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The BARBER Trial: Music and Binaural Beats During Prostate Biopsy
Sponsor: University of Trieste
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial was to learn whether listening to classical music or binaural beats could reduce anxiety and pain in adult men undergoing prostate biopsy. The main questions it aimed to answer were: * Does listening to classical music reduce anxiety and pain during prostate biopsy compared with no music? * Does listening to classical music with binaural beats reduce anxiety and pain during prostate biopsy compared with classical music alone or no music? Researchers compared three groups of participants: one group listened to classical music, one group listened to the same music with binaural beats, and one group did not listen to music. Participants were asked to complete anxiety questionnaires before and after the biopsy. They also rated their pain after the procedure, and blood pressure and heart rate were recorded before and after the biopsy.
Official title: Classical Music and Binaural Beats During Prostate Biopsy: The BARBER Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
221
Start Date
2024-01-01
Completion Date
2025-06-30
Last Updated
2026-07-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Binaural beats auditory intervention
Participants listened to Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings embedded with a 6-Hz binaural beat during the prostate biopsy procedure. The binaural beat was generated by presenting a 384-Hz tone to the right ear and a 378-Hz tone to the left ear. The audio track was delivered through wireless stereo headphones.
Classical music auditory intervention
Participants listened to Samuel Barber's \*Adagio for Strings\* during the prostate biopsy procedure. The same musical track used in the binaural beats group was delivered without embedded binaural beats through wireless stereo headphones.
No Music Group
Participants underwent the prostate biopsy procedure without listening to music or binaural beats.
Locations (1)
Department of Urology, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina
Trieste, TS, Italy