Pilot Study of App-delivered Sleep Coaching Among Cancer Survivors and Their Partners

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

The proposed study will test the feasibility and acceptability of enrolling and retaining cancer survivors and their bedroom partners in a study evaluating digitally delivered behavioral sleep interventions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06938802

Run by

University of Arizona

People needed

40

Starts

2025-07-21

Expected to finish

2025-12-16

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosed with any cancer,
• Completed curative treatment six months to five years before enrolling (excepting ongoing adjuvant endocrine therapy),
• Score 8 to 14 on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
• Have a consistent bedroom partner (i.e., sleep in the same bedroom 4 or more nights per week).
• Bedroom partner eligibility criteria:
• No cancer within the past five years
• Both survivors and bedroom partners:
• Inclusion:
• Age > or =18 years,
• Able to speak and read English,
• Able to provide informed consent,
• Exclusion:
• No changes in type or dose of prescription sleep medications in the past three months,
• Not engaged in behavioral sleep treatment for six months prior to enrollment,
• Not planning to travel across 3 time zones or more during the eight intervention weeks or for the two weeks leading up to study assessments,
• Not pregnant at enrollment or planning to become pregnant during the study,
• No diagnosed or suspected psychiatric or medical condition that could interfere with participation,
• No commitments that would interfere with regular night time sleep patterns (e.g., shift work),
• No known untreated non-insomnia sleep disorders (e.g., sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, hypersomnia, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder).
• Enrolled participants will be allowed to remain in the study even if the other member of their dyad withdraws.

Where it is running

• University of Arizona Cancer Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States

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