Assessment of Sleep Disturbance as a Biomarker of Disease Activity in a Military Population With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

NCT ID: NCT04581850

Last Updated: 2023-09-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

190 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-16

Study Completion Date

2024-10-31

Brief Summary

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a public health problem due to both its chronic nature and the low response rate to conventional therapies.

Sleep disorders are the first cause of complaint in patients with PTSD due to night awakenings, difficulty to fall asleep and nightmares.

According to a part of the scientific community, replicative traumatic nightmares represent PTSD's basis mechanism. Traumatic nightmares generate disabling symptoms such as anxiety reactions, while maintaining the symptoms by depriving the individual of good quality sleep. Traumatic nightmares may thus be a sign of PTSD seriousness and chronicity, although their physiological basis remain poorly known.

In the military population, which is highly exposed to psychological traumatism, PTSD prevalence is very high and is associated with severe intensity patterns, a very high frequency of replicative nightmares and a low response to conventional therapies.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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PTSD patients

This group is composed of patients suffering from an active PTSD

Sleep recording

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Sleep is recorded at home during 7 nights in a row using a connected headband. The participant also has to fill in a sleep agenda every day.

Cognitive tasks

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Working memory and inhibition capacity is assessed during computer-based tasks (2-back and Go/No-Go tasks) at enrollment and 1 month after enrollment.

Questionnaires

Intervention Type OTHER

The participant has to fill in several questionnaires at enrollment and 1 month after enrollment in order to assess:

* PTSD severity
* chronotype
* Sleep quality
* Daytime sleepiness
* Mood state
* Depression
* Mental disorders and their consequences

Control group (healthy individuals)

This group is composed of healthy individuals.

Sleep recording

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Sleep is recorded at home during 7 nights in a row using a connected headband. The participant also has to fill in a sleep agenda every day.

Cognitive tasks

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Working memory and inhibition capacity is assessed during computer-based tasks (2-back and Go/No-Go tasks) at enrollment and 1 month after enrollment.

Questionnaires

Intervention Type OTHER

The participant has to fill in several questionnaires at enrollment and 1 month after enrollment in order to assess:

* PTSD severity
* chronotype
* Sleep quality
* Daytime sleepiness
* Mood state
* Depression
* Mental disorders and their consequences

Interventions

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Sleep recording

Sleep is recorded at home during 7 nights in a row using a connected headband. The participant also has to fill in a sleep agenda every day.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive tasks

Working memory and inhibition capacity is assessed during computer-based tasks (2-back and Go/No-Go tasks) at enrollment and 1 month after enrollment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaires

The participant has to fill in several questionnaires at enrollment and 1 month after enrollment in order to assess:

* PTSD severity
* chronotype
* Sleep quality
* Daytime sleepiness
* Mood state
* Depression
* Mental disorders and their consequences

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Military or former military
* Age between 18 and 65 years old
* PTSD group : with a PTSD diagnosis
* Control group : without any sleep, psychiatric or neurologic pathology

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of progressive psychiatric pathology prior to the traumatic event responsible for PTSD
* Sleep pathology prior to the traumatic event responsible for PTSD
* Neurological pathology or severe head injury within the last 3 years
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Hôpoital d'Instruction des Armées Percy

Clamart, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

52e Antenne Médicale

Mailly-le-Camp, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran

Marseille, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

29e Antenne Médicale

Mourmelon-le-Grand, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin

Saint-Mandé, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne

Toulon, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Emeric SAGUIN, MD

Role: CONTACT

143985440 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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Marie BOUSSAUD, MD

Role: primary

141466298 ext. +33

Pierre PERRIER, MD

Role: primary

325472512 ext. +33

Frédéric PAUL, MD

Role: primary

491617282 ext. +33

Gaetan SOYERE, MD

Role: primary

326637438 ext. +33

Emeric SAGUIN, MD

Role: primary

143985440 ext. +33

Charles GHEORGHIEV, MD

Role: primary

483162159 ext. +33

References

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Saguin E, Feingold D, Sipahimalani G, Quiquempoix M, Roseau JB, Remadi M, Annette S, Guillard M, Van Beers P, Lahutte B, Leger D, Gomez-Merino D, Chennaoui M. PTSD Symptom Severity Associated With Sleep Disturbances in Military Personnel: Evidence From a Prospective Controlled Study With Ecological Recordings. Depress Anxiety. 2025 Apr 25;2025:8011375. doi: 10.1155/da/8011375. eCollection 2025.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40370761 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2020-A01808-31

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2020PRI01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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