Sleep Duration Required to Restore Performance During Chronic Sleep Restriction

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sleep Deprivation; Insufficient Sleep Syndrome; Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: Sleep:wake 1; Behavioral: Sleep:wake 2

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01581125

NIH R01 HL114088-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that sleep and performance depend on length of time awake, length of time asleep, the amount of sleep over several sleep episodes, and circadian phase.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that sleep and performance depend on length of time awake, length of time asleep, the amount of sleep over several sleep episodes, and circadian phase. Inpatient sleep and performance data will be collected from healthy volunteers.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy

Exclusion criteria

• Prescription medications

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Sleep:wake 2

Experimental group

Description:

Sleep and wake durations for arm 2 for inpatient portion of protocol. .There are a variety of sleep and wake durations during the protocol; some of these are longer and some are shorter and some are the same as in arm 1.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep:wake 2

Sleep:wake 1

Experimental group

Description:

Sleep and wake durations for arm 1 of the inpatient portion of the protocol. There are a variety of sleep and wake durations during the protocol; some of these are longer and some are shorter and some are the same as in arm 2.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep:wake 1