Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia vs. Exposure, Relaxation, and Rescripting Therapy

University of Tulsa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trauma; Insomnia; Nightmare

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT-I; Behavioral: ERRT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03831412

TU1802

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this project is to determine if directly addressing disturbed sleep and nightmares will impact client reports of suicidal ideation.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• experiences at least one nightmare per week for the past month
• having previously experienced a traumatic event
• difficulty falling or staying asleep
• suicidal ideation
• actively under the care of another health care provider

Exclusion criteria

• untreated obstructive sleep apnea
• acute or apparent psychosis
• untreated or unstable bipolar disorder
• past history of seizure disorder or neurological disorder
• intellectual disability
• current substance dependence or in past 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 2 patient groups

CBT-I

Active Comparator group

Description:

5 sessions of treating insomnia

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT-I

ERRT

Active Comparator group

Description:

5 sessions of treating post-trauma nightmares

Treatment:

Behavioral: ERRT