Individually Tailored Lighting System to Improve Sleep in Older Adults

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

46 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-03-31

Study Completion Date

2017-04-30

Brief Summary

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In conjunction with investigators at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, we propose to develop and evaluate a low-cost, minimally obtrusive device that delivers individualized light therapy to adults with early-awakening insomnia - the most common sleep disturbance in older adults, and a significant problem because of its relationship to daytime sleepiness, use of potentially hazardous sleep medication, and reduced quality of life. The proposed device will measure light/dark exposure data over 24 hours, estimate optimum timing for light delivery, and deliver an individualized light dosage while subjects are asleep. Light applied through closed eyelids in the early part of the night will delay the dim light melatonin onset, a marker of the circadian clock, and help those with early sleep onset to fall asleep later

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Detailed Description

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We will recruit 50 subjects who report going to bed early and desiring later bedtimes and will ask them to wear an active and an inactive light mask for 8 consecutive weeks each. A 2-week washout period between active and inactive conditions will be applied. Outcome measures will be collected periodically throughout the 8 weeks. Baseline (no intervention) will be collected prior to the active and inactive lighting interventions.

Conditions

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Sleep Disturbances

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Enrolled participants will be randomized to receive either the active intervention or placebo intervention and then crossed over to receive the opposite intervention. The study consisted of two intervention periods of 8 weeks separated by a two week washout period.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Blue light

The study protocol consisted of two 8-week intervention/control periods in which each participant wore either the intervention (blue light) or control (red light) mask every night, with the order of presentation of the two conditions randomized by the study's biostatistician. A light mask housing two blue Light Emitting Diodes (LED) arrays delivered a train of blue or red light pulses of 2 second duration that were presented every 30 s for no longer than 2 hr, resulting in a maximum total of approximately 240 pulses per night. the blue light mask was worn nightly for 8 weeks. There will be a two week washout period between each intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Blue light

Intervention Type OTHER

After a two week baseline collection period, half of the subjects will initially be given light masks that deliver blue light through the closed eyelids, while subjects are sleeping. The light mask will always be turned on 120 min before estimated core body temperature minimum (CBTmin); it is expected that blue light exposure will delay the timing of the CBTmin.

Red light

The study protocol consisted of two 8-week intervention/control periods in which each participant wore either the intervention (blue light) or control (red light) mask every night, with the order of presentation of the two conditions randomized by the study's biostatistician. A light mask housing two red Light Emitting Diodes (LED) arrays delivered a train of blue or red light pulses of 2 second duration that were presented every 30 s for no longer than 2 hr, resulting in a maximum total of approximately 240 pulses per night. the red light mask was worn nightly for 8 weeks, with a two week washout period between each intervention

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Red light

Intervention Type OTHER

After a two week baseline collection period, half of the subjects will initially be given light masks that deliver red light through the closed eyelids, while subjects are sleeping. The light mask will always be turned on 120 min before estimated core body temperature minimum (CBTmin); it is expected that red light exposure will have no effect on the timing of the CBTmin.

Interventions

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Blue light

After a two week baseline collection period, half of the subjects will initially be given light masks that deliver blue light through the closed eyelids, while subjects are sleeping. The light mask will always be turned on 120 min before estimated core body temperature minimum (CBTmin); it is expected that blue light exposure will delay the timing of the CBTmin.

Intervention Type OTHER

Red light

After a two week baseline collection period, half of the subjects will initially be given light masks that deliver red light through the closed eyelids, while subjects are sleeping. The light mask will always be turned on 120 min before estimated core body temperature minimum (CBTmin); it is expected that red light exposure will have no effect on the timing of the CBTmin.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age 65 or older
* cognitively capable
* able to respond to study staff verbally and in English
* score greater than 6 using the Pittsburgh Sleepiness Quality Index
* suffer from insomnia
* suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness