The Effect of Daylight Saving Time Transitions on Sleep and Migraine Headaches. (DST)

February 15, 2023 updated by: Sasikanth Gorantla, OSF Healthcare System

A prospective study that investigates the impact of circadian rhythm disturbances due to daylight saving time transitions on migraine patients.

The Primary aim is to investigate the impact of springtime DST (March 12 2023 at 2 AM on Sunday) on sleep metrics in patients with migraine headaches. Secondary aim is to examine the association between incidence of migraine headaches and sleep metrics with time transitions.

Participants will be provided with a Withings non-wearable/contactless sleep tracker, which will be placed under the mattress for a period of 4 weeks (2 weeks before and 2 weeks after) during daylight saving time transition in March, 2023. Withings Health Mate app will be downloaded to the participant's smartphone to collect Sleep Data. Headache diaries will be provided to log the details of the migraines during the study period. Morningness - eveningness questionnaire (MEQ) will be used to categorize subjects on the chronotype spectrum.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Detailed Description

This is a prospective study that investigates the impact of circadian rhythm disturbances due to time transitions on migraine patients. We will seek data analytics assistance to gather the list of subjects who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A thorough review of the electronic medical records will be performed by the PIs to identify the appropriate participants. The Research coordinator will contact the subjects over the phone and discuss the study details. We will follow the numerical order (data as received by the analytics team) and stop contacting the subjects once we reach the target sample size of 50. Interested subjects will be invited to the study visit for formal consenting and the explanation of the study procedure. This study is designed to analyze the sleep metrics (total sleep time, sleep efficiency, sleep onset, and wake up time) in migraine patients with daylight saving spring transition. We will collect the demographics, information regarding migraine headache and Chrono type data to perform required data analysis at OSF HealthCare Illinois Neurological Institute/University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.

Study subjects will be established clinic patients at OSF HealthCare INI neurological institute with a diagnosis of episodic migraines. A total of 50 subjects will be recruited in this study.

Inclusion criteria:

  1. Age 18 years and older
  2. Episodic migraine diagnosis based on ICHD 3 criteria
  3. Subjects with smart phone who can download and use the Health Mate app available on iOS14 and higher and Android 8.0 and higher (Cannot be set up from a computer)
  4. Subjects that can commit to sleep on the same bed/mattress every night during the study period
  5. Subjects that can commit not to use sleep aids (either prescription or over the counter sleep aids) or sedating medications (sedating anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, anti-histamines, anti-psychotics or gabapentinoids) that assist with sleep onset during the study period.

Exclusion criteria:

  1. Patients who do not meet ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria for migraine
  2. Patients with migraine diagnosis who are suspected or confirmed to have active medication overuse headaches during the study period.
  3. Patients who regularly use sleep aids (either prescription or over the counter sleep aids) or sedating medications (sedating anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, anti-histamines, anti-psychotics or gabapentinoids) to assist with sleep onset.
  4. Participants who are planning to initiate new treatment for sleep disorders during the study period.
  5. Subjects who participate in shift work.

The PI, Co PI and statisticians shall be the only individuals who will access data. The data will be de-identified at the source and no PHI shall remain connected to any subject's name, date of birth, medical record number, or any other personal information that could tie back to patients once the study is completed.

Withings, under the mattress sleep tracker, will be utilized to collect the sleep metrics in our study https://www.withings.com/us/en/sleep/shop?gclid=CjwKCAjwvNaYBhA3EiwACgndgn_LudRfkDgfsTm9vTfPyIaDs77O7c55PKJa0WZ3W4E0HFqwbIgLhBoCUIwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

The non-wearable/contactless sleep tracker will be placed under the mattress for a period of 4 weeks (2 weeks before and 2 weeks after) during daylight saving time transition in March, 2023. The device was validated for the detection of sleep apnea; a couple of sleep metrics showed good correlation with the gold standard polysomnogram (PSG) (Total sleep time and sleep efficiency). The Withings sleep tracking mat overestimated TST by 25.8 minutes (PSG - 366.6 (61.2) and Withings device 392.4 (67.2) minutes), acceptable precision. The device estimated sleep efficiency very well when compared to the PSG [PSG - 82.5% and Withings device 82.6%].

The app will be downloaded to the participant's smartphone. The Research Coordinator will contact the subjects who meet inclusion and exclusion criteria to explain the study procedure and obtain informed consent. Subjects will be taught how to download the app and send the data to the study personal at the initial visit. The non-wearable tracking device and the mobile app will be provided free of cost. Mobile app download data includes patient related information (demographics) and sleep metrics. Headache diaries will be provided to log the details of the migraines during the study period. Morningness - eveningness questionnaire (MEQ) will be used to categorize subjects on the chronotype spectrum.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

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

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • Illinois
      • Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61637
        • Recruiting
        • OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Study subjects will be established clinic patients at OSF HealthCare INI neurological institute with a diagnosis of episodic migraines.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 18 years and older
  2. Episodic migraine diagnosis based on ICHD 3 criteria
  3. Subjects with smart phone who can download and use the Health Mate app available on iOS14 and higher and Android 8.0 and higher (Cannot be set up from a computer)
  4. Subjects that can commit to sleep on the same bed/mattress every night during the study period
  5. Subjects that can commit not to use sleep aids (either prescription or over the counter sleep aids) or sedating medications (sedating anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, anti-histamines, anti-psychotics or gabapentinoids) that assist with sleep onset during the study period.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who do not meet ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria for migraine
  2. Patients with migraine diagnosis who are suspected or confirmed to have active medication overuse headaches during the study period.
  3. Patients who regularly use sleep aids (either prescription or over the counter sleep aids) or sedating medications (sedating anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, anti-histamines, anti-psychotics or gabapentinoids) to assist with sleep onset.
  4. Participants who are planning to initiate new treatment for sleep disorders during the study period.
  5. Subjects who participate in shift work.

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Established Clinic Patients at OSF INI with Episodic Migraine diagnosis.
Study subjects will be established clinic patients at OSF HealthCare INI neurological institute with a diagnosis of Episodic Migraine.
Daylight Savings time transitions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Circadian rhythm disturbances and alteration of total sleep time and sleep efficiency
Time Frame: 4 weeks
To investigate the impact of springtime DST (March 12 2023 at 2 AM on Sunday) on sleep metrics in patients with migraine headaches.
4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Migraine Headaches
Time Frame: 4 weeks.
To examine the association between incidence of migraine headaches and sleep metrics with time transitions.
4 weeks.

Collaborators and Investigators

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Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 6, 2023

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 30, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 15, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 15, 2023

First Posted (Estimate)

February 23, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 23, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 15, 2023

Last Verified

February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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