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NCT Number: NCT02836041

Sleep in Hospitalized Children at MSKCC

The investigators want to better understand how children sleep at night at MSKCC, so that the investigators can learn how to improve the sleeping environment.

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Key information

Conditions

Pediatric Cancer Patients Dyssomnias Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Sleep Deprivation Sleep Wake Disorders

Age range

0 month–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, 10065, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Parent/Patient must provide written consent
  • Patient must be between the ages of: Newborn - ≤ 18 years of age
  • Patient is expected to be admitted to the Pediatric floor at MSK for at least 2 nights (patients/parents will not be approached for consent on day of admission or day of discharge)
  • Patient/parent must be English speaking

Exclusion criteria

  • Expected length of stay of fewer than 2 nights (for example.: if admitted Monday and discharged Tuesday, patient/parent will not be eligible).
  • Patient /Parent unable to complete questionnaire due to education or language barriers.
  • Patients admitted to the PICU. (Only children on M9 will be included. It is known that sleep in the PICU is highly disordered; as such, we will be excluding PICU patients from this study).

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaires

Behavioral

Pre-hospital sleep questionnaire completed (Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire (BISQ)7 in children 0-3 years old; Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ)8 in children 4 years and older). Subsequent Day(s):

In-hospital sleep questionnaire completed between one and three times per subject (Sleep at MSK questionnaire (SAM), adapted from Sleep in a Children's Hospital (SinCH)9 by Dr. Lisa Meltzer). (Patients will be observed for up to 3 consecutive nights in total).

Actigraph

Device

This device reliably measures sleep by monitoring the child's motion.

Primary outcomes

  1. quality of sleep

    Time frame: 3 nights

    (using the Sleep at MSK questionnaire)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Registry information

Official study title

A Pilot Study: Sleep in Hospitalized Children With Cancer and Related Diseases

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jul 18, 2016
Registry last updated
May 28, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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