A Timeline Study of Alcohol Use and Its Relationship to Insomnia
Completed
Conditions studied: Insomnia, Alcohol Problem
In brief
This study is an epidemiological and descriptive study of the lifetime relationship of insomnia to alcohol problems.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00580411
- Run by
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- People needed
- 75
- Starts
- 2007-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-01-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Subjects must be between the ages of 18-70, may be male or female, and from any ethnic background.
- Individuals must have the capacity to give IRB-approved study consent.
- Subjects must at least have a lifetime history of being heavy alcohol drinkers (i.e., drinks approximately 21 alcoholic drinks or more per week). Alternatively, subjects are eligible if they meet criteria for a lifetime history of either alcohol dependence or alcohol abuse. Overall, a subject must meet at least one of these alcohol criteria: a lifetime history of heavy drinking, alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence.
- Subjects must have a complaint of chronic insomnia, reporting either six or less hours TST, on average at least three times per week.
You may not qualify if…
- Potential subjects with a lifetime diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder, dementia of any type, or epilepsy will not be admitted to the study.
- Subjects will be excluded with a diagnosis of any other substance dependence syndrome other than alcohol dependence, nicotine dependence, and/or caffeine dependence. However, individuals may have a history of episodic abuse of cannabis, cocaine, sedatives/hypnotics and opiates, amphetamines, and hallucinogens. Also, subjects may be on prescription benzodiazepine or related sedative/hypnotic therapy.
- Any condition or treatment of a condition that is likely to confound the experimental design or the results will be prohibited by the PI.
Where it is running
- Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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