Sleep Optimization to Aid in Recovery Digital Program (SOARPilot)

Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)

Status: Begins enrollment this month

Conditions: Binge Eating; Sleep Health; Disordered Eating; Sleep Disturbances

Treatments: Behavioral: SOAR

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07518368

UNLV-2025-634

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the usability and feasibility of SOAR (Sleep Optimization to Aid Recovery), a brief and self-guided digital program designed to share evidence-based sleep hygiene information with individuals seeking treatment for an eating disorder. The SOAR program delivers well-established recommendations promoted by the National Sleep Foundation and other professional sleep health organizations. The purpose of this study is not to test a new treatment or intervention per se, but rather to examine how effectively this existing information can be delivered through a digital platform to people preparing for or engaged in eating disorder treatment. By providing these evidence-based strategies in a user-friendly and accessible format, SOAR aims to support healthy sleep habits that may enhance overall well-being and facilitate recovery.

The investigators will compare SOAR against a control condition, which would be no intervention (treatment-as-usual). Participants randomized to the control will receive access to SOAR after the follow-up period has ended, if they wish to use it.

Enrollment: 154 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older,
• Initiating treatment for an eating disorder (e.g., currently on a waitlist for eating disorder treatment, scheduled to start treatment, completed an intake, or started treatment within the past two weeks for an eating disorder),
• Able to access the internet

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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154 participants in 2 patient groups

SOAR Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The SOAR program is designed to help improve sleep health for people beginning eating disorder treatment. The packaging of the SOAR intervention (e.g., videos) and the targeting of these materials to an eating disorder treatment context represent the novel experimental contributions of this program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SOAR

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The current standard of care is no intervention. The no intervention condition thus is treatment-as-usual. Participants will receive the option to access the active intervention at the conclusion of their study participation. These participants will complete the baseline session and the follow-up survey only.