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NCT Number: NCT03366870

Efficacy of a Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia: Increasing Access to Insomnia Treatment to Decrease Suicide Risk

Insomnia is major problem among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans. Insomnia impacts physical and mental health functioning and is associated with reduced quality of life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is one of the most promising treatments for insomnia; however, access to CBT-I is severely limited by a lack of trained clinicians within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Department of Defense (DoD). There is a critical need to offer innovative approaches to meet the demand and need for insomnia treatment. Leveraging technology to meet treatment demands is consistent with service delivery models based upon stepped care principles. This randomized controlled trial will determine whether a computerized, self-guided, web-based version of CBT-I is efficacious in reducing insomnia symptoms and improving functioning compared to a computerized program control.

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Key information

Conditions

Insomnia Dyssomnias Mental Disorders Mental Health Functioning Nervous System Diseases Physical Health Functioning Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Sleep Wake Disorders

Age range

18 year–55 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age between 18 and 55
  • History of deployment in the Global War on Terror
  • Eligible to receive care through VA ECHCS
  • Reliable access to the Internet
  • English speaking
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Current insomnia diagnosis as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) criteria

Exclusion criteria

  • Currently enrolled in/participating in other intervention research studies
  • Other untreated sleep disorders (e.g., sleep apnea, periodic limb movement)
  • Currently receiving formal psychological treatment for insomnia (not including sleep medications)
  • Past 3 month change in schedule and/or dosage of medications that are designed to improve/impact sleep
  • History of Bipolar Disorder (with manic episodes), Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, or a Psychotic Disorder
  • Untreated seizures or seizure disorder
  • Physical illness that is active, unstable, degenerative, and/or progressive
  • Currently pregnant or plan to become pregnant in the next 6 months
  • Irregular work schedule, shift work, and/or life changes (e.g., new baby) interfering with regular sleep patterns
  • Significant cognitive impairment, as determined by chart review and/or during screening, that would interfere with ability to engage in SHUTi
  • Current non-alcohol Substance Use Disorder, excluding Cannabis Use Disorder, as determined by chart review and/or self-report screen of drug use (> 1 time) in past 3 months
  • Current Alcohol Use Diagnosis, as determined by SCID 5 module, in the past 3 months

Treatment and study plan

Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

Behavioral

A computerized insomnia intervention that employs the same behavioral, educational, and cognitive treatment components that underlie non-computerized CBT-I.

Other names: cCBT-I

Sleep Education

Behavioral

A web-based program will deliver components of sleep education via an Internet platform.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Insomnia Symptom Severity as Measured by the Insomnia Severity Index

    Time frame: Baseline and 9 Weeks

    The primary analyses will be the intent-to-treat comparison between groups of the change in insomnia symptom severity as measured by the ISI from Time 1 to Time 2. Statistical inference regarding the difference between intervention groups will be based on the estimated coefficient for a group indicator variable in each of three analysis of covariance models with the change from Time 1 to Time 2 for each outcome serving as the dependent variable. Additional covariates will include the baseline value of the outcome to improve precision of the estimate, and any potential confounders discovered in the randomization check.

  2. Maintenance of Change in Insomnia Symptom Severity as Measured by the Insomnia Severity Index at 6-months and 1-Year Post-Intervention

    Time frame: Baseline, 6-Months and 1-Year

    A similar analysis will be performed for the above noted insomnia severity outcome on the change from Time 1 to Time 3 and to Time 4 to determine persistence of group differences to six-months and one-year post-intervention.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Physical Health and Mental Health Functioning as Measured by the Veteran's SF-36

    Time frame: Baseline and 9 Weeks

    A similar analysis will be performed with physical health and mental health functioning as the outcomes, based on self-reported responses to the Veteran's SF-36 measure.

  2. Maintenance of Change in Physical Health and Mental Health Functioning as Measured by the Veteran's SF-36 at 6-months and 1-Year Post-Intervention

    Time frame: Baseline, 6-Months and 1-Year

    A similar analysis will be performed for the above noted outcomes on the change from Time 1 to Time 3 and to Time 4 to determine persistence of group differences to six-months and one-year post-intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Other

Collaborators

  • Denver Research Institute
  • Military Suicide Research Consortium

Registry information

Acronym: Vets Sleep

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Dec 8, 2017
Registry last updated
Jul 1, 2020

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