Stepped-Care Intervention of Music and Imagery to Assess Relief (SCIMITAR) Trial
RecruitingNot applicableNCT07217821
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Th Stepped-Care Intervention of Music and Imagery to Assess Relief (SCIMITAR) Trial. SCIMITAR builds on our pilot study, the Feasibility and Acceptability of Music Imagery and Listening Interventions for Analgesia (FAMILIA), which demonstrated that telehealth delivery of music listening (ML) and music imagery (MI) interventions is feasible and acceptable to Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. SCIMITAR leverages what we learned from FAMILIA into a fully powered trial, harnessing the benefits of sequential ML and MI into a stepped-care, music therapy intervention via telehealth for Veterans needing relief from pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Stepped-Care Intervention of Music and Imagery to Assess Relief (SCIMITAR) Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
- Veterans
- Music Therapy
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Stepped-care
- Sponsor
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
- Collaborators
- Indiana Institute for Medical Research
- Start date
- 2023-08-30
- Primary completion
- 2026-01-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * musculoskeletal pain in the low back, cervical spine, or extremities (hips, knees, or shoulders) for ≥ 3 months * at least moderate pain severity, defined as a PEG score ≥ 4 on a 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain) * access to computer, tablet, or smartphone * ability to pass a technology assessment Exclusion Criteria: * Past month hospitalization for medical or psychiatric illness * housing insecurity * suicidal ideation with current intent/plan * hearing or cognitive impairment that may interfere with music listening or abstract thinking needed for imagery work * currently receiving music therapy services
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07217821