A Single-arm Pilot Study
Conduct a single-arm pilot study (N = 24) to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the hybrid (i.e., half in-person, half online) POPSINGER group Music Therapy (MT) intervention.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Being tested
- Music Therapy
- Keywords
- Music Therapy, Chronic Pain, Group Medical Visits, Virtual
- Medical subject headings
- Chronic Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Music TherapyBehavioural
A board-certified music therapist will provide a total of 16 MT sessions (8 in-person and 8 virtual) that include education, social connection, and experiential music interventions. These sessions will focus on self-management of pain through evidenced-based MT interventions including music sharing, playlists using the iso-principle, music making, music and guided imagery, music and deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and adapted cardio drumming.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Music Therapy | Experimental | A board-certified music therapist will provide a total of 16 MT sessions (8 in-person and 8 virtual) that include education, social connection, and experiential music interventions. These sessions will focus on self-management of pain through evidenced-based MT interventions including music sharing, playlists using the iso-principle, music making, music and guided imagery, music and deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and adapted cardio drumming. Receives: Behavioral: Music Therapy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Number of participants retained as measured by enrollment logs
A retention rate of ≥70% of recruited participants until the final survey time point.
Measured: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
Number of sessions attended per participant as measured by attendance logs
An attendance rate of ≥11/16 sessions among ≥70% of retained participants.
Measured: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
Number of participants completing follow-up measures as measured by data collection logs
A measure completion rate of ≥70% of follow-up measures among retained participants.
Measured: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
Number of participants reporting daily music exercise use in REDCap exercise logs
≥60% of retained MT participants reporting use of music exercises at least once every other day.
Measured: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted4 Mar 2026
- Study start13 Mar 2026
- Primary completion8 Jul 2026
- Study completion8 Jul 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Chronic PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 22 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Kulas Foundation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Angelique Foss, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Investigators
- Angelique Foss, CHES®, NBC-HWC, LPMT, MT-BC, Principal investigator, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterSamuel N Rodgers-Melnick, PhD, MPH, LPMT, MT-BC, Study director, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07450131
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY20260037
- Acronym
- POP SINGER 1
- Status last verified
- Sep 2026
- First submitted
- 26 Feb 2026
- Last updated
- 4 Sep 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Sep 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Pain Management Optimized Through Patient-centered Multi-Session Group Music Therapy Within INteGrative sharEd progRamming: A Single-arm Pilot Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07450131
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- POP SINGER 1 / STUDY20260037
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Keywords
- Music Therapy, Chronic Pain, Group Medical Visits, Virtual
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 22 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Kulas Foundation
- Study start
- 13 Mar 2026 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 8 Jul 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 8 Jul 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 4 Mar 2026 (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.
Conduct a single-arm pilot study (N = 24) to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the hybrid (i.e., half in-person, half online) POPSINGER group Music Therapy (MT) intervention.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Music Therapy | Experimental | Behavioral: Music TherapyA board-certified music therapist will provide a total of 16 MT sessions (8 in-person and 8 virtual) that include education, social connection, and experiential music interventions. These sessions will focus on self-management of pain through evidenced-based MT interventions including music sharing, playlists using the iso-principle, music making, music and guided imagery, music and deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and adapted cardio drumming. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Adults age 18 and older
- Reporting pain on most days per month for a duration of ≥3 months
- Independently ambulatory
- Willing to participate in full scope of program
- Access to internet, active email address, \& laptop, tablet, and/or PC with videoconferencing capabilities
Key exclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Significant hearing and/or visual impairment
- Have had a major surgery (e.g., spine surgery, joint replacement) within the past 6 months
- Have a planned surgery within the next 6 months at the time of enrollment
- Unable to independently provide consent (i.e., no proxy consent)
- Active suicidal ideation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Music TherapyA board-certified music therapist will provide a total of 16 MT sessions (8 in-person and 8 virtual) that include education, social connection, and experiential music interventions. These sessions will focus on self-management of pain through evidenced-based MT interventions including music sharing, playlists using the iso-principle, music making, music and guided imagery, music and deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and adapted cardio drumming. | Behavioural | Music Therapy |
Primary outcome
Number of participants retained as measured by enrollment logs
Time frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
A retention rate of ≥70% of recruited participants until the final survey time point.
Number of sessions attended per participant as measured by attendance logs
Time frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
An attendance rate of ≥11/16 sessions among ≥70% of retained participants.
Number of participants completing follow-up measures as measured by data collection logs
Time frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
A measure completion rate of ≥70% of follow-up measures among retained participants.
Number of participants reporting daily music exercise use in REDCap exercise logs
Time frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
≥60% of retained MT participants reporting use of music exercises at least once every other day.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Sep 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Angelique Foss, CHES®, NBC-HWC, LPMT, MT-BC principal investigator
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Samuel N Rodgers-Melnick, PhD, MPH, LPMT, MT-BC study director
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Music Therapy in people with Chronic Pain, run by University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center 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 7 inclusion and 10 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Sep 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?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Number of participants retained as measured by enrollment logs (time frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 4 Sep 2026.