MsFLASH-04: Pilot Trial: Telephone Behavioral Therapy for Menopause-related Sleep Disturbance

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Conditions studied: Hot Flashes, Menopause, Vasomotor Disturbance, Sleep

In brief

Self-reported sleep complaints are common in peri- and postmenopausal women and have been identified as a key symptom of the menopausal transition. The MsFLASH study, A Pilot Trial of Telephone-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Midlife Women with Menopause-related Sleep Disturbance, is a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, two arm clinical trial. The target population will include women in general good health, aged 40-65 years, who report symptoms of insomnia (trouble sleeping) and who are bothered by hot flashes. We plan to enroll 100 women from Seattle, Washington and surrounding areas into the trial. Half of the women will be randomly assigned to receive the behavioral intervention and half to receive the behavioral control. The intervention arm participants will receive 6 sessions of a telephone-based, cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for insomnia (CBT-I), based on state-of-the-art methods and specifically targeted to women with menopause-related sleep disturbance (CBT-I). The control arm participants will receive telephone-based Menopause Education Control (MEC) that includes elements of sleep hygiene. Assessments for both groups will be collected at baseline (pre-randomization), 8-week post-randomization, and 6-month post-randomization. The inclusion/exclusion criteria are designed to target broadly those midlife women who have menopause-related sleep disturbance and also report being bothered by vasomotor symptoms. This target population defines the clinical population seeking treatment for relief of menopause-related sleep problems. Exclusion criteria are kept minimal and intended only to exclude women with significant medical problems likely to account for their sleep problems (instead of menopause), or likely to interfere with their ability to participate in the intervention. We include women taking hormone therapy or other medication who meet these criteria because they are part of the population seeking clinical care for relief of sleep disturbances. Our primary objective is to develop an intervention that is generalizable to the greatest number of women and maximally translatable into real-world primary care practice.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01936441
Run by: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
People needed: 106
Starts: 2013-11-01
Expected to finish: 2015-06-01
Last updated by the study team: 2015-10-22

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Female aged 40-65 years old
Postmenopausal or perimenopausal, including:
Women with a uterus who have skipped 2 or more menstrual cycles with an amenorrhea interval >=60 days in the past 12 months
Women without a uterus or who have had a bi-lateral oophorectomy
Experiencing hot flashes
Experiencing insomnia (trouble sleeping) that is related to menopause
Written informed consent signed

You may not qualify if…

Pregnancy, intending pregnancy, or breastfeeding
Current use of alcohol that is greater than 3 drinks per day
Ever diagnosed for sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, periodic leg movement disorder, random eye movement (REM) behavior disorder, or narcolepsy by a health care provider
A job in the past month or planning to have a job in the next 3 months that requires shift work more than 3 times a week that involves working at night or on a rotating shift schedule
Significant current major illness interfering with sleep or intervention participation (such as active cancer)
Use of any prescription sleep medications more than 3 times a week or prescription medications that may affect sleep
Use of over-the-counter medications more than three times a week that are specifically for sleep, such as Tylenol PM, Nytol, Sominex, Tranquil Nighttime Sleep Aid, Unisom, ZzzQuil, benedryl, melatonin, valerian root, alcohol
Current participation in another intervention study
Inability or unwillingness to complete study procedures

Where it is running

University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States

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