Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-Insomnia for Lung Cancer

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Insomnia

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy eating control; Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02121652

517176-1 (Registry Identifier)

517176-3

1R15NR013779-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective for insomnia in lung cancer survivors.

Full description

A randomized controlled clinical trial will be used to test the efficacy of this brief CBT-I compared to attention control on sleep, mood, functional status and quality of life in lung cancer survivors and evaluate the feasibility of translating an evidence-based CBT-I into the clinical setting.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 6 weeks from surgery for stage 1 or 2 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
• chronic insomnia

Exclusion criteria

• Other preexisting sleep disorders
• Unstable medical illnesses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy eating control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Healthy eating control involves healthy eating content delivered in a 90 minute group session with two follow up phone calls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy eating control

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia includes content on sleep restriction, stimulus control, relaxation, cognitive restructuring and sleep hygiene content delivered in a 90 minute group intervention with two follow up phone calls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia