NCT02434224 is a NA clinical trial of Music Therapy in Developmental Delay (Disorder), sponsored by University of Zurich.

Who is sponsoring NCT02434224?

NCT02434224 is sponsored by University of Zurich.

What drugs are being tested in NCT02434224?

Interventions in NCT02434224: Music Therapy.

What condition does NCT02434224 study?

NCT02434224 studies Developmental Delay (Disorder).

Is NCT02434224 still recruiting?

NCT02434224 is currently completed. Last updated 5 February 2019.

Last reviewed 2019-02-05 · How we verify

NCT02434224

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Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creative Music Therapy for Premature Infants

Completed NA Last updated 5 February 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Music Therapy in Developmental Delay (Disorder) in 81 participants. Completed in 31 December 2018.

Timeline

1 January 2015

Primary endpoint
31 December 2018

31 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Zurich
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	81
Start date	1 January 2015
Primary completion	31 December 2018
Estimated completion	31 December 2018
Sites	1 location across Switzerland

Drugs / interventions tested

Music Therapy

Conditions studied

Developmental Delay (Disorder) — all drugs for Developmental Delay (Disorder) →

Sponsor

University of Zurich

Who can join

Adults 7 Days to 14 Days, any sex, with Developmental Delay (Disorder). Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study investigates whether creative music therapy applied to premature infants will facilitate brain growth and development at term equivalent assessed by magnetic resonance imaging. Secondary objective are improvement of neurobehavioral outcomes of premature infants at 24 months, as well as at 5 years of age.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Creative music therapy to promote brain function and brain structure in preterm infants: A randomized controlled pilot study.
Haslbeck FB, Jakab A, Held U, Bassler D, et al · · 2020 · cited 59× · PMID 31972397 · DOI 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102171
Creative Music Therapy with Premature Infants and Their Parents: A Mixed-Method Pilot Study on Parents' Anxiety, Stress and Depressive Symptoms and Parent-Infant Attachment.
Kehl SM, La Marca-Ghaemmaghami P, Haller M, Pichler-Stachl E, et al · · 2020 · cited 40× · PMID 33396496 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph18010265
Creative music therapy to promote brain structure, function, and neurobehavioral outcomes in preterm infants: a randomized controlled pilot trial protocol.
Haslbeck FB, Bucher HU, Bassler D, Hagmann C. · · 2017 · cited 22× · PMID 28975039 · DOI 10.1186/s40814-017-0180-5
Creative Music Therapy and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Pre-term Infants at 2 Years: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
Haslbeck FB, Bucher HU, Bassler D, Hagmann C, et al · · 2021 · cited 13× · PMID 34222141 · DOI 10.3389/fped.2021.660393

Verify or expand the search:

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Currently open trials in the same condition.

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02434224 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Zurich
Last refreshed: 5 February 2019

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