RecruitingNot Applicable

Binaural Beats for Postoperative Pain and Anxiety Reduction

United States50 participantsStarted 2026-03-09

Plain-language summary

To deliver a 30-minute binaural beats audio intervention in PACU and collect pain and anxiety outcomes immediately following surgery, and 4 hours following surgery completion in adults undergoing ambulatory total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 99 Years

SexALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

Inclusion Criteria: * American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System (ASA) 1-3 * Spinal anesthesia * Patients receiving nerve-block in Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) * Primary total hip or total knee arthroplasty Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate-severe hearing impairment or use of hearing aids * History of significant tinnitus, active delirium, chronic high-dose opioid therapy (\>60 MME/day baseline) * Major psychiatric pathology * General anesthesia

What they're measuring

Change in Pain Score Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)

Timeframe: Baseline (pre-operative) to 4 hours post-operation.

Change in Anxiety Score State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S)

Timeframe: Baseline (pre-operative) to 4 hours post-operation.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07437469

SponsorUniversity of Miami

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-08-30

Contact for this trial

Andrew R Moya, MD

1786-856-6463 arm577@miami.edu, doc.a.moya1@gmail.com

View on ClinicalTrials.gov More TKA trials