Music Training and Child Development Study
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Official title
Effects of Music Training on Neurodevelopment and Associated Health Outcomes
Brief summary
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This proposed study aims to provide a definitive answer to whether music training benefits brain development, particularly brain inhibition control circuitry and its related health outcomes using a randomized control trial design. In the study, 114 children between ages 6-8 from Los Angeles will be randomly assigned to a 24-month:(1) community-focused after school music training group focused on a traditional strings curriculum at the Colburn school in Los Angeles (MG) or (2) a control group (CG) after-school program comprising of visual arts, book club, ethnic and cultural studies and theater without specific focus on systematic music training or sports. Imaging data will be collected at before and after the intervention (24 months), behavioral assessments will be conducted before the intervention and yearly afterwards, and mid-intervention evaluations will be performed every six months throughout the study.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05502939
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 114 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 6 Years to 8 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 10, 2022
- Primary completion
- Sep 30, 2027
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2027
- Last update posted
- Nov 12, 2025
2022 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain and Creativity Institute | Los Angeles | California | 90089 | — |
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