Effect of Background Noise on Sleep Quality

NCT ID: NCT02945254

Last Updated: 2018-05-25

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-02-28

Brief Summary

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Insufficient and low-quality sleep is a major public health problem that has been linked to motor vehicle crashes, industrial disasters, and medical and other occupational errors. Persons experiencing sleep insufficiency are also more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, and obesity, as well as from cancer, increased mortality, and reduced quality of life and productivity.

The number of people using sleep-inducing drugs to increase or improve sleep is steadily increasing in the last few decades; however, the side effects of these therapies often outweigh the benefits.

A few small trials and anecdotal findings suggest that continuous background (pink or white) noise overnight can improve sleep quality, increase acoustic arousal threshold, and reduce sleep onset latency.

In an attempt to find new, alternative solutions to increase sleep quality in people suffering from insomnia, the investigators would like to test the effect of surrounding filtered white noise on sleep onset latency and subjective sleep quality in healthy subjects.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sleep Onset Insomnia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Background noise

Overnight sleep study with filtered white noise

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

NIghtingale (R) device for filtered white noise (Cambridge Sound Management, Waltham, MA)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Silence

Overnight sleep study with normal environmental noise

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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NIghtingale (R) device for filtered white noise (Cambridge Sound Management, Waltham, MA)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 21 and 60

Exclusion Criteria

* Any sleep disorder
* Use of hypnotics
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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David Andrew Wellman

MD, PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Sleep Disorders Research Program Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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2016P000982

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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