Improving the Sleep of Cancer Patients Using an Internet-Based Program

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Conditions studied: Cancer, Insomnia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an Internet-based program, Sleep Healthy Using the Internet (SHUTi, or "Shut-Eye"), can help to improve the sleep of people who are in remission from cancer and experiencing symptoms of insomnia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00716872

Run by

University of Virginia

People needed

22

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2009-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-02-25

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age = At least 21 years old
• Regular access to the Internet, including e-mail
• Cancer patient
• Any type of cancer (EXCEPT non-melanoma skin cancer)
• In remission from any stage of cancer (active treatment completed at least one month prior to enrollment)
• Insomnia diagnosis (combined from DSM-IV and ICSD):
• Subjective complaints of poor sleep for at least 6 months
• Sleep difficulties ≥3 nights/week
• Difficulty falling asleep (≥30 minutes to fall asleep) OR
• Difficulty staying asleep (≥30 minutes awake in the middle of the night)
• ≤6.5 hours sleep/night
• Poor sleep causes marked distress or significant impairment in daytime functioning (e.g. fatigue, performance deficits, mood disturbance)
• Participant feels that the insomnia was caused/aggravated by cancer or cancer treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Having a sleep disorder other than insomnia (e.g. sleep apnea, RLS, narcolepsy, parasomnias)
• Having a medical condition other than cancer that causes insomnia
• Experiencing a psychiatric disturbance (major depression, psychosis)
• Experiencing substance abuse
• Currently undergoing psychotherapy or counseling
• Changing sleep/anxiety/depression medication within the past month
• Having an "unusual" sleep pattern
• Normal bedtime is after 2am OR
• Normal wake time is after 9am
• Working as a shift worker (that is, having a schedule that requires working through the night)
• Participants reports that she is pregnant or intending to get pregnant in the next 4 months

Where it is running

• University of Virginia Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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