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Fighting Addictions, Improving Lives: COmprehensive Drug Rehabilitation With Music
Sponsor: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Summary
FALCO is a parallel pragmatic randomized control trial addressing long-term effects of music therapy (MT) on substance use disorder (SUD). 600 participants will be recruited from multiple European countries (see Locations). They will be randomized into one of the following intervention arms: Active Music Group (AMG), Music Listening Group (MLG) or Treatment as Usual (TAU) as offered locally.
Official title: Fighting Addictions, Improving Lives Through COmprehensive Drug Rehabilitation With Music (FALCO): International Randomised Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
600
Start Date
2025-07-01
Completion Date
2037-06-30
Last Updated
2026-02-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Active Music Group (AMG)
Active music group is a music therapy intervention where participants actively make/play music in groups. The sessions will be conducted by an appropriately qualified music therapist.
Music Listening Group (MLG)
Music listening group is a music therapy intervention where participants partake in music listening in groups. The sessions will be conducted by an appropriately qualified music therapist.
Treatment as Usual (TAU)
Treatment as usual as provided locally, which may include pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological interventions (e.g. mindfulness-based intervention, structured physical activity).
Locations (11)
Anton Proksch Institut
Vienna, Austria
Herzog College
Jerusalem, Israel
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy
University of Bergen / NORCE Research AS
Bergen, Norway
Sykehuset Innlandet
Innlandet, Norway
Stavanger Universitetssjukehus
Stavanger, Norway
Palestinian National Rehabilitation Centre
Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
WOTU / University of Gdansk
Gdansk, Poland
Fundacio Sanitaria d'Igualada
Barcelona, Spain
IDIBGI
Girona, Spain
CAD
Zurich, Switzerland