Repeating Patterns of Sleep Restriction and Recovery

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

Goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that repeated exposure to cycles of insufficient sleep increases susceptibility to a variety of disease states by progressively compromising the integrity of stress response systems.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01523691

Run by

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

People needed

17

Starts

2011-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 30 kg/m2
• For female participants: regular menstrual cycles
• Daily sleep duration in the normal range
• Blood chemistry in the normal range

You may not qualify if…

• Active infection/disease
• History of psychiatric, neurological, pain-related, immune, or cardiovascular disease; significant allergy
• Pregnant/nursing
• Respiratory disturbance index of >5 events/hour on polysomnographic sleep study, leg movements with arousal >10/hour; sleep efficiency <80%
• Regular medication use other than oral contraceptives
• Donation of blood or platelets 3 month prior to or in-between study arms

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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