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SHADES Mechanistic Trial
Sponsor: Indiana University
Summary
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is common, deadly, and costly, and adults with insomnia represent a large group of people at elevated risk of developing CVD in the future. This clinical trial will determine if our updated insomnia treatment, called the SHADES intervention, improves CVD factors thought to explain how insomnia promotes CVD and if these improvements are due to positive changes in sleep factors. A total of 200 primary care patients with insomnia and CVD risk factors will be randomized to 6 months of the SHADES intervention (internet, telephonic, and/or face-to-face cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia) or the active control condition (sleep education/hygiene, symptom monitoring, and primary care for insomnia). Before and after treatment, participants will complete measurements of the CVD factors (systemic inflammation, autonomic dysfunction, metabolic dysregulation, proinflammatory gene expression) and the sleep factors (insomnia symptoms, sleep onset latency, wake after sleep onset, sleep efficiency). Researchers will test whether the SHADES intervention produces greater improvements in the CVD factors than the active control condition.
Official title: Strengthening Hearts by Addressing DisruptEd Sleep (SHADES) Mechanistic Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2024-04-25
Completion Date
2027-07-31
Last Updated
2025-07-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Sleep Healthy Using The Internet (SHUTi)
Sleep Healthy Using The Internet (SHUTi) is an empirically supported internet intervention. It uses a fully automated, interactive, multimedia format to deliver six 45-minute sessions, the structure and content of which mirror face-to-face CBT-I. Session content includes sleep restriction, stimulus control, sleep hygiene, cognitive restructuring, and relapse prevention. Each session has the same structure: objectives, sleep diary and homework review, new intervention material, homework assignment, and summary. SHUTi is enhanced through interactive features, including personalized goal setting, graphical feedback based on inputted symptoms, animations and illustrations to enhance comprehension, quizzes to test user knowledge, patient vignettes, and video-based expert explanation. Patients also receive tailored sleep recommendations and feedback based on the sleep diary data they enter into the program. We provide basic tablet skills training and tablets with data plans when needed.
Telephonic CBT-I
Telephonic CBT-I will be delivered by our insomnia clinical specialist following the highly cited treatment manual by Perlis et al. (2005). Sessions will occur weekly for 30-50 minutes. Telephonic CBT-I will be delivered from a central location - the Insomnia Clinical Specialist's office. Telephonic CBT-I has been shown to be acceptable, feasible, and effective, with effect sizes similar to face-to-face CBT-I.
Face-to-Face CBT-I
Face-to-face CBT-I will be delivered by our insomnia clinical specialist following the highly cited treatment manual by Perlis et al. (2005). Sessions will occur weekly for 30-50 minutes. Face-to-face CBT-I will be delivered at the Insomnia Clinical Specialist's office. CBT-I is the clear first-line treatment for insomnia.
Active Control: Sleep Education/Hygiene, Symptom Monitoring, and Usual Primary Care
A designated trial research assistant will have two calls with each AC patient - one 45-minute call on insomnia education and one 45-minute call on sleep hygiene practices. The same research assistant will also call AC patients monthly to assess insomnia symptoms and will notify clinical staff to encourage additional care when indicated. AC patients will receive usual primary care for insomnia. The targeted clinics utilize a team care approach for behavioral health issues, as PCPs are supported by behavioral health clinicians and psychiatrists available for brief counseling and medication management. However, there is no routine screening for insomnia, and behavioral treatment for insomnia is typically limited to sleep hygiene practices.
Locations (1)
Department of Psychology, School of Science, IUPUI
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States