Treatment of Insomnia Secondary to Chronic Pain
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Insomnia, Pain
In brief
Several studies have shown that behavioral therapy for chronic pain can be beneficial for chronic pain and that behavioral therapy for insomnia can be beneficial for insomnia. However, seldom do chronic pain patients with insomnia receive a behavioral treatment for insomnia. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether treatment for insomnia is helpful for pain and whether treatment for pain is helpful for insomnia. It will also assess whether a combined treatment is any more or less effective for pain or for sleep. Finally, the study will assess whether any of these treatments leads to improvements in immune function.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00127790
- Run by
- University of Rochester
- People needed
- 28
- Starts
- 2005-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-10-17
Who can join
Age: 35 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Ages 35-75
- Chronic non-malignant painful condition of the spine of > 6 months duration
- Insomnia (> 30 minutes sleep latency and/or wake after sleep onset time for > 3 days/week for > 6 months)
- Insomnia developed after the onset of the painful condition
- Preferred sleep phase between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 am
- On stable medical regimen for medical and pain conditions (no surgery planned)
- Willingness to discontinue hypnotic medications
You may not qualify if…
- Unstable medical or psychiatric illness
- History of seizures
- Evidence of active illicit substance use or fitting criteria for ethanol (ETOH) abuse or dependence
- Symptoms suggestive of sleep disorders other than insomnia
- Polysomnographic data indicating sleep disorders other than insomnia
- Inadequate language comprehension
- Fibromyalgia
- Pregnancy
Where it is running
- University of Rochester Sleep Research Laboratory — Rochester, New York, United States
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