Testing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for for insomnia
Official title: Improving Sleep to Prevent Depression & Anxiety in Adolescents at High Risk
- 2 groups
- One site, in Calgary
- Recruiting
Interventions
- Behavioural therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Digital CBT-I is an online, six-module, self-guided CBT-I intervention. It includes videos and read information on behavioral (e.g., stimulus control, relaxation) and cognitive (e.g., restructuring, reducing arousal, and problem-solving) techniques, as well as psychoeducation (e.g., sleep hygiene). Participants complete homework following each session and track their sleep using an online diary. Young people could choose to involve their parents, for example, through completing sessions together. However, we will add a virtual session for parents as their involvement may improve adolescent engagement with the intervention as well as outcomes for adolescent sleep problems (Gradisar et al., 2011). This module will include an overview of the program components (behavioural, cognitive, and educational), goals and homework, and addresses parents' beliefs about sleep.
- Other intervention
Active Control
Participants are encouraged to continue any care they are already receiving and will be placed on a wait-list for digital CBT-I after their final assessment. All activities participants try for improving their own sleep problems between assessments will be recorded and coded for.
Canadian Sites (1)
1 of 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Eligibility Criteria
See who this study is looking for8 criteria
The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.
Inclusion
- +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
- −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.
In plain language
Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.
What this study is
This study is testing a treatment for a condition.
This study is not organised into the usual phase numbers — that is common for device, behavioural, and diagnostic research.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.designInfo.primaryPurpose
- designModule.phases
Who receives what
There are 2 groups in this study.
Group A receives Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia.
Registry label: A: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Group
Group B, the comparison group, receives Active ControlControl groupThe group a new treatment is measured against.Read more →.
Registry label: B: Treatment as Usual waitlist with Psychoeducational Pamphlet
From the trial registry
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- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
How the study is run
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
One group of people involved — usually the participants — is not told which treatment is which.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?
This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.
One group receives an existing treatment, so the two can be compared.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
Who the study is looking for
The study lists an age range of 12 years to 18 years.
The study is open to people of any sex.
The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.
These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.maximumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long
The study aims to enrol about 50 people.
The study is currently expected to finish around August 2025.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures
Insomnia Severity Index — measured over Change between 3 time-points: baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more →, 7-week follow-upFollow-upContinued check-ins after the treatment part is finished.Read more →, 19-week follow-up.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index — measured over Change between 3 time-points: baseline, 7-week follow-up, 19-week follow-up.
Internalizing Symptoms Subscale of the Youth Self-Report — measured over Change between 3 time-points: baseline, 7-week follow-up, 19-week follow-up.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
Source: NCT06358495 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.
Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?
What is being tested — in plain terms
About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for InsomniaBehavioural
Digital CBT-I is an online, six-module, self-guided CBT-I intervention. It includes videos and read information on behavioral (e.g., stimulus control, relaxation) and cognitive (e.g., restructuring, reducing arousal, and problem-solving) techniques, as well as psychoeducation (e.g., sleep hygiene). Participants complete homework following each session and track their sleep using an online diary. Young people could choose to involve their parents, for example, through completing sessions together. However, we will add a virtual session for parents as their involvement may improve adolescent engagement with the intervention as well as outcomes for adolescent sleep problems (Gradisar et al., 2011). This module will include an overview of the program components (behavioural, cognitive, and educational), goals and homework, and addresses parents' beliefs about sleep.
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a behavioural is here: A programme, therapy, education, or lifestyle approach being studied.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
About Active ControlOther
Participants are encouraged to continue any care they are already receiving and will be placed on a wait-list for digital CBT-I after their final assessment. All activities participants try for improving their own sleep problems between assessments will be recorded and coded for.
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a other is here: An intervention the registry did not place in another category.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
Common questions
Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.
Am I eligible for this trial?
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.
What the study lists: an age range of 12 years to 18 years.
The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.
The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.maximumAge
- eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?
This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.
One group receives an existing treatment so the two can be compared.
From the trial registry
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?
One group of people involved — usually the participants — is not told which treatment is which.
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
From the trial registry
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?
The study lists an age range of 12 years to 18 years.
It is open to people of any sex.
It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.maximumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?
The study's main measurement is taken over: Change between 3 time-points: baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more →, 7-week follow-upFollow-upContinued check-ins after the treatment part is finished.Read more →, 19-week follow-up..
The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2025-08-30.
How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.
From the trial registry
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?
The study aims to enrol about 50 people.
From the trial registry
- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?
This study lists one location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.
From the trial registry
- trial_locations
About This Trial
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).
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