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- Clinical Trial NCT03194802
Efficacy of Sleeping Without Pills (SWOP), an Online Drug Tapering Program
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Insomnia is defined as difficulty with falling asleep, staying asleep, or early morning awakening. Chronic insomnia is estimated to affect 9-15% of the world's population. Lack of sleep increases a person's risk for many chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, anxiety and depression. The two types of treatment available for chronic insomnia are cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and pharmacotherapy, the latter of which includes benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepines.
The use of hypnotic medications is intended to be prescribed as a short-term treatment of one or two weeks, however this is not the case most of the time. Hypnotic abuse and dependency are prevalent issues that increase with advancing age. With the regular intake of these substances comes many adverse effects such as sedation, cognitive and psychomotor effects, falls and other accidents. Relative to non-drug users, cognitive events are 5.0 times more likely, psychomotor events are 3.0 times more likely, and daytime fatigue is 4.0 times more likely among drug users. Both non-benzodiazepines and benzodiazepines have the potential for dependency and withdrawal, although zolpidem and other non-benzodiazepine hypnotic agents have become the preferred drugs to manage insomnia due to the lower side effect profile. Withdrawal symptoms are associated with a rapid dose decrease or abrupt discontinuance of medication. These symptoms include rebound insomnia, anxiety, memory and concentration impairments and in severe states, psychotic symptoms, delirium and epileptic seizures.
A recent comparison of cost data associated with pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy showed that CBT was significantly less costly than pharmacotherapy. Unfortunately, CBT is often not applied due to limited access to appropriately trained practitioners. The combination of equivalent efficacy, reduced costs, and favorable side-effect profile have made cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) the preferred treatment for insomnia as evidenced by endorsements with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. More recently, the delivery of CBT for insomnia has been enhanced to be provided through web-based portals. A number of web-based programs for insomnia have been developed with promising results. Some of these programs measured hypnotic use.
The effect size associated with online CBT (without drug tapering component) on reducing hypnotic drug use has been small, and these studies have employed a mix of participants, only some of whom are interested in tapering with variable levels of motivation. Studies comparing CBT plus drug tapering with drug tapering alone using booklets and in-person sessions have found that such interventions are moderately effective in reducing dosage and frequency of sleep medication usage.
The aims of the study are to determine whether an online drug tapering program (Sleeping without Pills; SWOP) can lead to successful drug tapering in hypnotic dependent insomnia (primary aim), and whether such tapering is associated with improved daytime functioning and sleep (secondary aims).
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Manitoba
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Clinical Health Psychology
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
a) >= 18 years, b) access to high speed internet and computer, c) disturbance of sleep consisting of a delay in sleep onset, return to sleep or early morning awakening at least 3 nights/week for at least 3 months in duration, d) at least one symptom of daytime impairment, use of medication to promote sleep, e) use of medication to promote sleep (either <= 1mg lorazepam, <= .5mg clonazepam, <= 7.5mg zopiclone, <= 50 mg trazodone/amitriptyline, f) interested in medication tapering.
Exclusion Criteria:
a) shift work, b) head injury, c) acute crisis, d) seizure disorder, e) use of psychotropic drugs for problems other than sleep, f) use of medication interfering with sleep, g) recreational drug use, h) symptoms suggestive of alternative sleep disorder that is untreated, i) elevated use of alcohol (> 14 beverages/week for males, >12 beverages per week for females)
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Sleeping Without Pills Program
Cognitive behavioral therapy; Motivational Interviewing; Scheduled and gradual drug tapering
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Participants receive this program online and are asked to log in daily for 6 weeks.
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Self-Monitoring
Daily Self-monitoring of sleep and sleep medication using sleep diary
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Participants enter sleep diary data online daily for 6 weeks
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Drug dose
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Dose (mg) of sleep medication
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6 weeks
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Drug frequency
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Frequency of use of sleep medication
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6 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep Scale (DBAS)
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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maladaptive beliefs about sleep
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6 weeks
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Insomnia Severity Index
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Concern about sleep and daytime impairment
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6 weeks
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Multi-Dimensional Fatigue Inventory
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Daytime fatigue
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6 weeks
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Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Daytime sleepiness
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6 weeks
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Work and Social Adjustment Scale
Time Frame: 6 weeks
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Impact of sleep on work and living
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6 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- H2017:066
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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