NCT05151562 · RECRUITING
Music Therapy for Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
This trial is testing whether personalized virtual music therapy sessions, built around songs tied to a person's memories, can improve mood, memory, and cognition in people with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's. Participants attend two 30-minute online sessions per week for 8 weeks. Brain scans before and after measure any changes in activity. This is a Phase N/A feasibility study, meaning researchers are checking whether this approach is practical and shows early promise, not proving it works.
You may qualify if
- Age 18-89
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MoCA score: 18-25) or Early AD (MoCA score: 17-24)
You're excluded if
- Head trauma, traumatic brain injury, or concussion with loss of consciousness for >2 minutes
- Claustrophobia incompatible with MRI scanning
- Medical device incompatible with MRI scanning (e.g. cardiac pacemaker, implanted cardiac defibrillator, aneurysm brain clip, inner ear implant)
- Prior history as a metal worker and/or certain metallic objects in the body
- Exclusion Criteria will be carefully determined by the MRI screening form.
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-05-06