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- Clinical Trial NCT05138848
Time-in-bed Restriction in Older Adults With Sleep Difficulties With and Without Risk for Alzheimer's Disease (ALPS)
December 5, 2023 updated by: Kristine Wilckens, University of Pittsburgh
Slow-wave Sleep Enhancement in Those at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease: Links With Memory, Excitotoxicity, and Plasma A-beta
Dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 5.6 million adults over age 65, with costs expected to rise from $307 billion to $1.5 trillion over the next 30 years.
Behavioral interventions have shown promise for mitigating neurodegeneration and cognitive impairments.
Sleep is a modifiable health behavior that is critical for cognition and deteriorates with advancing age and Alzheimer's disease.
Thus, it is a priority to examine whether improving sleep modifies Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology and cognitive function.
Extant research suggests that deeper, more consolidated sleep is positively associated with memory and executive functions and networks that underlie these processes.
Preliminary studies confirm that time-in-bed restriction interventions increase sleep efficiency and non-rapid eye movement slow-wave activity (SWA) and suggest that increases in SWA are associated with improved cognitive function.
SWA reflects synaptic downscaling predominantly among prefrontal connections.
Downscaling of prefrontal connections with the hippocampus during sleep may help to preserve the long-range connections that support memory and cognitive function.
In pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease, hyperactivation of the hippocampus is thought to be excitotoxic and is shown to leave neurons vulnerable to further amyloid deposition.
Synaptic downscaling through SWA may mitigate the progression of Alzheimer's disease through these pathways.
The proposed study will behaviorally increase sleep depth (SWA) through four weeks of time-in-bed restriction in older adults characterized on amyloid deposition and multiple factors associated with Alzheimer's disease risk.
This study will examine whether behaviorally enhanced SWA reduces hippocampal hyperactivation, leading to improved task-related prefrontal-hippocampal connectivity, plasma amyloid levels, and cognitive function.
This research addresses whether a simple, feasible, and scalable behavioral sleep intervention improves functional neuroimaging indices of excitotoxicity, Alzheimer's pathophysiology, and cognitive performance.
Study Overview
Status
Recruiting
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Estimated)
116
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Kristine Wilckens, PhD.
- Phone Number: (412) 586-9434
- Email: wilckenska@upmc.edu
Study Locations
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Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
- Recruiting
- UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
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Contact:
- Kristine Wilckens, PhD.
- Phone Number: 412-586-9434
- Email: wilckenska@upmc.edu
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Sub-Investigator:
- Daniel Buysse, M.D.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Howard Aizenstein, M.D.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Meryl Butters, PhD.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Ann Cohen, PhD.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Marie Anne Gebara, M.D.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Brian Lopresti, M.C.
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Sub-Investigator:
- James Mountz, M.D./PhD.
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Sub-Investigator:
- M. Ilyas Kamboh, PhD.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Meredith Wallace, PhD.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Nathan Yates, PhD.
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Principal Investigator:
- Kristine Wilckens, PhD.
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Sub-Investigator:
- Andrea Weinstein, PhD.
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
65 years to 85 years (Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 65-85.
- Self-report mean sleep efficiency (the time in bed spent asleep within the time of lights out to final awakening) < 90% based on diary and actigraphy estimates and wake time after sleep onset > 20 minutes based on diary and actigraphy estimates.
- Self-reported normal or corrected-to-normal visual and auditory acuity.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Shift work involving night shift or regular work within the hours of 12am and 6am.
- Presence of a chronic condition that significantly affects sleep.
- Severe psychiatric condition including major depressive disorder, panic disorder, substance use disorders, and alcohol abuse/dependence within the past 6 months, or a lifetime history of a psychotic disorder or bipolar I disorder, based on initial online/phone self-report diagnoses, and subsequently based on the M.I.N.I International Neuropsychiatric Interview.
- Current use of medications affecting sleep such as antidepressants, antipsychotic medications, anticonvulsants, and steroids.
- Current use of sedating drugs used at bedtime.
- Consumption of > 14 alcohol drinks per week or > 6 drinks at a single sitting.
- Consumption of > 3 caffeine drinks per day.
- Prior diagnosis of a Central nervous system (CNS) disease, such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, seizure disorder, delirium or dementia, a loss of consciousness > 24 hours, or traumatic brain injury as identified by the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics (CIRS). Participants who are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease based on neuropsychological testing will be excluded.
- Sleep efficiency > 90% and wake time after sleep onset < 20 minutes consistent with the rationale of the inclusion criteria described above.
- Apnea/hypopnea index greater than 15 as determined by one night of Apnea Link Plus screening.
- Metal in the body. Rationale: Due to the nature of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), participants cannot have any metal implants in their bodies, cannot have worked in a metal shop or been exposed to metal fragments during combat. Metal dental work (e.g. fillings crowns) may be allowed if compatible with the fMRI scanner.
- Claustrophobia. Rationale: Could prevent the participant from completing the MRI scans.
- Severe obesity. BMI > 40. Rationale: Could prevent the participant from completing the MRI scan.
- Near-miss or prior automobile accident "due to sleepiness" within the past 12 months. Rationale: reduces the risk of sleepiness-related accidents.
- Employed as a commercial driver during the study (for example, bus drivers, train engineers, airplane pilots). Rationale: reduces the risk of sleepiness-related accidents.
- A score below 23 on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status. Rationale: This cut-off has been demonstrated to differentiate well between individuals with mild cognitive impairment from individuals with dementia who would have decision making impairments (Seo et al. 2011, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics). This ensures that decision making abilities are intact.
- An Epworth sleepiness score greater than 10. Rationale: ensures that sleepiness is not excessive before starting the intervention that could further increase sleepiness. (Mazzotti, Diego R., et al. "Is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale sufficient to identify the excessively sleepy subtype of OSA?." Chest 161.2 (2022): 557-561; Aurora, R. Nisha, et al. "Correlating subjective and objective sleepiness: revisiting the association using survival analysis." Sleep 34.12 (2011): 1707-1714.)
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Time in Bed Restriction
Time in Bed (TIB) restriction of 85% of habitual TIB.
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Participants will undergo a 4-week sleep intervention that includes specified in- and out-of-bed times as well as a restriction to their habitual time in bed (average sleep opportunity including naps).
This will be truncated equally at the beginning and end of the night.
Participants will maintain their typical sleep schedule for 4-weeks.
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Active Comparator: Control
Participants will follow their typical sleep schedule consistent with measured average sleep and wake times.
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Participants will maintain their typical sleep schedule for 4-weeks.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Mean change in slow-oscillation activity assessed with electroencephalography
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Slow oscillation electroencephalographic power (0.5-1 Hz) during non-rapid eye movement sleep
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in Hippocampal Activation
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Change in mean percent signal change of the hippocampus during memory encoding assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Medial prefrontal-Hippocampal Connectivity
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Change in the correlation between medial prefrontal activity and hippocampal activity during memory encoding assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging during awake rest
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Change in mean Plasma amyloid-beta 1-42
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Change in mean amyloid-beta detected in the plasma in the morning
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Overnight memory retention on the AB paired associate task, preclinical Alzheimer's cognitive composite score
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in percent correct memory and cognitive performance and cognitive composite score
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Amyloid positivity status
Time Frame: Baseline
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Amyloid positivity above or below established cutoffs assessed with Pittsburgh Compound B positron emission tomography
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Baseline
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Mean change in delta activity during sleep
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in delta electroencephalographic power (1-4 Hz) during non-rapid eye movement sleep
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in Sleep Efficiency
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in the proportion of time in bed spent sleeping
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean percent signal change in medial prefrontal activation
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean percent signal change in medial prefrontal cortex activation during a memory encoding task
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in medial temporal-Hippocampal Connectivity
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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mean change in plasma amyloid-beta composite score
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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mean change in amyloid-beta levels in plasma
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in response time on executive function tasks
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Computerized executive function task mean response time in milliseconds
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Mean change in accuracy on executive function tasks
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks
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Computerized executive function task mean percent accuracy
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Baseline and 4 weeks
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Apolipoprotein (ApoE) e4 allele carrier status
Time Frame: Baseline
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presence of the e4 apolipoprotein based on genetic testing
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Baseline
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Cognitive status based on neuropsychological adjudication
Time Frame: Baseline
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Cognitive status of healthy control or mild cognitive impairment
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Baseline
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Clinical insomnia status
Time Frame: Baseline
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Diagnosis of insomnia based on clinical cutoffs with self-reported sleep questionnaires
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Baseline
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Collaborators
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
January 3, 2022
Primary Completion (Estimated)
May 31, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
May 31, 2026
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
November 7, 2021
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 17, 2021
First Posted (Actual)
December 1, 2021
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
December 6, 2023
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 5, 2023
Last Verified
December 1, 2023
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- STUDY20110278
- R01AG068001 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
YES
IPD Plan Description
The investigators will prepare de-identified data sets comprising all of the data collected for this project and make those available to other investigators through NIH data repositories
IPD Sharing Time Frame
Data will be made available upon publication of the primary aims within 2 years of study completion.
IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type
- STUDY_PROTOCOL
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
No
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