French University Hospital is investigating a Racing Thoughts in Patients With Insomnia Disorder
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The University Hospital, Strasbourg, France is conducting the clinical trial Investigating Racing Thoughts in Patients With Insomnia Disorder (TIP).
Cognitive arousal has been identified as playing a key role in the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep. However, although people with insomnia frequently complain about racing thoughts appearing as soon as they get into bed, studies focusing on racing thoughts in insomnia are lacking. The aim of the present study is to investigate racing thoughts in insomnia disorder using a self-report questionnaire, the Racing and Crowded Thoughts Questionnaire (RCTQ; Weiner et al., 2018). Specifically, investigators seek to address three related goals: the comparison of RCTQ scores in adults with primary insomnia, healthy individuals, and patients with bipolar disorder in a manic/hypomanic episode; the variation of RCTQ scores relative to time of day; and the specific contribution of racing thoughts to insomnia severity, as compared to worry and rumination.
It is planned to include 150 participants.
Actual study start date is February 1, 2021. The researchers expect to complete the study by February 2022.
One primary outcome measure is A retrospective evaluation of self-reported tachypsychia in primary insomnia.
The patients that can be enrolled into this study include:
- Major participants from 18 to 70 years old
- with a diagnosis of chronic primary insomnia according to the criteria of ICSD-3
- Participants not having expressed their opposition, after information, to the reuse of their data for the purposes of this research
The location of the study is as follows (further details can be found here https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04752254) Strasbourg, France.
