Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia in Cancer Survivors

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Insomnia

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia; Behavioral: Healthy Eating Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03810365

STUDY00002898

1R01NR018215 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose is to determine whether brief behavioral treatment is effective for insomnia in cancer survivors.

Full description

A randomized controlled clinical trial will be used to test the efficacy of this brief behavioral treatment compared to attention control on sleep, mood, functional, status and quality of life and determine predictors for efficacy of Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia (BBTI).

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > or = 4 weeks from surgery for cancer treatment; chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy; no wait for hormone therapy or targeted treatment for stage I, II, or III: breast, colorectal, prostate, lung cancer
• chronic insomnia

Exclusion criteria

• Other preexisting sleep disorders except those with OSA stable on CPAP
• Unstable medical illnesses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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132 participants in 2 patient groups

Behavioral: Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia

Experimental group

Description:

Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia includes 45 minute individual intervention with two follow up phone calls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia

Behavioral: Healthy eating control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Healthy eating control involves a 45 minute individual session with two follow up phone calls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Eating Control