Improving Sleep to Prevent Depression & Anxiety in Adolescents at High Risk
Recruiting · NCT06358495 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of Calgary
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Active ControlCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
What this trial is about
Emerging evidence has shown that sleep interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) improve depressive and anxiety symptoms in adults, even when the intervention is brief, such as four to six sessions. The overarching aim of the proposed research is to conduct a pilot trial to evaluate whether a brief intervention for insomnia adapted for improves sleep and subthreshold depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescents at risk (i.e., with a parental history of depressive or anxiety disorders).
Who can take part
Age range
12 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Between the ages of 12 and 18.
- Having at least one parent with a history of depressive or anxiety disorders but having no clinically significant history (per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5) of internalizing disorders themselves.
- Adolescents who score 10/25 or greater on the Insomnia Severity Index, indicating subthreshold insomnia or greater.
Exclusion criteria
- Experiencing symptoms of sleep disorders other than insomnia (i.e. restless legs syndrome \[RLS\], sleep-disordered breathing \[SDB\].
- Having a history of untreated, serious psychiatric illness (i.e., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia).
- Active suicidal ideation.
- Currently taking prescribed medications for sleep problems.
- Moderate to severe head injury.
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- University of Calgary - Calgary, Alberta, Canada