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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/02/080292 [Registered on: 10/02/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 09/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Behavioral
Other (Specify) [Music]  
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   A study to see if listening to music can reduce pain in patients after brain surgery 
Scientific Title of Study   Efficacy of patient preferred music therapy as an adjuvant on the post operative pain and the requirement of analgesics among the patients who have undergone transcranial neurosurgery 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Gopikrishnan R 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research 
Address  Neurosurgery office, Second floor,SSB. JIPMER

Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9894309511  
Fax    
Email  gopikrishnancmc@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Gopikrishnan R 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research 
Address  Neurosurgery office, Second floor,SSB. JIPMER

Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  9894309511  
Fax    
Email  gopikrishnancmc@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  VV Anuraag Veeramachaneni 
Designation  MBBS 
Affiliation  JIPMER 
Address  Neurosurgery Office, Second floor,SSB JIPMER

Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  8867034974  
Fax    
Email  anuraagveeramachaneni@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research,Puducherry-605006. India 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Gopikrishnan R 
Address  Neurosurgery office, Second floor, SSB, JIPMER,Puducherry 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
VV Anuraag Veeramachaneni  Jawaharlal institute of postgraduate medical education and research  Neurosurgery Office, Second Floor,SSB JIPMER
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY 
8867034974

anuraagveeramachaneni@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethical Committee Interventional Studies-JIPMER  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: G891||Acute pain, not elsewhere classified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Music  Patients listens to music of her/his choice for half an hour three times a day in the first four postoperative days 
Comparator Agent  No treatment  No music is provided in the first four post operative days-4 days 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  80.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients undergoing elective cranial neurosurgery above the age of 18 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Patients who are intubated
2.Patients with a GCS of less than 15 after extubation or anytime during the postoperative period
3.Patients with hearing impairment 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Stratified block randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Level of pain  Post operative day one through four-4 days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Dose of analgesic requirement  Post operative day one through four-4 days 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="72"
Sample Size from India="72" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   20/02/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
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