Clinical trial · Interventional
Music Therapy or Book Discussion in Improving Quality of Life in Young Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplant
Stories and Music for Adolescent/Young Adult Resilience During Transplant (SMART)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This randomized phase III trial is studying how well music therapy works compared to listening and discussing books on tape in improving quality of life in young patients undergoing stem cell transplant. Music therapy or book discussion may improve quality of life in patients undergoing stem cell transplant. It is not yet known whether music therapy is more effective than book discussion in improving quality of life in patients undergoing stem cell transplant.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Psychosocial Assessment and Care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Quality-of-Life Assessment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm I (counseling)
- description
- Patients undergo six 1-hour sessions twice a week for 3 weeks with a trained counselor in which they choose up to 3 books on CD and listen to the book and/or discuss their impressions and thoughts about the contents with the counselor. Patients are provided with a portable CD player to listen to the books during their hospitalization.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Psychosocial Assessment and Care
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm II (counseling and music therapy)
- description
- Patients undergo six 1-hour sessions twice a week for 3 weeks with a music therapist, designed specifically for the pre-transplant and acute phase of treatment. Phases of patient participation include song writing, recording the song with a digital accompaniment track, completing a video layout worksheet, taking photos or making drawings for the video, viewing clip art and pictures on a computer, and sharing the final video with family members and hospital staff.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 11 Years
- Maximum age
- 24 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of an oncology condition requiring allogeneic or autologous transplantation * Receiving or planning to receive a myeloablative treatment regimen and 1 of the following: * Marrow transplantation * Peripheral stem cell transplantation * Cord blood stem cell transplantation * Patients with cancers that do not usually occur in childhood/adolescent or young adult populations (e.g., breast or prostate cancer) are not eligible * Able to read and speak English * English does not need to be the primary language * Able to participate in the sessions as evaluated for alertness and engagement by the music therapist * No cognitive impairments that would make it difficult to participate in the intervention or complete questionnaires * Not married and not a parent * Concurrent therapy for pain control or relief of other symptoms allowed
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