Trial Outcomes & Findings for CBT-I for Cannabis Use (NCT NCT02102230)

NCT ID: NCT02102230

Last Updated: 2019-08-28

Results Overview

Measures will include the Timeline Followback for cannabis. All of these measures are standard 7-day point prevalence estimates. In other words, the baseline measure is the number of uses in the 7 days prior to the baseline assessment day. The 6-weeks post-baseline is the number of uses in the 7 days prior to the 6-weeks post-baseline day, and so on.

Recruitment status

TERMINATED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

111 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

baseline, 6-weeks post-baseline, 2-weeks post-quit, 4 weeks post-quit, 6-months post-quit

Results posted on

2019-08-28

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
CBT-I
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): This is a group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains.
CBT-I-MA
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA): This is a mobile-app-augmented, group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/behaviors, generation of sleep prescription, iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains. The mobile-app augmentation substitutes a smartphone-based sleep diary with time-stamping of records to mitigate the common postponement of diary recording and consequent loss of validity. The app also records the sleep prescription, making it easily accessible to users. The app also provides plots of bed times, wake times, and sleep efficiency over time.
Placebo Control (PC)
Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia (DTI) Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia: This is a group-delivered version of the sham sleep improvement treatment developed by Edinger which purports to "desensitize" the patient to the various aspects of the sleep experience which are presented as distressing.
Overall Study
STARTED
42
28
41
Overall Study
COMPLETED
25
11
24
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
17
17
17

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Age was not obtained from one subject.

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
CBT-I
n=25 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): This is a group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains.
CBT-I-MA
n=11 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA): This is a mobile-app-augmented, group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains. The mobile-app augmentation substitutes a smartphone-based sleep diary with time-stamping of records to mitigate the common postponement of diary recording and consequent loss of validity. The app also records the sleep prescription, making it, along with links to web-based psychoeducational materials, easily accessible to users.
Placebo
n=24 Participants
Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia (DTI) Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia: This is a group-delivered version of the sham sleep improvement treatment developed by Edinger which purports to "desensitize" the patient to the various aspects of the sleep experience which are presented as distressing.
Total
n=60 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=25 Participants
0 Participants
n=11 Participants
0 Participants
n=24 Participants
0 Participants
n=60 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
25 Participants
n=25 Participants
11 Participants
n=11 Participants
24 Participants
n=24 Participants
60 Participants
n=60 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
n=25 Participants
0 Participants
n=11 Participants
0 Participants
n=24 Participants
0 Participants
n=60 Participants
Age, Continuous
46.08 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 17.49 • n=24 Participants • Age was not obtained from one subject.
44.27 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.24 • n=11 Participants • Age was not obtained from one subject.
52.46 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.79 • n=24 Participants • Age was not obtained from one subject.
48.34 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15.83 • n=59 Participants • Age was not obtained from one subject.
Sex: Female, Male
Female
1 Participants
n=25 Participants
1 Participants
n=11 Participants
1 Participants
n=24 Participants
3 Participants
n=60 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
24 Participants
n=25 Participants
10 Participants
n=11 Participants
23 Participants
n=24 Participants
57 Participants
n=60 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
3 Participants
n=25 Participants
1 Participants
n=11 Participants
2 Participants
n=24 Participants
6 Participants
n=60 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
20 Participants
n=25 Participants
9 Participants
n=11 Participants
20 Participants
n=24 Participants
49 Participants
n=60 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
2 Participants
n=25 Participants
1 Participants
n=11 Participants
2 Participants
n=24 Participants
5 Participants
n=60 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=25 Participants
0 Participants
n=11 Participants
1 Participants
n=24 Participants
1 Participants
n=60 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
1 Participants
n=25 Participants
0 Participants
n=11 Participants
0 Participants
n=24 Participants
1 Participants
n=60 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=25 Participants
0 Participants
n=11 Participants
0 Participants
n=24 Participants
0 Participants
n=60 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
3 Participants
n=25 Participants
3 Participants
n=11 Participants
6 Participants
n=24 Participants
12 Participants
n=60 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
17 Participants
n=25 Participants
6 Participants
n=11 Participants
14 Participants
n=24 Participants
37 Participants
n=60 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
n=25 Participants
0 Participants
n=11 Participants
0 Participants
n=24 Participants
0 Participants
n=60 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
4 Participants
n=25 Participants
2 Participants
n=11 Participants
3 Participants
n=24 Participants
9 Participants
n=60 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
25 Participants
n=25 Participants
11 Participants
n=11 Participants
24 Participants
n=24 Participants
60 Participants
n=60 Participants
marijuana use episodes per week
12.0051 uses/week
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.04773 • n=25 Participants
8.0583 uses/week
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.59805 • n=11 Participants
9.5079 uses/week
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.31989 • n=24 Participants
10.3 uses/week
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.0 • n=60 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline, 6-weeks post-baseline, 2-weeks post-quit, 4 weeks post-quit, 6-months post-quit

Population: Veteran Cannabis Users

Measures will include the Timeline Followback for cannabis. All of these measures are standard 7-day point prevalence estimates. In other words, the baseline measure is the number of uses in the 7 days prior to the baseline assessment day. The 6-weeks post-baseline is the number of uses in the 7 days prior to the 6-weeks post-baseline day, and so on.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
CBT-I
n=25 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): This is a group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains.
CBT-I-MA
n=11 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA): This is a mobile-app-augmented, group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains. The mobile-app augmentation substitutes a smartphone-based sleep diary with time-stamping of records to mitigate the common postponement of diary recording and consequent loss of validity. The app also records the sleep prescription, making it, along with links to web-based psychoeducational materials, easily accessible to users.
Placebo
n=24 Participants
Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia (DTI) Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia: This is a group-delivered version of the sham sleep improvement treatment developed by Edinger which purports to "desensitize" the patient to the various aspects of the sleep experience which are presented as distressing.
Change in Cannabis Use Frequency Over Time
baseline
12.0051 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 12.04773
8.0583 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 7.59805
9.5079 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 13.31989
Change in Cannabis Use Frequency Over Time
6-weeks post-baseline
11.5714 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 13.11763
12.6071 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 7.58119
19.6339 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 49.16600
Change in Cannabis Use Frequency Over Time
2-weeks post-quit
12.9176 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 17.13794
10.0476 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 6.30247
7.5663 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 11.02617
Change in Cannabis Use Frequency Over Time
4 weeks post-quit
13.6964 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 19.53661
11.3810 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 7.42628
4.9388 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 4.71061
Change in Cannabis Use Frequency Over Time
6-months post-quit
14.1378 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 22.69275
17.0000 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 4.24264
8.7385 mean uses per period
Standard Deviation 9.77943

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 2-weeks post-quit, 4 weeks post-quit, 6-months post-quit

Population: All participants were considered analyzed by the intent to treat principle, but less than the overall number analyzed contributed data in all three arms. One Placebo participant missing at week 2 rejoined at week 4 and week 6.

point prevalence abstinence will be assessed using the Timeline Follow-back measure for cannabis count of number abstinent

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
CBT-I
n=25 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): This is a group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains.
CBT-I-MA
n=11 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA): This is a mobile-app-augmented, group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains. The mobile-app augmentation substitutes a smartphone-based sleep diary with time-stamping of records to mitigate the common postponement of diary recording and consequent loss of validity. The app also records the sleep prescription, making it, along with links to web-based psychoeducational materials, easily accessible to users.
Placebo
n=24 Participants
Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia (DTI) Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia: This is a group-delivered version of the sham sleep improvement treatment developed by Edinger which purports to "desensitize" the patient to the various aspects of the sleep experience which are presented as distressing.
Point Prevalence Abstinence Over the Three Post-quit Attempt Assessments
number abstinent at 2 weeks post tx
0 Participants
0 Participants
0 Participants
Point Prevalence Abstinence Over the Three Post-quit Attempt Assessments
number abstinent at 4 weeks post tx
0 Participants
0 Participants
0 Participants
Point Prevalence Abstinence Over the Three Post-quit Attempt Assessments
number abstinent at 6 months
0 Participants
0 Participants
0 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 2-weeks post-quit, 4-weeks post-quit, 6-months post-quit

Self-reported sleep quality will be measured using the Consensus Sleep Diary

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
CBT-I
n=25 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): This is a group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains.
CBT-I-MA
n=11 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA): This is a mobile-app-augmented, group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains. The mobile-app augmentation substitutes a smartphone-based sleep diary with time-stamping of records to mitigate the common postponement of diary recording and consequent loss of validity. The app also records the sleep prescription, making it, along with links to web-based psychoeducational materials, easily accessible to users.
Placebo
n=24 Participants
Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia (DTI) Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia: This is a group-delivered version of the sham sleep improvement treatment developed by Edinger which purports to "desensitize" the patient to the various aspects of the sleep experience which are presented as distressing.
Change in Self-reported Sleep Quality Over Time
NA Participants
PI is no longer available and project staff could not reconstruct the data and perform the necessary analyses in a manner that would yield valid results.
NA Participants
PI is no longer available and project staff could not reconstruct the data and perform the necessary analyses in a manner that would yield valid results.
NA Participants
PI is no longer available and project staff could not reconstruct the data and perform the necessary analyses in a manner that would yield valid results.

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 2-weeks post-quit, 4-weeks post-quit, 6-months post-quit

Objective sleep quality will be measured via actigraphy

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
CBT-I
n=25 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): This is a group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains.
CBT-I-MA
n=11 Participants
Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Mobile App (CBT-I-MA): This is a mobile-app-augmented, group-delivered version of the six-session Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia that has been disseminated throughout the VA. It incorporates psychoeducation, diary-based sleep assessment, estimation of sleep scheduling and efficiency, evaluation/mitigation of dysfunctional sleep-related beliefs/ behaviors, generation of sleep prescription (typically restriction), iterative review of sleep efficiency and prescription, and planning for maintenance of gains. The mobile-app augmentation substitutes a smartphone-based sleep diary with time-stamping of records to mitigate the common postponement of diary recording and consequent loss of validity. The app also records the sleep prescription, making it, along with links to web-based psychoeducational materials, easily accessible to users.
Placebo
n=24 Participants
Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia (DTI) Desensitization Treatment for Insomnia: This is a group-delivered version of the sham sleep improvement treatment developed by Edinger which purports to "desensitize" the patient to the various aspects of the sleep experience which are presented as distressing.
Change in Objective Sleep Quality Over Time
NA Participants
PI is no longer available and project staff could not reconstruct the data and perform the necessary analyses in a manner that would yield valid results.
NA Participants
PI is no longer available and project staff could not reconstruct the data and perform the necessary analyses in a manner that would yield valid results.
NA Participants
PI is no longer available and project staff could not reconstruct the data and perform the necessary analyses in a manner that would yield valid results.

Adverse Events

CBT-I

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

CBT-I-MA

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Placebo

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Kimberly Babson, PhD

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Phone: 831-325-1540

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place