Sleep Homeostasis in Primary Insomnia Following Behavioral Treatment
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Purpose
About 10% of the population is believed to suffer from Primary Insomnia. It is also believed that people with chronic insomnia have a sleep system that is essentially out of alignment (we call this "homeostatic dysregulation"). We also know that a certain form of non-medication therapy called cognitive-behavioral therapy is a very effective treatment for insomnia. It is not known, however, whether cognitive-behavioral therapy actually works by bringing the brain's sleep system back into alignment ("sleep homeostasis"). One of the methods used to measure sleep homeostasis is to observe a person's brain waves during sleep and particularly during sleep that follows a period of sleep loss.
The purposes of this study are to first learn whether persons with insomnia do have a misaligned sleep system compared to persons who do not have insomnia by assessing the sleep of people before and after a period of extended sleep loss. Second, the study will determine whether cognitive-behavioral therapy can re-regulate the sleep system and its response to sleep loss. Third, the final purpose is to examine whether the immune system of people with insomnia is more altered following sleep loss than in the comparison group and whether cognitive-behavioral therapy can alter immune function.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Primary Insomnia |
Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Sleep Homeostasis in Primary Insomnia Following Behavioral Treatment |
- Mean sleep latency, % total recovery sleep time, and Slow Wave Sleep (SWS) and mean NREM delta power. [ Time Frame: November 2008 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- SWS response to sleep deprivation, and cortical (Beta/Gamma power) and somatic arousal (cortisol). [ Time Frame: November 2008 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Sleep homeostasis, cortical arousal, and somatic arousal (at Phase 3) in PIs. [ Time Frame: November 2008 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Assessment of circadian distribution of somatic (cortisol) and cortical (Beta/Gamma EEG) arousal in association with sleep deprivation. [ Time Frame: November 2008 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Evaluation of the 24-hour distribution of somatic (cortisol) and cortical (Beta/Gamma EEG) arousal in PIs. [ Time Frame: November 2008 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 18 |
| Study Start Date: | December 2005 |
| Study Completion Date: | December 2008 |
| Primary Completion Date: | December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Despite the magnitude of the problem of Primary Insomnia, and the good efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia (CBT-I), little is known about the pathophysiology of insomnia or whether treatment alters the factors that are thought to maintain chronic insomnia. Three main factors have been explored as contributing to chronic insomnia: hyperarousal, circadian dysrhythmia, and homeostatic dysregulation. Most of the empirical work has been related to the role of hyperarousal along three dimensions: somatic, cognitive, and cortical.
The present study is focused on homeostatic abnormalities and secondarily on hyperarousal as exhibited in subjects with Primary Insomnia (PIs) compared to Good Sleeper controls (GSs). Homeostatic abnormalities will be assessed by evaluating how patients with insomnia respond to sleep deprivation.
This study will use a Modified Sleep Deprivation and Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSD/MSLT) procedure. Response to the procedure will be assessed in terms of sleep continuity, sleep architecture and electroencephalographic (EEG) power spectral changes during recovery sleep. Hyperarousal will be evaluated using serial measures of somatic (cortisol) and cortical (EEG Beta/Gamma activity) arousal across the sleep deprivation protocol.
These parameters will be evaluated both prior to and following CBT-I in PIs and following an equivalent time interval in GSs.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 55 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Primary Insomnia (PI) subjects:
- Difficulty falling or staying asleep for 6 or more months as evidenced by (a) 30 or more minutes to fall asleep on 3 or more nights per week, or (b) early morning awakenings > 30 minutes prior to desired rise time on 3 or more nights per week
- Reported impaired daytime function attributed to insomnia
Good-Sleeper (GS) controls:
- No history of sleep disorders
- No current sleep complaints and/or complaints of daytime fatigue or sleepiness
- Sleep characterized as restorative and relatively "unperturbable"; and will be defined as: 5-15 minutes to fall asleep and no more than two awakenings per night of > 5 minutes duration
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant medical or psychiatric illness
- Diagnosed or occult sleep disorders (evident on screening PSG) other than PI
- Hearing or memory impairments
- Non-fluency in spoken or written English
- History of head injury (w/ loss of consciousness) or seizures
- Prescription medication or recreational drug use within 4 weeks of laboratory study
- Tobacco use or consume more than 3 cups of coffee per day (or an equivalent dose of caffeine)
Contacts and Locations| United States, New York | |
| University of Rochester Medical Center | |
| Rochester, New York, United States, 14642 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Wilfred R. Pigeon, Ph.D. | University of Rochester |
| Principal Investigator: | Michael L. Perlis, Ph.D. | University of Rochester |
More Information
Additional Information:
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| Responsible Party: | Wilfred R. Pigeon, Ph.D./Primary Investigator, University of Rochester |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00256503 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 33-CA-05, 012331 |
| Study First Received: | November 16, 2005 |
| Last Updated: | February 19, 2009 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by University of Rochester:
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Primary Insomnia Insomnia Sleep |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Dyssomnias |
Sleep Disorders Nervous System Diseases Mental Disorders |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013