RECOVER-SLEEP: Platform Protocol, Appendix_B (CPSD)

NCT ID: NCT06404112

Last Updated: 2026-01-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

470 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-31

Study Completion Date

2026-04-03

Brief Summary

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The platform protocol is designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a range of study settings and intervention types. Therefore, the platform protocol provides a general protocol structure that can be shared by multiple interventions and allows comparative analysis across the interventions. For example, objectives, measures, and endpoints are generalized in the platform protocol, but intervention-specific features are detailed in separate appendices.

This platform protocol is a prospective, multi-center, multi-arm, randomized controlled platform trial evaluating potential interventions for PASC-mediated sleep disturbances. The hypothesis is that symptoms of sleep and circadian disorders that emerge in patients with PASC can be improved by phenotype-targeted interventions. Specific sleep and circadian disorders addressed in this protocol include sleep-related daytime impairment (referred to as hypersomnia) and complex PASC-related sleep disturbance (reflecting symptoms of insomnia and sleep-wake rhythm disturbance).

Detailed Description

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Interventions will be added to the platform protocol as appendices. Each appendix will leverage all elements of the platform protocol, with additional elements described in the individual appendix.

After completing Baseline assessments, participants will be randomized to an intervention group, which is based on their sleep phenotype, or into a placebo/control group.

Conditions

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Long COVID Long COVID-19 Sleep Disturbance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This platform protocol is designed to allocate participants into an intervention appendix based on their symptoms of sleep disturbance. Within the appendix, participants will be randomly assigned based on the appendix study design. Site investigators and personnel will be informed as to which study intervention appendix participants are assigned, but they will be blinded to whether participants are receiving the active study intervention or control, when possible. Similarly, participants will be blinded to active intervention or control, when possible. Randomization will be stratified by the study site; other stratification factors may be considered per appendix.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators
Double blind

Study Groups

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Active TL + Oral Melatonin

The Complex PASC-Related Sleep Disturbances (CPSD) Appendix B combines brief education and a tailored sleep timing prescription for CPSD (referred to as RESET-PASC) with therapies that modify circadian timing for participants who report poor sleep quality. The intervention therapies involve tailored lighting (TL) and melatonin. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: (a) active TL + oral melatonin, (b) active TL + placebo melatonin, (c) placebo TL + oral melatonin, and (d) placebo TL + placebo melatonin. All groups will receive RESET-PASC. The intervention duration will be 8 weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Melatonin

Intervention Type DRUG

Melatonin dosing will be one tablet of 3 mg immediate release daily consumed 2 hours before the participant's desired bedtime, which is defined as the time at which the participant tries to fall asleep.

Tailored lighting (TL) Active

Intervention Type DEVICE

TL will be delivered similarly to both active and placebo groups, but the circadian stimulus (the amount of light) will be different, albeit practically unidentifiable to participants.

Active TL + Placebo Melatonin

The Complex PASC-Related Sleep Disturbances (CPSD) Appendix B combines brief education and a tailored sleep timing prescription for CPSD (referred to as RESET-PASC) with therapies that modify circadian timing for participants who report poor sleep quality. The intervention therapies involve tailored lighting (TL) and melatonin. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: (a) active TL + oral melatonin, (b) active TL + placebo melatonin, (c) placebo TL + oral melatonin, and (d) placebo TL + placebo melatonin. All groups will receive RESET-PASC. The intervention duration will be 8 weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Melantonin Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Melatonin placebo dosing will be one placebo tablet once daily consumed 2 hours before the participant's desired bedtime.

Tailored lighting (TL) Active

Intervention Type DEVICE

TL will be delivered similarly to both active and placebo groups, but the circadian stimulus (the amount of light) will be different, albeit practically unidentifiable to participants.

Placebo TL + Oral Melatonin

The Complex PASC-Related Sleep Disturbances (CPSD) Appendix B combines brief education and a tailored sleep timing prescription for CPSD (referred to as RESET-PASC) with therapies that modify circadian timing for participants who report poor sleep quality. The intervention therapies involve tailored lighting (TL) and melatonin. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: (a) active TL + oral melatonin, (b) active TL + placebo melatonin, (c) placebo TL + oral melatonin, and (d) placebo TL + placebo melatonin. All groups will receive RESET-PASC. The intervention duration will be 8 weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Melatonin

Intervention Type DRUG

Melatonin dosing will be one tablet of 3 mg immediate release daily consumed 2 hours before the participant's desired bedtime, which is defined as the time at which the participant tries to fall asleep.

Tailored lighting (TL) Placebo

Intervention Type DEVICE

TL will be delivered similarly to both active and placebo groups, but the circadian stimulus (the amount of light) will be different, albeit practically unidentifiable to participants.

Placebo TL + Placebo Melatonin

The Complex PASC-Related Sleep Disturbances (CPSD) Appendix B combines brief education and a tailored sleep timing prescription for CPSD (referred to as RESET-PASC) with therapies that modify circadian timing for participants who report poor sleep quality. The intervention therapies involve tailored lighting (TL) and melatonin. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: (a) active TL + oral melatonin, (b) active TL + placebo melatonin, (c) placebo TL + oral melatonin, and (d) placebo TL + placebo melatonin. All groups will receive RESET-PASC. The intervention duration will be 8 weeks.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Melantonin Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Melatonin placebo dosing will be one placebo tablet once daily consumed 2 hours before the participant's desired bedtime.

Tailored lighting (TL) Placebo

Intervention Type DEVICE

TL will be delivered similarly to both active and placebo groups, but the circadian stimulus (the amount of light) will be different, albeit practically unidentifiable to participants.

Interventions

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Melatonin

Melatonin dosing will be one tablet of 3 mg immediate release daily consumed 2 hours before the participant's desired bedtime, which is defined as the time at which the participant tries to fall asleep.

Intervention Type DRUG

Melantonin Placebo

Melatonin placebo dosing will be one placebo tablet once daily consumed 2 hours before the participant's desired bedtime.

Intervention Type DRUG

Tailored lighting (TL) Active

TL will be delivered similarly to both active and placebo groups, but the circadian stimulus (the amount of light) will be different, albeit practically unidentifiable to participants.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Tailored lighting (TL) Placebo

TL will be delivered similarly to both active and placebo groups, but the circadian stimulus (the amount of light) will be different, albeit practically unidentifiable to participants.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe visual impairments affecting sensitivity or ability to respond to light
2. Severe photosensitivity dermatitis
3. Severe progressive retinal disease, eg, macular degeneration
4. Permanently dilated pupil, eg, following certain cataract surgeries
5. Unwilling to remove or not wear blue-light-blocking glasses during TL dosing


1\. Sleep medication, if not willing to washout for 4 weeks.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Christina Barkauskas, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Susan Redline, MD MPH

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Locations

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All sites listed under NCT06404086

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

View Document

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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OTA-21-015G

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Pro00112484_B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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