Sleep Promotion Program Primary Care

NCT ID: NCT06240325

Last Updated: 2025-02-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-12-13

Study Completion Date

2026-03-31

Brief Summary

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Investigators developed a brief, scalable, behavioral Sleep Promotion Program (SPP) for adolescents with short sleep duration and sleep-wake irregularity, which relies on two individual sessions and smart phone technology to deliver evidence-based strategies. This R34 will test the feasibility and initial effectiveness of the SPP program and provider training via pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT, n=50) comparing SPP to Sleep Psychoeducation, a brief session on healthy sleep habits. Participants will be adolescents (12-18 years) with short sleep duration, sleep-wake irregularity, and depression.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sleep Sleep Disturbance Insufficient Sleep

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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Sleep Promotion Program

Participants will receive the Sleep Promotion Program (SPP), consisting of 2 individual sessions with a clinician via telehealth (or in-person if desired), about 2 weeks apart, and web-based intervention components.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SPP

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

SPP prioritizes increasing sleep duration and regularizing sleep-wake timing. The provider and youth review the youth's sleep pattern, based on sleep diary data collected before and during the program and actigraphy data collected at baseline. They discuss benefits to the current sleep pattern, reasons for changing sleep, and they create an action plan. Psychoeducation about healthy sleep is offered via a handout developed by our group. Youth and provider jointly select SPP strategies relevant to the contributors to poor sleep for each youth (e.g., time management, limiting weekend oversleep). In the second session they review progress and adjust the plan. Parents participate for part of each session to learn about their child's sleep and to discuss ways they can support their child to make the planned changes.

Sleep Psychoeducation

Participants will receive Sleep Psychoeducation (SPE), a 20-minute discussion with a clinician via telehealth (or in person).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sleep Psychoeducation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Using the pamphlet also used in SPP, SPE will present sleep hygiene practices commonly included in sleep education programs and endorsed by national health organizations.

Interventions

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SPP

SPP prioritizes increasing sleep duration and regularizing sleep-wake timing. The provider and youth review the youth's sleep pattern, based on sleep diary data collected before and during the program and actigraphy data collected at baseline. They discuss benefits to the current sleep pattern, reasons for changing sleep, and they create an action plan. Psychoeducation about healthy sleep is offered via a handout developed by our group. Youth and provider jointly select SPP strategies relevant to the contributors to poor sleep for each youth (e.g., time management, limiting weekend oversleep). In the second session they review progress and adjust the plan. Parents participate for part of each session to learn about their child's sleep and to discuss ways they can support their child to make the planned changes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Sleep Psychoeducation

Using the pamphlet also used in SPP, SPE will present sleep hygiene practices commonly included in sleep education programs and endorsed by national health organizations.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Youth:

* Able and willing to provide informed assent (with consent from parent/guardian)
* Ages 12-18
* Currently a patient at Kids Plus Pediatrics
* Currently depressed
* Report short sleep duration (\<7 hours on school nights) and/or weekday-weekend sleep timing difference of \>=2 hours

Parents:

Parents must be age 18 or older and the parent/guardian of an enrolled youth participant and must have at least 10 hours face-to-face interaction with the youth participant per week.

Exclusion Criteria

Youth:

* Significant or unstable medical conditions
* Diagnosis of sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, nightmare disorder, or periodic limb movement disorder
* Diagnosis of PTSD, bipolar disorder, a psychotic disorder, or substance use disorder
* Currently engaged in cognitive and/or behavioral therapy that aims to improve sleep
* Changes in medications in the month prior to screening
* Active suicidality requiring immediate treatment
* Unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures
* Have any physical or mental condition that would preclude study participation.

Parents will be excluded if they:

* Express active suicidality that requires immediate treatment;
* Have any physical or mental condition that would preclude study participation; OR
* Are unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures.
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jessica Levenson

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jessica C Levenson

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pittsburgh

Locations

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University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Jessica C Levenson

Role: CONTACT

412-647-7937

Paige DeGennaro

Role: CONTACT

412-246-5974

Facility Contacts

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Jessica C Levenson

Role: primary

4126477937

Paige DeGennaro

Role: backup

412-246-5974

Other Identifiers

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R34MH132724

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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STUDY23010211 (RCT)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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