Clinical Benefit of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Insomnia in Cancer Patients

NHS Trust

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Insomnia; Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00134108

C8265/A3036

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to conduct a formal controlled evaluation of the potential benefits of CBT for insomnia in cancer patients.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Meets clinical criteria for insomnia.
• Diagnosis of breast, prostate, colorectal or gynaecological cancer.
• In follow-up phase with no further anti-cancer therapy planned.

Exclusion criteria

• Anti-cancer chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks of trial entry.
• Evidence of sleep apnoea or other sleep disorder.
• Evidence of untreated major depressive disorder.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)