Brief Behavioral Insomnia Treatment Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Insomnia Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a brief, behavioral treatment for insomnia is effective in addressing social and occupational functioning and overall health among Veterans with insomnia disorder.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02571452

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

93

Starts

2016-01-06

Expected to finish

2019-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Veterans between the ages of 18-75 years.
• Meet DSM-5 Criteria for Insomnia Disorder.
• Able attend in-person appointments at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
• The investigators will not exclude individuals who are taking insomnia or antidepressant medications, provided they have been stable on these medications for at least one month and still meet criteria for Insomnia Disorder as described above.
• Specifically, individuals receiving benzodiazepine or benzodiazepine receptor agonists, anticonvulsants, atypical antipsychotic medication, or non-SSRI antidepressant medications such as trazodone will not be excluded provided they meet the criteria described above.
• The investigators will not exclude Veterans receiving any type of psychotherapy, provided they have received this treatment for at least three months and do not plan to discontinue this treatment during the BBTI trial.
• However, individual who need to start a new type of psychotherapy during the course of the treatment will be excluded, or they will need to wait three months in order to enroll in the trial.
• The investigators will not exclude individuals with TBI.
• The investigators will not exclude individuals with chronic pain.
• The investigators will not exclude individuals based on any other mental health condition, including posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.

You may not qualify if…

• Conditions that may be associated with comorbid insomnia, including a lifetime history of any psychiatric disorder with psychotic features or bipolar disorder, and alcohol or drug dependence within the past year.
• Individuals who meet criteria for alcohol or drug abuse will be asked to reduce alcohol to recommended limits during the course of the study and/or refrain from drug use in order to be included.
• Veterans with suicidal or homicidal ideation.
• Veterans who are pregnant, due to the biological impact of pregnancy on sleep.
• Veterans who work night or rotating shifts.
• Veterans with untreated moderate to severe sleep apnea (those receiving treatment will not be excluded from the study).

Where it is running

• San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA — San Francisco, California, United States

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