A Pilot RCT on the Efficacy of TranS-C Intervention on Anxiety Symptoms

NCT ID: NCT05453981

Last Updated: 2022-08-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-01

Study Completion Date

2023-06-01

Brief Summary

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This study will examine whether the Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Intervention (TranS-C; Harvey \& Buysse, 2017) can improve sleep and circadian functioning and reduce disorder-focused symptoms in patients with anxiety symptoms. Sleep disturbance is highly comorbid with GAD (Dolsen et al., 2014). TranS-C, targeting common sleep disturbances in disorders, has improved disorder-focused symptoms and sleep and circadian functioning in patients with Severe mental illness (SMI). Nonetheless, no study examined TranS-C's efficacy on GAD patients specifically. Hence, this study will be a pilot study that examines the efficacy of TranS-C on people with anxiety symptoms by comparing with a care-as-usual control group (CAU).

Around 80 Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above, with a GAD-7 score 10 or above and at least 1 sleep or circadian problem will be recruited. Eligible participants will be randomized to the TranS-C group or CAU group in a 1:1 ratio. The TranS-C group will receive 2-hour group-based TranS-C intervention delivered by clinical psychology trainees for 6 weeks under the supervision of a clinical psychologist. Both groups will complete a set of questionnaires at baseline, immediate post-treatment and 12-week follow-up. They will also complete sleep diaries throughout as homework. The outcome measures include mood, sleep, quality of life etc. This study will test whether theTranS-C intervention apparoach can be considered as a treatment for people with anxiety symptoms and sleep problems.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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TranS-C group

The TranS-C group will receive weekly 2 hour TranS-C group intervention delivered by 2 clinical psychology trainees for 6 weeks, contents being core modules from Harvey et al. (2016)'s protocol.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Intervention (TranS-C) integrates elements of evidence-based interventions, namely cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia, delayed sleep phase type, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapy. It targets common sleep disturbances in disorders and has improved disorder-focused symptoms and sleep and circadian functioning in patients with Severe mental illness (SMI).

CAU group

The CAU group will receive care as usual.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Intervention

Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Intervention (TranS-C) integrates elements of evidence-based interventions, namely cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia, delayed sleep phase type, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapy. It targets common sleep disturbances in disorders and has improved disorder-focused symptoms and sleep and circadian functioning in patients with Severe mental illness (SMI).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Hong Kong residents aged ≥ 18 years;
2. Cantonese language fluency;
3. Score on GAD-7 is 10 or above (Johnson et al., 2019, Spitzer et al., 2006);
4. At least 1 sleep or circadian problem according to the Sleep and Circadian Problem Checklist, including time needed to fall asleep more than 30 minutes for more than 3 nights per week, less than 6 hours of sleep per night or at least 9 hour of sleep per night per 24 hour period for at least 3 nights per week, variability in the sleep-wake schedule at least 2.78 hours within a week, and falling asleep after 2 am on at least 3 nights per week;
5. Adequate opportunity and circumstances for sleep to occur; and willing to give informed consent and comply with the trial protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Presence of other psychiatric disorders as defined by the DSM-V diagnostic criteria;
2. Have suicidal ideation based on Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) Item 9 score ≥ 2;
3. Major medical or neurocognitive disorders that make participation infeasible;
4. Untreated sleep disorders based on SLEEP-50 (≥ 7 on narcolepsy; ≥ 15 on OSA; ≥ 7 on RLS/PLMD);
5. Past or current involvement in a psychological treatment programme for anxiety disorder and/or sleep problems;
6. Shift work, pregnancy, work, family, or other commitments that interfere with regular night-time sleep patterns;
7. Hospitalization;
8. A change in psychotropic drugs within 2 weeks before baseline assessment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fiona YY Ho

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

Central Contacts

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Eugenia Kam

Role: CONTACT

3943 6575

Vivian Cheung

Role: CONTACT

3943 6575

Facility Contacts

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Fiona YY Ho, Ph.D

Role: primary

3943 6575

References

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Other Identifiers

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PSY024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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